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Actor/Director Tyler Perry attends The Entrepreneurial Minds on April 13, 2012 in Atlanta City, Georgia. (Photo by Moses Robinson/Getty Images for American Express)

Tyler Perry donates $100K to Ohio students

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COLUMBUS, Ohio9 (AP) — Filmmaker and actor Tyler Perry has surprised middle school students in Ohio by showing up at a musical concert and donating $100,000 to help student athletes...
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Langston Galloway #10 of the Saint Joseph's Hawks drives to the basket against the Florida State Seminoles during the championship game of the Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic at the Barclays Center on November 17, 2012 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Alex Trautwig/Getty Images)

Why don't college athletes major in 'sports'?

Stefen Lovelace
OPINION - There’s no such thing as a 'student-athlete' anymore...
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Women's NCAA teams top men in grad rates

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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A new study comparing the graduation rates of the men's and women's teams in this year's NCAA basketball tournaments shows that the women graduate at a higher rate...
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Congressman Rush compares NCAA to Mafia

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WASHINGTON (AP) - A Democratic congressman compared the NCAA to the Mafia over how it controls the lives of student athletes...
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Why women were crucial to civil rights movement

Sophia A. Nelson
OPINION - A long list of 'unsung' black heroines marched, sat, rode, bled and died in the struggle for equality during the civil rights movement...
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