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A level playing field; African American athletes and the republic of sports.		Book review	Aug 1, 2011	120
Comparing the black and gay male athlete: patterns in American oppression.	Anderson, Eric; McCormack, Mark	Report	Mar 22, 2010	6713
African power to set Berlin alight (again).			Aug 1, 2009	2042
Grad rates higher for black athletes.	Brown, Carolyn M.	Table	Jul 1, 2009	151
The indomitable Williams sisters; Since their professional tennis debut in 1994 the accomplishments of the phenomenal Venus and Serena Williams have been astounding at the very least. as Elizabeth B.Mupfumira reports, the Williams sisters have not only turned the game on its head--their indomitable spirit is awesomely inspiring.	Mupfumira, Elizabeth B.		Aug 1, 2008	980
Nothing excels like excellence itself ... the remarkable story of Africa--and Africans (both continental and diasporan)--at the Olympic Games.	Goodwin, Clayton		Jul 1, 2008	1962
The untold stories of Black athletes to air on ESPN.		Brief article	Mar 6, 2008	181
'Time out': do the demographics of sports newsrooms contribute to the sometimes negative coverage of Black athletes?	Pluviose, David		Jul 26, 2007	1320
Jesse Owens: Fastest Man Alive.	Johnson, Emily	Brief article	Mar 1, 2007	123
Black male student-athletes owe themselves, forefathers more.	Weatherspoon, Floyd D.		Jan 25, 2007	797
Throw, catch, score! Now study.		Brief article	Dec 28, 2006	220
Black student-athletes graduating at higher rates: study shows sharp increase in recent years.	Simon, Mashaun D.		Oct 1, 2006	417
Examining productive conceptions of masculinities: lessons learned from academically driven African American male student-athletes.	Martin, Brandon E.; Harris, Frank, III		Sep 22, 2006	8468
The greatest sports myth.	Graves, Earl G., Jr.		Mar 1, 2005	696
Putting together the Top 50 blacks in sports.	Bryan, Donna	Editorial	Mar 1, 2005	671
Renaissance woman: Althea Gibson was a tennis legend, a professional golfer, actress, singer, political candidate, education advocate, and she wrote a memoir.	Lamb, Yanick Rice		Nov 1, 2004	1048
Remembering the African American godmother of tennis: Althea Gibson 1927-2003.	Lamb, Yanick Rice	Excerpt	Sep 1, 2004	2638
Not just tiger and serena: African Americans are excelling in other "white" sports.	Olisemeka, Nkechi I.		Sep 1, 2004	1100
Schomburg gets Ashe papers.	Dodson, Angela P.	Brief Article	Jan 1, 2004	193
9. Sports and race.	Beck, Daniel; Bosshart, Louis		Dec 22, 2003	864
The athlete as activist: Tiger Woods sure can hit a golf ball. Does that mean he should take a stand on social causes? (sports).	Chass, Murray		Jan 24, 2003	1539
Racial discrimination in professional basketball: evidence from Nielsen ratings.	Kanazawa, Mark T.; Funk, Jonas P.	Statistical Data Included	Oct 1, 2001	6226
GOOD OLD-FASHIONED TEAMWORK.	BROWN, CAROLYN M.	Brief Article	Jun 1, 2001	925
FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME.	Kaminsky, Marty	Brief Article	Feb 1, 2001	910
Stealing Hitler's Show.	KELLEY, TIMOTHY		Sep 4, 2000	1136
arena Higher Learning?	Lindsey, Fred	Brief Article	Sep 1, 2000	756
scoreboard.		Bibliography	Sep 1, 2000	250
Black Women Carry the Torch of Olympic Glory.	Harris, Jaime		Jul 1, 2000	742
Making Room In The Market.	Clark, Wayne	Industry Overview	Sep 1, 1999	2046
Diamonds In The Rough.		Brief Article	Sep 1, 1999	696
Finding The Training Ground.	Clark, Wayne		Sep 1, 1999	1182
Faces in sports: Jackie Joyner-Kersee.	Josephson, Judith P.	Biography	Sep 1, 1998	1023
Gateway Classics raises charges of racism.	Pollack, Joe		Dec 1, 1997	883
Remembering the old UGA tour.			Sep 1, 1997	1763
Reaching out to players of color.			Sep 1, 1997	1298
In memory of Arthur Ashe.			Sep 1, 1997	489
Black athletes on parade.	Reed, Adolph, Jr.	Column	Jul 1, 1997	1603
Big league bigotry comes full circle.	Barrett, Wayne M.	Column	Jul 1, 1997	1043
Woods could reduce others' handicaps.	McCarthy, Colman	Column	Oct 18, 1996	758
No more singing the blues: Andre Farr is set to take House of Blues into the sports zone.	Aubrey, Erin		Oct 1, 1996	503
American Tennis Association.	Clay, Bobby		Sep 1, 1996	870
Star profiles.	Clay, Bobby		Sep 1, 1996	478
The Jack Nicklaus syndrome.	Hatfield, Dolph	Column	Jul 1, 1996	1170
Tournament in review.	Smith, Eric L.		Sep 1, 1995	475
A.T.A. Junior Development Program.	Smith, Eric L.		Sep 1, 1995	542
Star profile: Lee Elder.	Smith, Eric L.	Biography	Sep 1, 1995	460
Star profile: Lewis Chitengwa.	Smith, Eric L.	Biography	Sep 1, 1995	435
Star profile: Michael Hopkinson.	Smith, Eric L.	Biography	Sep 1, 1995	446
Grand Slam: history of blacks in tennis.		Biography	Sep 1, 1994	1971
National Minority Jr. Golf Scholarship Association.			Sep 1, 1994	344
Ashe reaches the end of his hard road to glory.	Scott, Matthew S.	Obituary	Apr 1, 1993	842
When the game is over.	Mabry, Marcus		Mar 1, 1993	1626
Off-season professionals.	Branch, Eleanor D.		Oct 1, 1992	3867
Black agents compete for blue chip athletes.	Clay, Bobby	Cover Story	Jul 1, 1992	4016
Weekend warriors.	Gibbons, Oliver		Apr 1, 1992	1740
The Greek chorus, Jimmy the Greek got it wrong but so did his critics.	Rowe, Jonathan		Apr 1, 1988	1984

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