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NBA star's trustee vote shows race fight in South Carolina

by Jeffrey Collins
| March 3, 2021 2:03 PM

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The University of South Carolina’s first African American basketball star, a former NBA veteran running unopposed with the governor's backing, would appear to be a slam dunk for election to a full term on the school’s Board of Trustees.

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