NASCAR’s Bubba Wallace Talks Noose, Confederate Flag and More

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NASCAR’s Bubba Wallace Talks Noose, Confederate Flag and More

By Dorothy J. GentrySports Editor Bubba Wallace is tired—specifically “wore the hell out”—he said during an online Zoom call with the media on June 26. The only full-time Black driver

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