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Team USA Dominates in FIBA World Championship

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By Willie Ellison

When the list of NBA players trying out for Team USA was made public many USA basketball fans were a bit nervous, as were a number of basketball analysts. Many of the foreign players who compete in the NBA were anxious to get to their native homeland to compete for their country, in hopes of winning an FIBA World Basketball Championship. Read more...

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Cheryl Miller to be Inducted Into the Int'l Basketball Federation Hall of Fame

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cheryl-millerCheryl Miller will be inducted into the International Basketball Federation Hall of Fame. Miller, who is considered the best female player in the history of the game, won the 1984 Olympic gold with the USA Women's Basketball Team, and the
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Broncos Honored With CCAA All-Academic Awards

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10mbball--vs-SB-Swift2-640Forty Cal Poly Pomona student-athletes earned 2009-10 California Collegiate Athletic Association All-Academic Awards, conference commissioner Robert J. Hiegert announced.

"Our student-athletes put forth a tremendous commitment toward their respective sports and academics,'' Director of Athletics Brian Swanson says. "These 40 individuals have set high standards for themselves in their academics and we're very proud of what they have accomplished.

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Local Boxer Looking to Extend Winnings

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By Willie Ellison

belts-n-birth-of-baby4c“Faith In God Heals Troubled Souls.” No, that’s not the opening line to a Sunday morning sermon; it’s an acronym for a local boxing club, a boxing club that’s on a mission. F.I.G.H.T.S Boxing Club is in the midst of its thirteenth year in existence, and the program appears to be getting stronger every year.

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Thousands March for Justice in D.C., Detroit, New Orleans

By Hazel Trice Edney NNPA Editor-in-Chief A red, black and green flag flapping in the sweltering Saturday afternoon breeze said it all in the one word embr...
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CA Black Chamber Business & Economic Summit

The California Black Chamber of Commerce Foundation held its 15th anniversary Ron Brown Business & Economic Summit in Manhattan Beach. The summit recog...
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Obama Commits to Revival of Gulf Coast

By ERICA WERNER Associated Press Writer Five years after Hurricane Katrina's wrath, President Barack Obama sought to reassure disaster-weary Gulf Coast ...
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Students Receive San Bernardino County Housing Authority Scholarship

The Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino (HACSB) awarded 15 hard working students with a scholarship to help them pay for their...
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