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Phylicia Barnes case: Suspect found guilty of 2nd-degree murder

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theGRIO REPOT - On Wednesday jurors found Michael Johnson guilty of second-degree murder in the December 2010 death of Phylicia Barnes...
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At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, track and field athlete Jesse Owens achieved international fame. He won four gold medals; one each in the 100 meters, the 200 meters, the long jump and as a member of the 4x100 relay team.

theGrio's greatest black Olympians

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SLIDESHOW - Every four years we watch the Olympics Games with excitement as America's greatest athletes compete against their best international competitors for a chance to bring home the gold...
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OSLO, NORWAY - JUNE 07: Usain Bolt of Jamaica runs in the men's 100m final, during the ExxonMobil Bislett Games Samsung Diamond League at Bislett Stadion on June 7, 2012 in Oslo, Norway. (Photo by Nigel Waldron/Getty Images)

Bolt under pressure to set new world record

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theGRIO REPORT - Usain Bolt is receiving both praise and pressure from some of the Olympics' most famous track and field champions...
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Ex-Olympian: Slave 'genes' aid black runners

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Gold medalist and former world-class sprinter Michael Johnson has chimed in on why he thinks so many black athletes dominate track and field's sprint races...
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Bail denied for Md. man charged in Phylicia Barnes' case

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BALTIMORE (AP) - A Baltimore judge has denied bail for a man accused of killing a North Carolina teenager who was missing for months before her body was found in a Maryland river...
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Arrest in death of NC teen found dead in Md. river

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BALTIMORE (AP) - Baltimore police said they have arrested a man in the death of a North Carolina teenager whose body was found in a river after she vanished in 2010 while visiting relatives in the area...
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