Tag: Olympics

By Ryan Michaels The Birmingham Times To mark 100 days to go before The World Games 2022 begin officials from the Games and Airbus announced on...

By PAUL NEWBERRY Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Erin Jackson has never viewed herself as some sort of trailblazer. She just likes to skate really, really...

By Haley Wilson The Birmingham Times With The World Games 2022 (TWG) next year and 3,600 athletes from around the world in Birmingham from July 7...

NBC News Dianne Durham, the first Black woman to win a USA Gymnastics national championship, died Thursday in Chicago following a short illness, her husband...

By Michael Tomberlin Alabama NewsCenter The International Olympic Committee’s decision Tuesday to postpone the 2020 Olympic Games that were to take place in Tokyo this...

By Alabama Power Foundation Alabama Newscenter The following is the latest installment of the Alabama Power Foundation’s annual report, highlighting the people and groups spreading good across...

Times Staff Report The maker of Barbie has announced it will sell a doll modeled after Ibtihaj Muhammad, an American fencer who competed in last...

J.R. Gamble The Shadow League James didn’t catch wreck in Rio de Janeiro with some of his other NBA pals this summer. He sat out that...

Ricardo A. Hazell Senior Writer ©2016, The Shadow League Stereotypes and misunderstandings litter the American landscape in just about every societal aspect. It is an unfortunate byproduct...

By Monique Jones The Birmingham Times Simone Manuel made history Thursday when she secured the gold medal for women's 100m freestyle, becoming the first African-American woman...