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Ta-Nehisi Coates - Ta-Nehisi Coates is a senior editor for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues for TheAtlantic.com and the magazine. He is the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle. More

Born in 1975, the product of two beautiful parents. Raised in West Baltimore—not quite The Wire, but sometimes ill all the same. Studied at the Mecca for some years in the mid-’90s. Emerged with a purpose, if not a degree. Slowly migrated up the East Coast with a baby and my beloved, until I reached the shores of Harlem. Wrote some stuff along the way.
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Rush And The NFL

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Oct 13 2009, 12:30 PM ET Comment

I don't quite understand Stephen A. Smith's argument, here. He wants Rush into the league because it will prove that players are more concerned about money than politics? Am I getting that right? If so, does anyone doubt that, in the main, that's true? Moreover, saying that doesn't mean that specific players won't go. Feh, I feel silly for trying to figure this out...



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