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SPORTS

The battle to diversify wrestling, non-revenue college sports

“When you take a white wrestler, it’s like ‘this guy is a hard worker, he has determination, his technique is really good,’” wrestler Cameron Caffey said. “Then you take a black athlete and they say, ‘Oh yeah, he’s strong, he’s fast, he’s powerful, he’s explosive.’ It’s just little overt things like that that are kind of bias.”

MSU

The fallout of events in 'Athlete A' continues to impact MSU

Michigan State University’s four presidents in the span of two years, three criminal trials and two convictions in a stonewalled state investigation and a record $4.5 million fine from the U.S  Department of Education were all catalyzed by the subject of a recently-released Netflix documentary.