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ABOVE PHOTO: Cincinnati Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis, right, meeting with Oakland Raiders quarterback AJ McCarron (2) during warmups before an NFL football game in Cincinnati. In 2003, the NFL had three minority head coaches: future Pro Football Hall of Famer Tony Dungy, Herman Edwards and Lewis. In the 12 previous seasons, there had been…

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By Greg Beacham LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mourners began gathering Monday in downtown Los Angeles to say farewell to Kobe and Gianna Bryant at the Staples Center, hours before Bryant’s memorial service was scheduled to start The basketball superstar and his 13-year-old daughter will be honored in a public memorial at the arena where Bryant…

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By Chris Murray  For the Chris Murray Report and the Philadelphia Sunday SUN  The fallout over CBS Morning News host Gayle King’s interview with WNBA legend Lisa Leslie following the death of Kobe Bryant and rapper Snoop Dogg’s profanity-laced video response to it led to some really problematic responses on social media. It also showed…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Patrick Mahomes (shutterstock.com) If nothing else, the way that Patrick Mahomes’ managed to win Super Bowl LIV should keep Black quarterbacks of the future from being forced into different positions in the NFL.  By Chris Murray  For the Philadelphia Sunday Sun and the Chris Murray Report  Throughout a lifetime of watching football-which dates back…

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Super Bowl LIV could be a true heavyweight fight. By Chris Murray  For the Philadelphia Sunday SUN and the Chris Murray report  Whenever someone asked him about matchups in a boxing match, the late boxing writer Bert Sugar would often answer that question by telling folks  “styles make fights.”    That’s probably the most accurate…

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TMZ is reporting that basketball star Kobe Bryant has died in a helicopter crash in California. All passengers on board were killed. It is believed that his wife Vanessa was not on the plane. Story is developing.

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ABOVE PHOTO: In this July 9, 2011, file photo, New York Yankees’ Derek Jeter hits a home run for his 3,000th career hit during the third inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Yankee Stadium in New York. Jeter could be a unanimous pick when Baseball Hall of Fame voting is…

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International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach, left, and IOC member and former swimmer Kirsty Coventry, right, speak during a press conference after the executive board meeting of the IOC, at the Olympic House, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020.   (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP) By Graham Dunbar ASSOCIATED PRESS  LAUSANNE, Switzerland  — No…

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Philadelphia Eagles great Harold Carmichael will finally, at long last, be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. By Chris Murray  For the Philadelphia Sunday SUN and the Chris Murray Report One of the great joys that I’ve had as a sportswriter is seeing really good athletes that have been underrated and overlooked through…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Lamar Jackson (AP photo) Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson helped his team become the AFC’s number one seed in the playoffs. But can he get them to the Super Bowl?  By Chris Murray  For the Philadelphia Sunday SUN and the Chris Murray Report  Owings Mills, Md.— For all the rave reviews and the talk…

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