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Hampton men’s and women’s basketball teams will have 18 games broadcasted (Credit: Hampton Athletics)
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Monumental Continues to Invest in HBCU Sports, Partners with Hampton University

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THE AFRO — The Hampton Pirates will be looking to improve on their record from last year after the men finished with the second-worst record in the Coastal Athletic Association conference. This summer, the Pirates bolstered their roster with the addition of graduate transfer Noah Farrakhan. The New Jersey guard has already scored 1,000 points in his collegiate career and averaged 12.1 points and 2.7 assists during his two seasons at East Carolina. […]

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NJ boardwalk fire: ‘It looks like a couple of bombs went off’

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SEASIDE PARK, N.J. (AP) — Firefighters poured thousands of gallons of water Friday on the smoldering remnants of a massive fire that destroyed part of an iconic Jersey shore boardwalk as officials began counting the cost of once again rebuilding a walkway that had been wrecked less than a year ago by Superstorm Sandy.

About a quarter of the 400 firefighters who battled the blaze Thursday remained on the scene Friday morning, and heavy equipment was poised to move in and start poking through the rubble once firefighters extinguished the last burning pockets… […]