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Triptych of Tajama Abraham, Pops Mensah-Bonsu and Yinka Dare while playing with George Washington Colonials. Abraham is grabbing a rebound, Mensah-Bonsu is celebrating, Dare is dunking.

Death To The NCAA

George Washington Settles On Revolutionaries For Nickname

Ray Ratto

BOTSWANA - 2014/06/12: Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) in river near Chitabe in the Okavango Delta in northern part of Botswana. (Photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Animals

Here’s To Hippos

A dog on the court at a George Washington game. No. 4 on George Washington is terrified of him somehow

College Basketball

This Game Had That Dog In It

George Washington Colonials