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J.B. Ricks Sr. has been with the Spectrum News team since the fall of 2011. J.B.’s tremendous passion for sports, the history that comes with it, and the opportunity to cover stories he’ll be telling his grandchildren about one day are the things that inspire him each morning when he arrives to the Raleigh newsroom.
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