Coach Shontrese Comeaux says, “it’s a huge deal to make strides for the cheer world and HBCU world.”
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They came from Chicago’s West Side to become the nation’s first all-Black high school rowing team | The Washington Post
By Timothy Bella, The Washington Post On the long walks to and from school, Arshay Cooper thought God existed everywhere except the West Side of Chicago. So Cooper wasn’t going to let one of his teammates on the nation’s first all-Black high school rowing team walk alone. For three years in the late ’90s, Cooper […]
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Ben Jipcho, a Runner Who Sacrificed Himself for a Teammate, Dies at 77 | The New York Times
At the 1968 Summer Olympics, he set a blistering early pace in the 1,500-meter race to help his teammate beat the American Jim Ryun. Jipcho finished 10th. By Richard Sandomir, The New York Times Ben Jipcho, a Kenyan distance runner who set a torrid pace in the 1,500-meter race at the 1968 Summer Olympics in […]
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Converse Announces It Will Pay Salary of WNBA Star Natasha Cloud | Cassius
“We are proud to have her on the Converse team, are humbled to match her forfeited player’s salary, and look forward to working together with Natasha on these issues as well as supporting her vision in this space.” By Robert Samuels, Cassius Washington Mystics star Natasha Cloud made the bold decision to forgo the 2020 WNBA season if […]
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A Softball Team’s Tweet to Trump Leads Players to Quit Mid-Series | The New York Times
The players said they did not want a photo of them standing during the national anthem to be used for political purposes. By Natalie Weiner, The New York Times For a few hours this week, softball had a shot at something it has pursued for decades: the spotlight. The USSSA Pride and Scrap Yard Fast […]
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Black U.S. Olympians Won In Nazi Germany Only To Be Overlooked At Home | NPR
Eighty years ago this month, the United States competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games in Nazi Germany, with 18 African-American athletes part of the U.S. squad. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Track star Jesse Owens, one of the greatest Olympians of all time, won four gold medals. What the 17 other African-American Olympians did in Berlin, though, […]
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Taylor Dumpson, 1st Black Female Student Body President at American University, Awarded over $700K in Suit Against Neo-Nazi Website Founder | Good Black News
Staff, Good Black News Taylor Dumpson, American University’s student body president, grew up in Maryland with an awareness of the hateful symbolism surrounding the noose. Credit Gabriella Demczuk for The New York Times. Featured Image [dropcap]The[/dropcap] United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that white supremacists who used social media to threaten […]
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Jamaica Has Never Had Olympic Synchronized Swimmers. These Girls Want to Change That. | The New York Times
Meet Ajoni, Katana, Joydayne, Laila, and Nyouka: the girl squad that makes up the Island Aquatics Synchro Club.
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Simone Biles Says She, Too, Was Abused by Larry Nassar | The New York Times
After having vocally supported her teammates as they publicly detailed the sexual abuse they endured, Simone Biles, one of the most decorated gymnasts in Olympic history, added her own name on Monday to the list of those who have accused Dr. Lawrence G. Nassar of sexual abuse.
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In 1950s Atlanta, Alfred ‘Tup’ Holmes Fought To End Segregation In Golf | WBUR
“My dad used golfing as a life lesson,” Michael Holmes says. “That you have to earn your way. That life is hard, that you have to work at it.”
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