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Losing more than half your team to an ejection can be a winning strategy apparently. West Virginia topped No. 15 Duke on Friday night after a mini-brawl at the end of the first half resulted in seven ejections, including six Mountaineers and four of the team’s starters. Those ousters left West Virginia with just five players for the second half, yet it rallied for a 57-49 win. “I think that’s the craziest game I’ve ever been a part of in my coaching career, without question,” West Virginia coach Mark Kellogg said after his team improved to 4-0. The skirmish broke...

It appears to be the case that for a very large segment of black America, the ideas of conscientiousness and good citizenship are simply nonexistent. The bottom line is that a civilized society requires that citizens respect a certain level of behavior and decorum, and we’re seeing too many black Americans ignoring that basic responsibility. When people on the edge of the Overton Window of the culture wars (that is, people most normal Americans would find deeply offensive) start saying things that significant numbers of people agree with, that suggests a tipping point might be near.

Shiloh Hendrix, the woman seen in a viral video using a racial slur at a kid at a park in Rochester, Minnesota, in April will be charged with three counts of disorderly conduct. Hendrix is facing up to 90 days in jail and or $1,000 in fines.