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True Hip-Hop Stories: Sadat X of Brand Nubian from D-Nice on Vimeo.
Part II of the Skip Bayless interview will be up early afternoon today.
Sri Lanka cricket team attacked, 5 police killed (BBC audio)
One rescued, three still missing at sea off coast of FLA (SF Chronicle)
Jason Taylor released after one season with ‘Skins (WaPo)
Housh signs with Seattle. Not looking good for McNabb to stay here. If they don’t trade for Anquan, I’m out and you all know I’m as loyal as they come (Philly.com)
Venus defeats Serena. Wow, tennis at MSG again. (NY Times)
Prison spending has quadupled in the last two decades (NY Times)
If you want to learn how to write the right way and live in Cleveland, here’s your woman (And One)
Brittney Griner, the future of women’s basketball and probably LeBron to Candace Parker’s Kobe, will not play in the McDonald’s All Star Game. (FanHouse)
Two NFL players are lost at sea (WaPo)
Bill Rhoden 
writes of the union solidarity threat behind MLB drug testing (NY Times)
Raising the bar of sports content distribution (SYS-Con Media)
Without Dawkins and Runyan, the Eagles have a heart condition (Philly.com)
The Charles Barkley golf experiment (USA Today)
Feds give AIG 30 billion more (L.A. Times)
Journalist documents the tragic loss of yet another good brotha–with a maternal twist (The Sable Verity)