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Former NBA guard Craig Hodges, regarded as one of the league’s premier three-point shooters before Steph Curry, painfully understands his career is defined more by a letter he wrote than his ability to knock down shots. As a star reserve with the Chicago Bulls, Hodges joined his teammates in 1991 for a visit to the White House to celebrate the Bulls’ first NBA Championship with President George H.W. Bush. Hodges, an outspoken advocate for social justice and civil rights during his 10-year NBA career, viewed the trip as an opportunity. Near the end of the celebration, Hodges, dressed in a...

Freepers, Everyone was all a twitter about Colin Powell’s “Stevenson Moment” yesterday however; are we forgetting the significant possibility of experiencing a “Fitzwater Moment” today? Back in the First Gulf War, only 28 hours elapsed between the violation of UN sanctions and the missiles flew over Baghdad. On January 16, Marlin Fitzwater uttered his famous sentence on national TV, “The liberation of Kuwait has begun”, and walked away from the cameras. With every tick of the clock, Saddam has another second to relocate and protect his arsenal of death. With every tick of the clock, Saddam has another second to...