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New series puts a spotlight on girls’ basketball | New York Amsterdam News

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021African American Athletes, Black Athlete

— BY, LOIS ELFMAN A new series on Disney+, “Big Shot,” tells the story of Division I men’s basketball coach Marvyn Korn (played by John Stamos) who loses his job after throwing a chair at a referee. Trying to redeem his reputation, he takes the only job available to him, coach of a girls’ […]

The Black Girls Cheer Movement Empowers Young Cheerleaders of Color | Black Enterprise

March 8, 2020June 7, 2020African American Sports, KOLUMN Magazine

A movement to empower young black girls is gaining momentum, according to ABC News, thanks to Black Girls Cheer. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Sharita Richardson was and still is fond of cheerleading, a lifelong passion. The woman with roots in North Carolina started cheerleading in middle school. As a mother, she raised three daughters who cheered competitively. […]

We Don’t Need To Destroy Gayle King To Preserve Kobe Bryant’s Legacy | Essence

February 10, 2020February 10, 2020African American Entertainment

The treatment of Gayle King over the last 48 hours is a case study in the inability to critique Black women without tearing them down in the process. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] In the emotional days following the death of Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna in a helicopter crash, Black people, in our shock and […]

Meet Melissa Harville-Lebron: The First Black Woman to Own a NASCAR Team | Black Enterprise (2018)

January 9, 2020January 9, 2020African American Athletes

Melissa Harville-Lebron never imagined that her entrepreneurial pursuits and ambitions would lead her to make history as the first African American woman to solely own a race team licensed by NASCAR. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Harville-Lebron, a 47-year-old single mother raising her three biological children as well as her siblings’ four kids, started her career in the […]

Jackie Robinson and 10 Other African American Pioneers in Sports | Biography.com

August 16, 2019September 2, 2020African American Athletes, African American History ...

These black athletes broke barriers, represented their communities and made history with their impressive athletic skills.

Serena Williams Follows In The Footsteps Of Althea Gibson As The Second Black Woman To Be Featured On A Wheaties Box | Blavity

June 26, 2019June 26, 2019African American Athletes, African American Sports ...

Williams follows in the footsteps of Althea Gibson, who first accomplished the feat in 2001.

Meadowlark Lemon Dies at 83; Harlem Globetrotters’ Dazzling Court Jester | The New York Times

April 28, 2019April 28, 2019African American Athletes, African American Sports ...

Bruce Weber, The New York Times Meadowlark Lemon of the Harlem Globetrotters during play against the Boston Shamrocks at Madison Square Garden in 1973. Librado Romero/The New York Times, Featured Image [dropcap]Meadowlark[/dropcap] Lemon, whose halfcourt hook shots, no-look behind-the-back passes and vivid clowning were marquee features of the feel-good traveling basketball show known as the […]

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