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Sherman speaks at Harvard
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Richard Sherman was called all kinds of names after his raging rant at the end of the NFC championship game. It was worth it, the Seattle cornerback said, because it gave him a chance to talk about the perception of black athletes to a wider audience.First, at the Super Bowl.On Wednesday, at Harvard.“I wanted to educate the uneducated,” Sherman said in a discussion at the Harvard Business School. “I felt the need to turn the discussion on its head.”Sherman was mostly known only by football fans before his admittedly overexcited postgame trash-talk about Michael Crabtree after the Seahawks beat the San Francisco 49ers to win the NFC title.
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Antron Brown’s 5th title at Sonoma highlights eventful weekend
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Matt Smith, from left, Aaron Stanfield, Antron Brown and Bob Tasca III share a celebratory toast after winning their division titles in the 36th annual Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals on Sunday. - photo by DALE BOSOWSKI
SONOMA — Sunday’s final eliminations at the 36th annual Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals at Sonoma Raceway began with one of the biggest upsets of the season, ended with a dream match-up of marquee stars and featured just about everything else in between, as Antron Brown (Top Fuel), Bob Tasca III (Funny Car), Aaron Stanfield (Pro Stock) and Matt Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle) all notched exciting victories.
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