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Off the court: How one basketball star's death is saving lives

Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:18:15
Publish Date: 2026-04-02 20:53:00
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Research shows that investing in programs and places for youth to participate in sports can reduce gun violence. But what can the people most directly affected do in the wake of tragedy? In this episode, part two of a conversation, Brookings Senior Fellow Rashawn Ray speaks with Taren Weaver-Smith, mother of Darius Lee, a rising basketball star whose life ended by gun violence, and Ron Cottrell, Darius' coach at Houston Christian University.

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