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University of Kansas.
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Lacy Banks
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The newspaper"s first African-American sportswriter, Banks covered the National Basketball Association and the Chicago Bulls. A native of Lyon, Mississippi, Banks studied French at the University of Kansas and served in the Vietnam War. In addition to his writings on basketball, he co-authored the book Winning Boxing (1980).
He died at age 68 in 2012 after suffering from prostate cancer, a brain tumor, and heart disease in his later years.
