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Pat Summitt, Hall of Fame Women’s Basketball Head Coach at University of Tenn, Steps Down Because of Dementia (video)

| April 19, 2012

  One of basketball’s most impressive, legendary coaches has made what is likely the most difficult decision of her life — Pat Summitt announced yesterday that because of early onset dementia, she will be stepping down as the head coach of the University of Tennessee’s women’s basketball team. She will assume the role of Head [...]

Number 42: Baseball Great Jackie Robinson Remembered on 65th Anniversary of Breaking the Major League Color Barrier (video)

| April 15, 2012

  Born in Cairo, Georgia in 1919 to a family of sharecroppers, few could have imagined the immense impact Jack Roosevelt Robinson, a young black man, born long before the Civil Rights movement, would later have on sports and on the world. While attending UCLA, Robinson became the first athlete to win varsity letters in [...]

White House’s 134th Annual Easter Egg Roll Event, Complete with Barack Obama’s Face on Basketballs (video)

| April 11, 2012

In the timelapse video below, families with their children appear to be having a grand time on Monday at the White House during the 134th annual Easter Egg Roll. No word if any of the Easter eggs were decorated with Pres. Barack Obama’s face, such as this basketball was emblazoned for a kids’ basketball clinic [...]

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