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Alexis Demby is among those who have played basketball in college and who have died from Covid-19
By Joel Alderman The ten basketball players we have profiled so far in this series, in which...
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Here is an El-Amin who is not only a star college basketball player but a serious activist
By Joel Alderman When Khalid El-Amin strutted along the court for the Univ. Of Connecticut for four...
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Harvard grad transfer Seth Towns was handcuffed and placed in police van during protest over Floyd incident; later released and not held
By Joel Alderman “In a span of just 24 hours, I walked across a Harvard virtual graduation...
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Indiana basketball lost a legend when 87-year old Ed Siegel died from Covid-19
The state of Indiana lost a high-caliber college basketball player of another era, later to become a...
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Harvey Sheff, ex-basketball star at Yeshiva and “mensch with a capital M,” died of the coronavirus shortly after his college was concluding its best season ever
By Joel Alderman The passing of Harvey Jay Sheff from the coronavirus was not only another statistic...
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Legendary Hartford and Eastern CT State hoopster, Charles “Duffy” Jernigan, mourned by countless after COVID-19 death
By Joel Alderman His brief college basketball career ended as the runner-up high scorer his freshman year...
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Matt Gras of Siena, yet another former college star whose coronavirus passing is mourned by many
By: Joel Alderman The word “star” is often used in sports reporting rather generously, but in the...