Among the sightings: National anthem singer Martina McBride, TV personality Star Jones, basketball greats Julius "Dr. J" Erving and Scottie Pippen, Speaker of the House John Boehner, New England Patriots lineman Vince Wilfork, actor Anthony Anderson and actress Valerie Harper, who was recently diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.

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So perhaps young black men who might have been boxers a generation ago are instead strutting their stuff in the NBA and NFL. Even Jones is a frustrated basketball player.

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