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Bethune-Cookman University is set to receive a sizeable cash donation thanks to the generosity of one NBA Hall of Famer. Charles Barkley will be contributing $1 million to B-CU as part of an effort to give away part of his fortune to historically black colleges and universities.
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The NBA currently has 73 referees for the 2020-21 season, according to the National Basketball Referees Association. Nine of them are African Americans who graduated from HBCUs: Bennie Adams, Courtney Kirkland and CJ Washington from Southern University, Tony Brown from Clark Atlanta, Derrick Collins from Xavier of Louisiana, Sean Corbin from Coppin State, Karl Lane from Philander Smith College, Matt Myers from Hampton University and Tom Washington from Norfolk State. Other refs, Marc Davis attended Howard and Eric Lewis attended Bethune-Cookman.
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Florida International guard Raymond Taylor was pulled from the team's game against Bethune-Cookman on Thursday to allow the school to further investigate whether he's eligible after withdrawing from the 2012 NBA draft after the NCAA deadline of April 10. FIU coach Anthony Evans told ESPN after the Panthers' 82-67 win at Bethune-Cookman that his administration called him and said he couldn't use Taylor, who was with the team on the trip. Evans said it caught him off guard and he was still in the fact-finding stage and would meet with the administration Friday.
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