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Josh Hart says he would’ve played baseball had he not chosen basketball

Silver Screen and Roll 

Lakers fans are surely glad Josh Hart opted for basketball, though.

Lakers guard Josh Hart is quite good at basketball, but is pretty confident about what he might have been able to do on the baseball diamond had he stuck with that.

Hart threw out the first pitch on “Lakers Night” at Dodgers Stadium Wednesday evening, and during a pregame appearance on Spectrum SportsNet LA, he said pitching would’ve been his next choice if basketball hadn’t worked out:

“I pitched and I played left field... Читать дальше...

Granderson grateful for Little League roots

Major League Baseball 

If you drive southbound from Chicago down Interstate 94 for about half an hour, you'll come upon a pair of towns where a young Curtis Granderson started playing baseball. It's the Little Leagues in those towns -- Lynwood and Lansing, Ill. -- that Granderson has decided to commemorate on his Players' Weekend "Grandyman" jersey.

Politicians are backing Sen. Schumer's call to rename the Russell Senate Office Building for John McCain

BusinessInsider.com 

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  • Several political leaders followed Sen. Chuck Schumer's call to rename the Senate Office Building for the late Sen. John McCain after his death.
  • In a statement Saturday, Schumer said he would be introducing a resolution for the building's name to be changed, which several leaders supported in on-air appearances Sunday.
  • There has been previous debate about renaming the building from the late Sen. Richard B. Russell of Georgia, who held pro-segregationist views. Читать дальше...



Racial slur found at black culture center at Duke University

TheRepublic.com 

DURHAM, N.C. — Duke University says someone wrote a racial slur on a sign at a campus building dedicated to black culture. University President Vincent Price sent an email to students Saturday saying a “heinous racial epithet” was found and immediately covered on a sign at the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture. Price





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