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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