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Alexis Morris, who was drafted to the WNBA this year, is apologizing for calling on veterans of the league to retire.The Connecticut Sun
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stanley cup veterans of the WNBA, please accept my sincerest apologies, Morris posted on Instagram. I never thought joining the W family would be easy, but now I understand just how hard it is to do that. Morris added that her initial criticism of veteran players should have been redirected at league executives who she said have a say in expansion opportunities. While Im one of many to be affected by recent cuts, I understand that the issue is bigger than me, Morris noted.SEE MORE: Christy Winters-Scott: What WNBA stands for is bigger than basketballThe WNBA, which was founded in 1996, is currently made up of 12 teams. The NBA, which has been around for nearly 80 years, has 30 teams.The W
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PARIS AP 鈥?Plans are underway to reinter the remains of American-born singer and dancer Josephine Baker at the Pantheon monument in Paris. The late entertainer who is a World War II hero in Fra
stanley tazas nce will be the first Black woman to get the country s highest honor. Le Parisien newspaper reported Sunday that French President Emmanuel Macron decided to organize a burial ceremony on Nov. 30 at the Paris monument. The presidential palace confirmed the report. After her death in 1975, Baker was buried in Monaco, dressed in a French military uniform with the medals she received for her role as a member of the French Resistance. Baker is the fifth woman to be honored with a Pantheon burial.According to the Associated Press, the four women honor
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stanley cup ith a Pantheon burial include Holocaust survivor Simone Veil, French Resistance fighters Germaine Tillion and Genevieve de Gaulle-Anthonioz, and Nobel Prize-winning chemist Curie.The AP reported that the remains of 72 men are also at the monument.Baker became famous during the 1930s, but moved to France in 1925 to flee racism and segregation in the United States, the AP reported.Baker helped the French Resistance during World War II by collecting information from German officials then hiding the messages in her underwear to England.
