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Bucks finalizing deal to make Raptors’ Adrian Griffin their head coach, AP source says

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Damar Hamlin returns, theGrio.com

5 months after nearly dying on the football field, Damar Hamlin returns to practice

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54th NAACP Image Awards - Show

Serena Williams documentary series coming to ESPN

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Phoenix Suns fire coach Monty Williams after 4 seasons with the club

The Suns now become yet another high-profile coaching opening The Phoenix Suns fired Monty Williams on Saturday, two years after
/ May 14, 2023
Tara Davis-Woodhall

Top long jumper Tara Davis-Woodhall stripped of title after positive cannabis test

In addition to losing her title, Davis-Woodhall received a one-month suspension, which she completed after beginning it on March 21.
/ April 27, 2023
Herb Douglas thegrio.com

Herb Douglas, oldest U.S. Olympic medalist, dies at 101

Douglas earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education in 1948 and finished second in the long jump at the Olympic
/ April 26, 2023

NFL’s Commanders reportedly sold for $6B, with Magic Johnson as partner

In addition to Johnson, billionaire Mitchell Rales, co-founder of the Danaher Corp., and a group of other limited partners are
/ April 14, 2023
Mark Taylor -- Racist Georgia coach

Georgia coach jokes about lynching in viral video

Karen Buckman, a white woman whose son trained with Mark Taylor, owner of Speed Edge Sports in Macon, said the
/ April 13, 2023
Sha'Carri Richardson thegrio.com

Sha’Carri Richardson runs record time in first win of 2023 season

Richardson’s time ranks third among all-time 100-meter finishes. Florence Griffith-Joyner set the record with a 10.49 in 1988, while Elaine
/ April 10, 2023
Frank Thomas to receive Auburn statue

Baseball legend Frank Thomas to get statue at alma mater

Auburn University is set to unveil a statue of Thomas, the baseball legend and former member of its football and
/ April 5, 2023