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Michael Jordan Pledges $100 million To Black Community
Legendary basketball player Michael Jordan, and his Jordan Brand pledged $100 million over 10 years to organizations “dedicated to fighting racial inequality, social justice, and greater education,” Jordan Brand announced in a statement Friday
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Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem kərēm´ ăb´do͝ol jəbär´ [key], 1947–, American basketball player, b. New York City as Ferdinand Lewis (Lew) Alcindor. At 7 ft 2 in. (218 cm), he led the Univ. of California, Los Angeles, to three national titles (1967–69). He was the National Basketball Associations number one
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Magic Johnson Offers $100 Million To Minority Businesses
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Russell, Bill
Russell, Bill (William Felton Russell), 1934–, American basketball player, b. Monroe, La. Named an All-American while on the Univ. of San Francisco team, he played on the gold-medal-winning U.S. team at the 1956 Olympics. That year he joined the Boston Celtics in his 13 seasons with the team he
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Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant is 6’7″ tall and played guard… He wore the jersey number 8 for years, but switched to 24 at the start of the 2006 NBA season… According to Kobe Bryant’s NBA bio, his parents “named him after a kind of steak (kobe) seen on a restaurant menu prior to his
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Strong finish for ESPN’s Jordan doc, ‘The Last Dance’
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The King Reigns: 2K Sports Announces LeBron James as NBA® 2K14 Cover Athlete
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Magic Johnson’s Company Helping Give $100M To Minority-Owned Businesses Affected By COVID-19
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Ozzie Smith
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26
1954
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Leslie, Lisa Deshaun (1972- ) - Birthday
Lisa Leslie was born on July 7, 1972, in Gardena, California, to Christine Lauren Leslie and Walter Leslie, a semi-professional basketball player.
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1972
Mike Jones
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1981
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Roberts, Robin René (1960- )
American television broadcaster Robin René Roberts is the anchor of Good Morning America, an ABC morning news show broadcast from its studios in New York, New York.  In December 2013, she quietly came out as a lesbian in a Facebook post that acknowledged her long-time girlfriend, Amber
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23
1960
Ernie Banks
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1931
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Magic Johnson Offers $100 Million to Minority Businesses
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Cam’ron Kicks It With Pablo Escobar’s Family In Visuals To “Medellin”
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Streeter, Mel (1931-2006)
Mel Streeter was born in Riverside, California in 1931. He attended the University of Oregon on a basketball scholarship and was the second African-American basketball player at Oregon after declining an offer by legendary basketball coach John Wooden to attend UCLA, because UCLA did not have an
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2006
Robertson, Oscar
Robertson, Oscar, 1938–, U.S. basketball player, b. Charlotte, Tenn. Passionately devoted to basketball as a youth, Robertson led his high school team to 45 consecutive victories. After an athletically brilliant college career at the Univ. of Cincinnati, Robertson, known as the Big O, joined the
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Nelly
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Nov
2
1974
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1947
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Hip Hop Culture Timeline: 1970 to 1983
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Camp Atwater (1921– )
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