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Former All Black and coach Alex ‘Grizz’ Wyllie dies

RNZ 23 Mar 2025
Alex "Grizz" Wyllie, former All Black loose forward and coach, has died at the age of 80, at Karaka Heights in Picton, around midnight Sunday. Wyllie played 40 games, including 11 tests, for the All Blacks between 1970 and 1973.
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George Foreman showed every gesture is political – especially for Black athletes

The Observer 23 Mar 2025
Tommie Smith and John Carlos, heads bowed and black-gloved fists raised in salute during the US national anthem, a silent act of protest that would become one of the defining visuals of the 20th century.
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George Foreman showed every gesture is political – especially for Black athletes | Bryan Armen Graham

The Guardian 23 Mar 2025
Tommie Smith and John Carlos, heads bowed and black-gloved fists raised in salute during the US national anthem, a silent act of protest that would become one of the defining visuals of the 20th century.
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Former All Blacks player, coach Alex Wyllie dies at 80

Wtop 23 Mar 2025
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Famously tough All Blacks loose forward Alex (Grizz) Wyllie who went on to coach New Zealand to 25 wins in 29 tests has died ... He played 11 tests among 40 games for the All Blacks and 210 matches for Canterbury province.
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Tributes flooding in after death of Alex 'Grizz' Wyllie

NewstalkZB 23 Mar 2025
Rugby commentator John McBeth joined Piney to discuss.
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Supreme Court case tests how much states can consider race in drawing congressional maps

Usatoday 23 Mar 2025
WASHINGTON − Louisiana last year sent two Black representatives to Congress for the first time in almost three decades under a congressional map being challenged as unfair to the state’s non-Black residents.
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Ravers, Rastas and rugby league stars: why the story of Black British culture is about more than just London

The Observer 23 Mar 2025
Some of our biggest Hollywood stars – Daniel Kaluuya, Cynthia Erivo, David Oyelowo, Letitia Wright, John Boyega – are Black; designers such as Nicholas Daley and Grace Wales Bonner transmit our styles ...
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Paul McCartney, 82, looks more smitten than ever with swimsuit-clad wife Nancy, 65, as couple ...

The Daily Mail 23 Mar 2025
Paul stayed warm by wearing a long-sleeved black shirt with his swimming trunks as he waded into the Caribbean sea. While Nancy sent temperatures soaring as she showcased her toned figure in a plunging black swimsuit with flower detailing.
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Today in Chicago History: Loyola wins NCAA championship

Chicago Tribune 23 Mar 2025
5.6 inches (2015) President John F ... President John F ... With Cincinnati’s three Black starters, and Rouse, Jerry Harkness, Les Hunter and Ron Miller starting for Loyola, it was the first time a championship game featured a majority of Black starters.
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Buncombe, Asheville property transfers for Feb. 27-March 8

Citizen Times 23 Mar 2025
112 Baldwin Road, $85,000, John E Sankey to 2020 Builders LLC4 Brae Burn Drive, $437,500, McGahren Johanna to Shawn Weatherstone15 Pinehurst Circle, $375,000, Ann H Chauncey and Elizabeth Ann Rytz to ...
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Was that a UFO above this Florida town Saturday? Shape-shifting object has some wondering

jacksonville.com 23 Mar 2025
What was that above Green Cove Springs on March 22, 2025?. Morphing, moving object seen above Green Cove Springs on Saturday, as residents speculate ... March 22, 2025 ... The morphing, black object was high above just west of U.S ... Johns River.
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As St. Paul-based TU Dance celebrates 20 years, founder Toni Pierce-Sands reflects on a lifetime ...

Pioneer Press 23 Mar 2025
The photo is black-and-white ... To mark the 20th anniversary of TU Dance this year, the organization is holding celebratory performances of works by landmark Black choreographers, on April 25 and 26 at the O’Shaughnessy at St.
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Youth gun deaths in the US have surged 50% since 2019

Red Bluff Daily News 23 Mar 2025
“Every single number is a life lost — is a kid that won’t go back home,” said Silvia Villarreal, the director of research translation at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Gun Violence Solutions.
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'Give me liberty or give me death' turns 250. Here's what it meant in 1775

Newsday 23 Mar 2025
Malcolm X referenced it in his 1964 “Ballot or the Bullet” speech, demanding equal rights for Black Americans ... “The entire episode was about helping our brethren in Massachusetts,” said historian John Ragosta, who wrote a book on Henry.
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Shah Rukh Khan's blinding diamond necklace with dapper outfit for IPL 2025 opening ceremony steals ...

Hindustan Times 23 Mar 2025
For the high-octane event, the actor chose a stylish all-black ensemble, which he styled with blinding diamond jewels ... Shah Rukh Khan looks dapper in an all-black outfit and a diamond necklace for the IPL opening ceremony.
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