Why South Africa is still so segregated

    For decades, South Africa was under apartheid: A series of laws divided people by race. Then, in the 1990s, those laws were dismantled. But many of the barriers they created continue to divide South Africans by skin color — determining their quality of life, access to jobs, and wealth. Racial division was built into the…

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      David McNamee on tackling Ironman

      Along with Joe Skipper, David McNamee was the break-out Brit Ironman male of the 2015 season. McNamee came through the British Triathlon set-up before leaving for the long-course world in late 2014. The next year saw him take the Ironman UK title and finish 11th at the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii, the best male…

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        HBO Teases McMahon Family with Sopranos Spoof Graphic

        HBO paid tribute to the “McMahon Crime Family” (at the WWE Twitter account’s request) in a tweet commemorating The Sopranos’ twentieth anniversary. The network posted to Twitter noting that they were “handing out Soprano nicknames” in celebration of the show’s anniversary, which led to WWE replying. That earned Vince the title of capo in his…

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          New England’s True Wins BAA 5K

          Call it the Tri-fecta for N. Yarmouth, Maine’s Ben True, 25.    The former Dartmouth College age started his season with a second place showing in the US 15K Championship and then led the US men at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships.   The day before the Boston Marathon, on a cold and windy…

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            Daniela Ryf claims Kona victory

            Daniela Ryf delivered the biggest margin of victory since all-conquering Chrissie Wellington in 2009 to claim her first Ironman World Championship title in Hawaii in 8:57:57.  Advertisement The Swiss triathlete dominated as she has done throughout an unbeaten season to beat Britain’s Rachel Joyce by 13:02mins with Australia’s Liz Blatchford rounding out the podium.  “I…

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