Rams at Arizona Cardinals: Who has the edge?

Great Atlanta Bash: Carver-Atlanta falls short 27-26 to Lovejoy in a fourth-quarter nail-biter | The Atlanta Voice

The 3-A vs. 6-A matchup between the Carver-Atlanta Panthers and Lovejoy Wildcats did not disappoint in the second Great Atlanta Bash hosted at now Center-Parc Stadium at Georgia State (formerly known as Georgia State Stadium). One point is what decided this game and surprisingly for the

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US jobless claims fall below 1 million but remain high - Black News Channel

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of laid-off workers applying for unemployment aid fell below 1 million last week for the first time since the viral pandemic intensified five months ago, yet still remains at a high level. The latest figures show that the

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Kansas State, Athletes React To Offensive Tweet - Black News Channel

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State University is reviewing its options after a tweet by a student about the death of George Floyd prompted outrage from several students, including two football players who threatened to leave, the schools president said Friday. On Thursday, one month since

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USC Stuns Arizona State; Rallying Late For 28-27 Win - Los Angeles Sentinel

Southern California returned 16 starters looking to make noise in the PAC-12 conference after an 8 win season last year. The post USC Stuns Arizona State; Rallying Late For 28-27 Win appeared first on Los Angeles Sentinel.

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William "Willie the Pro" Thrower (1930-2002)

William ‘Willie the Pro” Thrower was the first African American to play as a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). Thrower was born on March 22, 1930, in New Kensington, Pennsylvania. Although his statistics as a college and high school football player are good, and his pro

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WATCH | Large crowd outside court as 32 Durban musicians appear for protesting during lockdown | News24

Thirty-two Durban musicians who were arrested after protesting on the busy N3 freeway last week have had their matter postponed in the Pinetown Magistrate's Court.

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Michael Sam

Michael Sam is an American footballer who plays for the Dallas Cowboys. He is also one of the few openly gay players in the National Football League (NFL). He was born Michael Alan Sam Jr. to Jo Ann and Michael Sam, the seventh of eight children in the family. He attended Hitchcock High School in

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COVID-19 doesn’t discriminate against football players | The Crusader Newspaper Group

By Joshua M. Hicks The current COVID-19 circumstances have made it extremely hard for athletes to compete within their respective sports, but are athletes, especially football players, susceptible to contracting the virus? The answer is yes. According to medical experts, health unknowns are still

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Tennessee Mass Shooting Hero Thanks Chadwick Boseman In Heartfelt Message For Sharing His 2018 MTV Award

James Shaw Jr. saw Boseman as the real superhero.

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Load shedding looms again as two more units trip | Fin24

Eskom said on Monday that a delay in restoring one generation unit and a trip in another two units had placed "severe constraints" on the power system.

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Twins React To Hearing 'Fallin' For First Time And Alicia Keys Loves It

The singer also sent a tweet to YouTube stars Tim and Fred Williams denying that she's a robot.

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Lawrence Taylor

Named Lawrence Julius Taylor at the time of his birth in 1955 in Williamsburg, Virginia, Taylor was late in joining football as compared to the others in his field. Since he did not start playing until his junior year at Lafayette High School, Taylor was not highly recruited and so ended up at the

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Unemployed Texans will no longer receive an extra $300 - DefenderNetwork.com

Texans receiving unemployment benefits who qualified for an extra $300 in weekly jobless payments issued by the Trump administration will no longer receive the additional funds after claims from last week are paid, according to the Texas Workforce Commission. The agency, which processes

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Eric Dickerson

Born in a small town of Sealy, Texas, in 1960, Eric Dickerson was raised by his uncle and aunt after his mother decided not to marry his father at the young age of 17. Even though he did not grow up with his father, Dickerson inherited athletic abilities from the former running back of Prairie View

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KABAARA: Breaking down thriving corruption ‘enterprise’

This week we heard that “my job is not to fight corruption, my job is to provide healthcare.

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Safaricom's dollar demand tanks shilling to record low

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) blamed the weakening performance on unevenly matched demand and supply of dollars in the interbank market.

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For the Tigers, a win is a win even when there is a pandemic - TSDMemphis.com

There was no pre-game Tiger walk and the pandemic-affected attendance tallied only 4,537 as the University of Memphis Tigers handled Arkansas State’s Red Wolves 37-24 at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Saturday night. In the season opener for each team, Memphis won its 19th straight non-conference

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Former Black Iowa Football Players Demand Firing Of Coaching Staff Over Alleged Racial Issues

They are also asking for a $20 million settlement.

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College Football in the Spring: When? How much? Who plays? – Dallas Post Tribune

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Back in April, not long after the NCAA basketball tournament was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, the idea of moving the 2020 college football to the spring of 2021 already was being tossed around. A last resort is what it was called by

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John Matisonn | Americans set to turn on Trump as SA turned on Zuma

American civil society has turned on Donald Trump just as South Africans turned on Jacob

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Panthers rebound from last week's loss, overpowers Warhawks | The Atlanta Voice

Last Saturday’s game against Coastal Carolina left a bad taste in the mouths of Georgia State Panthers fans and players. Being shutout 51-0 at home can test a player’s mentality, confidence, and play. The great news for the Panthers is that the offense looked like their usual form dropping

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Gale Eugene Sayers: NFL Running Back Known As “The Kansas Comet”

Gale Eugene Sayers was nicknamed 'The Kansas Comet.' He is a former professional football player who was a running back in the Nation Football League (NFL). In 1965, he was a first-round pick in the NFL Draft and played his entire pro career for the Bears. Sayers was born in Wichita, Kansas, but

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Howell, Abner Leonard (1877-1966)

Abner Leonard Howell was a star athlete in Utah whose accomplishments went largely ignored during the peak of his football career because of his

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Untimely errors are costly in Cowboys contest against Steelers - North Dallas Gazette

By Dwain Price NDG Sports As far as the major statistics from Sunday’s game against Pittsburgh go, the Dallas Cowboys checked most of the important boxes. The Cowboys had more yards rushing (146-44), more total yards (364-355), more plays (71-63), and also had a better percentage on third down

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Marion Motley

Marion Motley , (born June 5, 1920, Leesburg, Georgia, U.S.—died June 27, 1999, Cleveland, Ohio), African American gridiron football player who helped desegregate professional football in the 1940s during a career that earned him induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in

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COVID-19

As of September 9, 2020 at 11:45 AMAlabama had 134,417 confirmed cases of coronavirus,(12,000 more than last week) with 2,285 deaths (320 more than last week)Greene County had 282 confirmed cases,(9 more cases than last week), with 14 deathsSumter Co. had 404 cases with 19 deathsHale Co. had 574

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(1952) Charlotta Bass, “Acceptance Speech for Vice Presidential Candidate of the Progressive Party”

Los Angeles newspaper owner and political activist Charlotta Bass began her career as a conservative Republican. By the 1940s, however, she moved to the political left. In 1948 she supported Progressive Party candidate Henry Wallace in his failed bid for the Presidency. Four years later she was

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Black players in professional American football

Details of the history of black players in professional American football depend on the professional football league considered, which includes the National Football League (NFL); the American Football League (AFL), a rival league from 1960 through 1969 which eventually merged with the NFL; and the

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Steelers should be able to handle Denver in home opener, Sept. 20 | New Pittsburgh Courier

by Mike Pelaia For New Pittsburgh Courier The much-anticipated return of Ben Roethlisberger against the New York Giants on Monday Night Football ended in a Steelers victory to open the … Continued

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Simpson, O. J.

Simpson, O. J. (Orenthal James Simpson), 1947–, American football player, b. San Francisco. As a running back for the Univ. of Southern California, he won the Heisman Trophy as the best college player of 1968. The Juice played with the Buffalo Bills (1969–77) and San Francisco 49ers (1978–79) and

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