Flipboard Culture Desk on Nostr: March Madness, the college basketball tournament that grips sports fans across the ...

March Madness, the college basketball tournament that grips sports fans across the United States each year, began this week. But one of the most compelling stories from college basketball happened last month when Adam Strom learned he’d been fired as the head coach of the women’s basketball team at Haskell Indian Nations University. The abrupt action was part of the massive layoffs being carried out by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk and empowered by President Donald Trump. Strom stayed on as a volunteer to see his team through to the end of the season. “We're not just playing for the name across our chest or on our back,’’ he said. “We're playing for our ethnic background. … We’re playing for Indian Country.’’ Read more from nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq63fqvlu52npsgtnnqescpuxn5gfdc8y2ju8ztfy00jjkx905ktcqpfgge7 (nprofile…gge7):

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