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GameUp app helps families find the best basketball team for their child

GameUp app helps families find the best basketball team for their child

Navigating youth sports can be tough for parents, but there’s a new sports app that’s seeking to change the basketball landscape.

New York native and NBA point guard Cole Anthony and his mother, Crystal McCrary McGuire, teamed up to create GameUp — a one-stop shop to help parents connect their child with the best basketball team and trainer based on age, goals and location.

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Mama’s Boys: Mothers and Sons on Their Unbreakable Bond

Mama’s Boys: Mothers and Sons on Their Unbreakable Bond

“I have two sons, one who’s 22 and one who’s 10, and a daughter, Ella, and there’s nothing like the mother-son relationship. There’s truth to the phrase mama’s boy, and I’d say I have two of them with Cole and Leo. As their mother, I am their first love, and no matter how old they are they’ll always be my babies.” —Crystal

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Artistic Achievements of Black Artists Are Centered in the Canon – Ray McGuire & Crystal McCrary McGuire

Artistic Achievements of Black Artists Are Centered in the Canon – Ray McGuire & Crystal McCrary McGuire

One afternoon this past June, Raymond J. McGuire, decades-long Wall Street executive, prodigious art collector, and former New York City mayoral candidate, was sitting in the living room of his home in Bridgehampton, New York, facing a stunning Norman Lewis abstraction. Painted in transcendent shades of brilliant blue, Part Vision (1971) hangs over a white linen couch as the centerpiece of the home McGuire shares with his wife, filmmaker and author Crystal McCrary, dominating a space where it faces tough competition from top-notch works by the likes of Glenn Ligon, Sam Gilliam, and Romare Bearden. The room holds millions of dollars’ worth of art—and a lot of history.

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