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Black coaches are on the rise among NCAA basketball teams

In 2021, 51% of the men’s coaches and 47% of women’s coaches hired have been Black

Sports

James Wiseman gives Warriors new hope

On a day overshadowed by Klay Thompson’s injury, Golden State’s No. 2 pick offers a promising future

Sports

How racism impacts the NCAA cases of James Wiseman and Chase Young

College athletes won’t be compensated until fans decide they should be treated fairly

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Episode 8

Roundtable: Is Drake out of bounds? Is Penny Hardaway a cultural icon?

The panel also asks if the NFL’s policy on marijuana use represents a lack of empathy for ‘black pain’

Sports

Move over, Zion! No. 1 NBA prospect James Wiseman is taking center stage

Memphis recruit on playing for Penny, reading Kobe’s books and more

The Uplift

Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir endured the heartache of choosing faith over basketball

The former Memphis and Indiana State player helped overturn a FIBA rule banning hijabs

Sports

Buffalo’s Mark Alnutt becomes 15th black athletic director at an FBS school

He replaces Allen Greene, who left for Auburn

Sports

Penny Hardaway reveals his plans for the team as University of Memphis head coach

‘Everything I do, I do it for the city’

The Uplift

The Next Chapter: Retired NBA player Elliot Perry on leaving basketball, collecting art and living in Memphis

His grandfather participated in the famous sanitation workers’ strike in 1968