Brown University
Feb 29 2008, AP

Barack Obama’s most prominent salesman, cheerleader and fundraiser in this upcoming presidential primary state is also one of Rhode Island’s better-known sports figures _ Brown University men’s basketball coach Craig Robinson.Robinson’s family...

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