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LEONARD PITTS JR

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Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. (Chuck Kennedy/MCT)

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Tim Tebow's on-field prayers

By Leonard Pitts Jr. | The Miami Herald

Really? Seriously?

In the history of pro sports, men have done all sorts of things to commemorate their feats on the field or the court. They have flopped like seals, walked like gorillas, head-butted like bighorn sheep. They have high-fived, low-fived, dog-piled, chest-bumped, wept, kissed their own biceps. They have breakdanced, riverdanced, jitterbugged and otherwise tripped the light fantastic. » read more

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Commentary: How the Tuskegee Airmen finally slipped their surly bonds

By Lewis W. Diuguid | The Kansas City Star

Something unusual happened at the premiere of the film, "Red Tails," at the AMC theater in Olathe, Kansas.

People applauded during the movie and when it ended. They also cheered, laughed and cried during the film. » read more

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