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Percent graduation rate for black men’s college basketball players, up four points from last year, according to date released Wednesday by the NCAA. Black athletes in all Division I sports rose to 79 percent, which is the same number for Bowl Subdivision players. In all, Division I athletes graduated at a record 88 percent. Data reflect graduation numbers among athletes who entered school in 2011.

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New starting time of the Dec. 9 RamsBears game in Chicago, bumping Pittsburgh-Oakland from prime time to 4:25 ET. Also announced Wednesday: Chargers-Steelers on Dec. 2 moves to prime time, replacing 49ersSeahawks, which drops to 4:25 p.m.