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Say "black athlete" and "crime" and what do you think? It's time to think again

By LZ Granderson
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Tuesday, September 4, 2007

This article appears in the Sept. 10 issue of ESPN The Magazine. Hey, did you hear the one about the celebrities who were tied up, held hostage at gunpoint and lived to tell about it? It goes something like this: CHICAGO (AP) -- Two hulking NBA stars were bound with duct tape and robbed of cash and jewelry by masked gunmen in separate holdups that have Chicago-area detectives wondering whether someone is targeting professional athletes. On July 9, Antoine Walker and a family member were held ...

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