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TheGrio's 100: Ibtihaj Muhammad, young Muslim changes the face of fencing

By Keosha Johnson

2:00 PM on 01/31/2012

theGRIO's 100 - Ibtihaj Muhammad is an African American Muslim and a professional fencer, about the rarest combination to set foot in a fencing match...
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Muhammad Ali at 70: Why he is still the greatest of all time

By Jay Scott Smith

8:36 AM on 01/17/2012

theGRIO REPORT - Muhammad Ali is known around the world as more than just an athlete as he has become a cultural icon, role model, and humanitarian as his influence has spanned generations...
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Serena Williams wins 1st match back after layoff

By theGrio

12:10 PM on 01/03/2012

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - She was asked after the match whether her four-month layoff indicated she may have fallen out of love with tennis...
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Serena Williams: 'I never really liked sports'

By theGrio

11:59 AM on 01/03/2012

Williams said: 'It's not that I've fallen out of love with tennis. I've actually never liked sports and I never understood how I became an athlete.'...
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Slideshow: Who's up and down in 2011 Sports

By theGrio

8:10 AM on 12/26/2011

SLIDESHOW - So who's up and who's down in the sports world of 2011? Click through our slideshow to find out...
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Ali among boxing greats paying respect to Frazier

By theGrio

4:27 PM on 11/14/2011

(AP) - Former heavyweight champions Ali and Larry Holmes and promoter Don King were among those to pay respects at the private funeral Monday...
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Makau sets world record in Berlin Marathon

By theGrio

8:50 AM on 09/25/2011

TheGrio SPORTS --"This is not the end of Haile, but this is the end of an era," Hermans said...
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NHL calls banana throwing 'stupid and ignorant'

By theGrio

8:27 AM on 09/25/2011

TheGrio REPORTS -- San Jose Sharks forward Logan Couture, who grew up near London, posted: "Wayne Simmonds is a good friend of mine. To hear what happened tonight to him in my hometown is awful. No need for this in sports, or life..."
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Black racing legend Willy T. Ribbs revs up for Baltimore Grand Prix

By Donna M Owens

8:53 AM on 09/04/2011

TheGrio Q&A - Racing legend Willy T. Ribbs was fast and furious long before those blockbuster movies about drivers and their amped up cars...
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Barry Bonds trial jury to begin deliberations

By theGrio

8:35 AM on 04/08/2011

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - After listening to tawdry accusations of drug use, theft and body parts that grew (Bonds' head) and shrank (his testicles)...
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Cam Newton critics are playing the race card

By John Mitchell

8:20 AM on 04/05/2011

OPINION - Warren Moon, Newton's advisor, has suggested that the intensity of some of the criticism of Newton has to be racially motivated
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Ex-NY Gov. David Paterson on sports talk radio

By theGrio

5:18 PM on 03/25/2011

NEW YORK (AP) - Radio station WFAN in New York City said Friday that Paterson will be a guest host Monday for three hours, starting at 10 p.m...
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Crying is OK, but admitting it is apparently not

By theGrio

3:34 PM on 03/08/2011

(AP) - Miami coach Erik Spoelstra told reporters after the Heat's 87-86 loss to Chicago on Sunday that there were "a couple guys crying in the locker room"...
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TheGrio's 100: Cullen Jones, Olympic swimmer dives in to teaching

By theGrio

8:16 AM on 02/03/2011

TheGrios 100 - Jones nearly drowned at a water park when he was 5. Less than 20 years after his near-death experience, he brought home a 2008 Olympic gold medal...
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TheGrio's 100: Kevin Durant, NBA scoring champ rumbles as a Thunder

By theGrio

1:00 AM on 02/01/2011

TheGrio's 100 - The 28 points he scored in the final game against Turkey last summer gave the United States their first world basketball championship title in 16 years...
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TheGrio's 100: Mattie Larson, gymnast flips for Team USA

By theGrio

1:00 AM on 02/01/2011

TheGrio's 100 - Now a world-class gymnast with a 2010 silver world medal, the 18-year-old hasn't lost her knack for taking the mat and exceeding expectations...
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TheGrio's 100: Mariah Stackhouse, young golfer chips away at championships

By theGrio

12:52 AM on 02/01/2011

TheGrio's 100 - With an average golf score of 73.53 and a 3.96 grade point, 16-year-old Maria Stackhouse is drawing early comparisons to a young Tiger Woods...
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TheGrio's 100: DeMaurice Smith, playing hardball for NFL players

By theGrio

12:07 AM on 02/01/2011

TheGrio's 100 - In 2009, DeMaurice Smith left law firm Patton Boggs to become the first NFL-outsider to run the NFL Players' Association...
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TheGrio's 100: Kye Allums, first openly transgender NCAA basketball star

By theGrio

12:00 AM on 02/01/2011

TheGrio's 100 - Kye Allums plays Division I women's basketball and he -- yes, he -- is only openly transgender male ever to do so...
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Ouch! Oden suffers season ending knee surgery

By theGrio

11:01 AM on 11/18/2010

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - For the third time in four years, Greg Oden's knees have betrayed him...
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