DeMarcus Minor Part 3: Community Teamwork "Agents of Change"

Trimaine Clark • December 27, 2021

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While Deion Sanders is trailblazing a path for student-athletes to reach the NFL and achieve professional goals through HBCUs, community leader, DeMarcus Minor, discussed the importance of community leadership working together to create similar paths in the youth basketball arena. This is part 3 of the Make It Make Sense Podcast, where we sat down with the former Baylor star, as he dug into politics within AAU basketball and the school districts, leadership challenges, and more.

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