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Toronto Raptors ready to claw victory from the 76ers
With the slogan “We the North,” the Toronto Raptors threaten to change the NBA’s initials to the IBA — International Basketball Association. The league’s lone Canadian franchise had the NBA’s second best regular season record this season (58-24), behind the Milwaukee Bucs, and is tops overall over the last two seasons (117-47).
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VUU Panthers anxious to get back to the game
The upcoming Virginia Union University football season might be titled unfinished business.
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University of Illinois making history
The University of Illinois football program is making history. The Big 10 Conference member is the lone FBS school with an African-American head coach — Lovie Smith — and African-American offensive and defensive coordinators — Garrick McGee and Hardy Nickerson, respectively.
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HU exits MEAC for Big South Conference
There’s an upside and a downside to Hampton University’s surprise decision to leave the MEAC for the Big South Conference.
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Homes for the homeless
The expanded New Clay House, seen here, is one of the largest residential developments in the city for people experiencing homelessness. Originally opened 27 years ago with 47 tiny rooms, Virginia Supportive Housing, which owns the complex, has spent the past year overhauling the interior of the units at Clay and Harrison streets. The New Clay House now has 80 studio apartments, including 67 units for the formerly homeless and 13 affordable apartments for low-income people. Cost: $19 million.
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Attorney General Mark Herring joins members of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus and other Democratic officials in prayer at the site of Lumpkin’s Jail in …
Published on August 2, 2019
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Quarterbacks Tom Brady, Jared Goff betting on a Super Bowl win
What would the Super Bowl be without betting and, with that, the office pool? You can lay a friendly wager on just about anything, ranging from who wins the coin flip, to how long the national anthem takes, to when — if ever — stoic New England Patriots Coach Bill Belichick cracks a smile, to the game’s champion.
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Tell someone about ‘our amazing heritage’
This month is Black History Month, the shortest month of the year. But no matter how brief, we still can illuminate ourselves concerning our splendid and marvelous contributions to the world. So, take some time to read about the struggles and tribulations of our people.
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Workers are busy readying the Stuart C. Siegel Center at Virginia Commonwealth University for the start of basketball season, with a free preview of the …
Published on November 3, 2014
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FTC hindering Black economic achievement, by Julianne Malveaux
The Biden administration has been pushing hard for credit for its significant economic successes. Coining the phrase “Bidenomics,” the term is meant to direct attention toward the administration’s striking successful economic agenda.
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Pope Francis praises ‘gentle’ Pope Benedict XVI ahead of funeral
Pope Francis praised Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s “acute and gentle thought” as he presided over a packed Wednesday general audience in the Vatican, while thousands of people paid tribute to the former pope on the final day of public viewing in St. Peter’s Basilica.
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Signs of 2019 shutdown for Coliseum
The 47-year-old Richmond Coliseum could go dark next year even in the face of continuing uncertainty about a private group’s proposal to tear it down and replace it with a new $220 million arena.
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Maggie Walker site names new superintendent
Scott Teodorski is the new superintendent for Richmond National Battlefield Park and Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site.
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On April 26, Virginia Commonwealth University opened the College of Humanities and Sciences’ new 168,000-square-foot STEM building. The six-floor building, located at the site of …
Published on August 17, 2023
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New citizens- Judge Roger L. Gregory, chief judge of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, talks to 96 immigrants and their family …
Published on July 13, 2018
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VUU homecoming victory sets up fight against the Bulldogs
Virginia Union University has become both the irresistible force and the immovable object of CIAA football. Under second-year Coach Mark James, the Panthers have showcased the league’s most powerful offense — 422 yards per game — and also the stiffest defense, with a scant 149 average yield.
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Charlottesville confronts identity, braces itself, one year after clashes
For many residents of Charlottesville, last year’s white nationalist rally shattered the city’s carefully curated reputation as a progressive, idyllic place to live.
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Drill ready: Army Col. Alexander Taylor observes as Cadet 2nd Lt. Taire Hubbard leads Huguenot High School’s Junior ROTC team in a practice Saturday before …
Published on April 5, 2019
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Jason Marshall, 9, receives a carton of milk and a boxed lunch from Richmond Police Chief Alfred Durham on Monday at the launch of the …
Published on June 24, 2017
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Racist still
The Free Press has long been a champion of free speech. But there are instances in which we don’t like the words being used.
