Tag: Olympics
100-Day Countdown to The World Games 2022 Begins in Birmingham
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...
Erin Jackson of US 1st Black Woman to Win Speedskating Gold
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...
The World Games 2022 now accepting volunteers for ‘once in a...
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...
Dianne Durham, first Black US women’s gymnastics champion, dies
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...
Birmingham World Games 2021 Assessing Delay of 2020 Olympics
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...
Olympic Gold Medalist Lillie Leatherwood Helping Others Achieve in Tuscaloosa
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...
Barbie makes doll of hijab-wearing Olympian Ibtihaj Muhammad
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...
LeBron James Considers 2020 Olympic Run
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...
Black Girl Magic In Rio
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...
Simone Manuel Becomes First African-American To Win Gold in Individual Swimming
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...