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Is this crop of white stars a fluke or a trend?

By Pat Forde
ESPN.com

Sunday, March 5, 2006

You cannot argue with Jerry Bruckheimer's timing. Releasing "Glory Road" on the 40th anniversary of Texas Western's championship season added to the movie's tremendous box-office appeal and helped teach a valuable history lesson to young America. But here's the ironic context for the film that celebrates the first all-black starting five to win a college basketball national championship: The year of "Glory Road" on the screen has coincided with a season in which the two best college players in ...

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