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The NFL’s Rooney Rule is a joke, and owners like it that wayCould abolishing the single ownership model in the NFL be a catalyst for legitimate change in the league’s hiring processes? Probably — but there’s no real path to that abolition. ...

Atlanta Hawks pledge $40 million to fight the racial opportunity gap — where should it go?The opportunity gap for Black people in this country is devastating....

Kevin Johnson's Cronies Trump Up Racism Scandal Against His EnemiesThere’s a price for taking on Mayor Kevin Johnson in Sacramento, Calif., and the Sacramento News & Review is now paying it. The small weekly paper has consistently taken the lead in exposing Johnson’s abuses of the public trust—and now, for its troubles, finds itself in a bizarre racism controversy ...

Mural Of Vanderbilt Coach Is Being Repainted For Obvious Reasons

Oof. You try to do the right thing and give the new football coach some shine and then, well, this happens....

The South Rises Again, And The NAACP Calls A Balk

The ACC voted recently to move its baseball tournament to Myrtle Beach from 2011-2013, but don't expect the NAACP to buy peanuts and cracker jacks. They're condemning the league for breaking a boycott of South Carolina, which flies the Confederate flag. The real beef: Myrtle? Seriously? [The Sun New...