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NPR: Latest On Allegations By Former UI Women’s Basketball Players

 
In this March 5, 2015, file photo, Illinois' Amarah Coleman drives to the basket as Nebraska's Chandler Smith guards during a game in Hoffman Estates, Ill. Coleman is one of seven former University of Illinois women's basketball player

In this March 5, 2015, file photo, Illinois' Amarah Coleman drives to the basket as Nebraska's Chandler Smith guards during a game in Hoffman Estates, Ill. Coleman is one of seven former University of Illinois women's basketball players that filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday, July 1. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Shannon Ryan, a Chicago Tribune sports reporter, about the allegations that the women's basketball coach and former assistant created a racially hostile environment.