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Cecil Harris

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Covers:  sports, politics, social issues, the arts, entertainment.
Author: Different Strokes; Call the Yankees My Daddy; Charging the Net; Breaking the Ice. Have written for NY Times, Daily News, NY Post, Newsday, USA Today.

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I host the podcast, "All-American: Venus & Serena" for Stitcher. I'm the author of four books: Different Strokes: Serena, Venus, and the Unfinished Black Tennis Revolution; Charging the Net: A History of Blacks in Tennis from Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe to the Williams Sisters; Call the Yankees My Daddy; and Breaking the Ice: The Black Experience in Professional Hockey. My sports writing has appeared in NY Daily News, NY Times, NBCNews.com, NY Post, Newsday, Raleigh News & Observer, Indianapo…

Cecil Harris’s Journalist Portfolio

Changing the Face of Hockey

Changing the Face of Hockey

He was 13 when he saw history in the face of Willie O'Ree, the N.H.L.'s diversity programming director. O'Ree…

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Minding Their Bodies

Minding Their Bodies

Chris Armas '94 stood just three games away from representing the United States in the biggest sporting event…

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Serena Williams calls chair umpire a 'thief' in wild scene at U.S. Open; Naomi Osaka wins first G...

Serena Williams calls chair umpire a 'thief' in wild scene at U.S. Open; Naomi Osaka wins first G...

Serena Williams was penalized a game for calling the chair umpire a thief during an extended argument as the …

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John Isner, eliminated by Juan Martin del Potro, echoes Roger Federer's gripes about air circulat...

John Isner, eliminated by Juan Martin del Potro, echoes Roger Federer's gripes about air circulat...

John Isner had hoped his high-octane serve would carry him into rarefied air. When he faced Juan Martin del P…

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Rafael Nadal retires from semifinal match with knee pain after enduring a grueling U.S. Open path...

Rafael Nadal retires from semifinal match with knee pain after enduring a grueling U.S. Open path...

It's very difficult to defeat the same world-class player in three straight major tournaments on three differ…

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Articles

Social | Deion Sanders is showing that upward mobility is not just for white coaches Original

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Dec. 6, 2022, 11:00 AM UTC By Cecil Harris, sports journalist and author After it was announced that football great Deion Sanders was leaving his coaching job at Jackson State University for an opportunity at the University of Colorado on Saturday, he faced criticism on social media. Many are upset that the Black former superstar is leaving a Historically Black University where his leadership could continue to provide a solid foundation for young Black athletes. But this view is a bit shortsighted.
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Did Serena Williams win her U.S. Open match vs. Ajla Tomljanović? No

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Sept. 3, 2022, 9:30 AM UTC By Cecil Harris, sports journalist and author Following her loss in the U.S. Open third-round on Friday night, Serena Williams' professional tennis career is officially over. But in her second act, Williams may well leave marks on culture, business and politics as indelible as those she left on tennis. Never the conformist, Williams has always been her unique and authentic self on the tennis court and off.
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Tennis icon Serena Williams is retiring for the best reason: She has nothing left to prove

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By Cecil Harris, sports journalist, author and podcast host Boxscore: NEW YORK, NY - August 9, 2022 - Serena Williams is the only woman consistently mentioned alongside Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky and Tom Brady as a GOAT (Greatest of All Time) in the sporting world. Williams, 40, officially announced her retirement from tennis Tuesday for the best possible reason: She has nothing left to prove.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

My first job in journalism was a summer internship at Gannett Suburban Newspapers in New York. I got bylines and, eventually, a paying gig.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes. I used a Brother typewriter in the Dark Ages. It taught me the importance of not making mistakes because they were so hard to correct.

How is social media changing news?

Social media gives non-journalists the power to control their own narrative, which is fine if they're telling the truth.
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