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2008 College Sport Racial and Gender Report Card

February 19, 2009

Date of Release: February 19, 2009 (Press Release) College sport received a C+ for race and a B for gender giving it a combined C+ overall. That compared to the 2006-07 Racial and Gender Report Card when college sport earned a B- for race and B+ for gender. The 2008 Report Card marked the first…
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Rens' Isaacs a World Champion

February 18, 2009

Date of Release: February 18, 2009 (Special to ESPN.com) by Richard Lapchick A circle closed in the history of basketball in America when John “Wonder Boy” Isaacs passed away on Jan. 26. Isaacs, 93, was the last living player for the Harlem Renaissance, the great all-black team in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. More…