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Ellington, former Globetrotters coach, dead at 69 E-mail
Wednesday, 05 September 2007
 Family members say Russell Ellington, whose four-decade career coaching basketball included a stint with the Harlem Globetrotters, died on Saturday morning from complications with lung cancer.   Read more at AccessNorthGA.com
 
Let Us Remember Alice Marble, the Catalyst for Althea Gibson to Break the Color Barrier E-mail
Friday, 31 August 2007
Marble was the first to publicly address the sport's segregation practices and challenge the establishment. She exhorted, "If tennis is a game for ladies and gentlemen, it's also time we acted a little more like gentlepeople and less like sanctimonious hypocrites..."  Read more at HuffingtonPost.com
 
Hollywood loves BBFs 4-Ever E-mail
Wednesday, 29 August 2007
Wanda Sykes That's Black Best Friend, the wise, loyal and often sassy sidekick. But is the role a sign of the limitations placed on black actresses?  Read more at latimes.com
 
MSNBC mistakes a 'fake Al Sharpton' blog for the real thing E-mail
Monday, 27 August 2007
When News Groper, an entire site full of "fake celebrity" blogs in the vein of Fake Steve Jobs, launched earlier this summer, some people (myself included) thought it would have a rough time making a name for itself on the Web.   Read more at News.com
 
Hip-hop's Down Beat E-mail
Tuesday, 21 August 2007
While music-industry sales have plummeted, no genre has fallen harder than rap. According to the music trade publication Billboard, rap sales have dropped 44% since 2000 and declined from 13% of all music sales to 10%.  Read more at Time.com
 
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