NBA rappers power ranking
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NBA star rappers are aplenty throughout the history of the game. Here are the top nine rappers to emerge from the basketball limelight.
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Love of the game: How sports created a community for me
Millions of people stand by their teams; millions of people scream at their TVs during close games; millions wear their fan gear with pride after victories; millions stand with you as you watch this one beautiful game unfold.
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Can Giannis Antetokounmpo become face of NBA?
Typically, the identity of the star of the NBA is an all-American kid, whether it was the young farm boy from Indiana who shot basketballs into milk baskets or the kid from Akron, Ohio who overcame socioeconomic adversity to become one of the best of all time.
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SF IndieFest’s animated shorts reflect narrative range of the medium
Beyond their brief feature during the Oscars, you really have to seek out these works in order to see them — and beyond the atypical viral submission (such as Kobe Bryant’s “Dear Basketball,” which won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2017), many of these works often escape mainstream viewership.
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Online outrage: Examining trend of celebrity Twitter scandals in wake of Kevin Hart
Were these men wrong in their tweets? Absolutely. Should they be asked to apologize? Of course. Should they be facing career-changing consequences for their lewd jokes made many years ago — when society’s views on these issues were different? No.
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Minorities making it major in professional sports
We say we value heterogeneity and the so-called salad metaphor — that we are one nation full of many languages, cultures and identities, each like a different salad topping.
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Take the shot: Andre Ingram’s NBA debut is a splash from sports heaven
Under the same spotlight where Laker legend Kobe Bryant used to drop 30 points on a nightly basis, Ingram made his long-awaited NBA debut in style.
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A pitch for decency: the flaw in letting Luke Heimlich pitch
The original Heimlich maneuver, named after American surgeon Henry Heimlich, refers to the life-saving actions applied to an individual when a foreign object blocks the flow of air to the lungs. Today’s Heimlich maneuver, named after Oregon State University’s pitcher Luke Heimlich, refers to the career-saving actions by complicit individuals
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Dear Kobe
In his acceptance speech, Bryant took a swipe at Fox News host Laura Ingraham, saying that he was glad he did “a little bit more than” shutting up and dribbling. And I’m glad he did. I just have a note for him.
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America’s Soccer Quagmire
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I desperately hope that LAFC helps bring the MLS and United States soccer to new heights, but unfortunately, neither the club, nor columns like these are likely to effect that change.
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