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The Hampton Roads African-American Sports Hall of Fame will honor its 2009 inductees Saturday with a ceremony and banquet at the Renaissance Hotel in Portsmouth.
This year's inductees include boxing legend Pernell "Sweetpea" Whitaker, former Norfolk State women's basketball coach James Sweat and former WNBA player La'Keshia Frett.
Also being inducted are:
n Former Booker T. Washington High School football coach Larry Stepney, a standout running back at Norview High and Norfolk State.
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Harold "Doc" Sawyer of Norfolk, a two-way All-CIAA guard and linebacker at Virginia State University who starred on Booker T. Washington's unbeaten state championship team in 1956.
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Henry Livas, a state and national tennis champion at George P. Phenix High in Hampton.
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Ed Fraim, the first executive director of the Intercollegiate Foundation at Old Dominion University, was selected as the Community Contributor.
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Cost of the event is $75, and tickets can be purchased at the event or ahead of time by calling Yvette Todd at (757) 404-1755. The reception begins at 6 p.m.; the ceremony starts at 7.
Edward Hudson, a four-sport star at Bruton Heights High in Williamsburg who was a football and track standout at North Carolina Central.
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Are they going to mention his arrest for domestic violence? Are they going to consider his beating his wife as a win ?
Will it be taken into account his numerous arrests for cocaine possession ?
I think it is pathetic that he is even being considered.
He should be in the hall of shame not the hall of fame.
Apparently character is not considered by the hall of fame selection committee. Typical BS.