Dawn Staley cancels South Carolina women's basketball series with BYU following racial slur incident

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Dawn Staley cancels South Carolina women's basketball series with BYU following racial slur incident
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'As a head coach, my job is to do what’s best for my players and staff,' South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley said.

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in a release from the South Carolina athletic department."The incident at BYU has led me to reevaluate our home-and-home, and I don’t feel that this is the right time for us to engage in this series.”

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