Features and profiles on past, present and future Olympians
LOS ANGELES-Fifty years ago, Dr. Tommie Smith and Dr. John Carlos defied Olympic referendum and rebuked their homeland with the greatest single socially conscious moment in sports history when they bowed their heads and lifted […]
It has been 50 years since the 1968 Summer Olympics (Oct. 12-Oct. 27) took place in Mexico City, Mexico. But the act of defiance by two black U.S. sprinters still haunts this country’s divided race […]
Los Angeles-Two-time Olympian Tasha Danvers believes that anything can be achieved through discipline. It is through the art of discipline that Danvers ran her way into the USC Track and Field Hall of Fame as […]
SACRAMENTO, CA-The 2017 USATF Outdoor National Championships took place at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, California. Of course, there were plenty of surprises. Tori Bowie claimed the women’s 100 meters, but Oregon’s Deajah Stevens became the U.S. […]
SACRAMENTO, CA-Ameer Webb doesn’t want to be known as an average sprinter. He wants to be the best in the world. On Day 4 of the 2017 USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships, Webb took […]
Four years ago, Gabrielle Douglas knocked off the mythical notion that a black woman could never be good enough to win a gold medal in the white-dominated sport of gymnastics at the Olympics in the […]
USA track and field sprinter LeKeisha Lawson enjoys the art of cooking. One of her favorite pastimes is serving up fried fish. “I’ve always loved fried fish since I was little, even though I really […]
SAN DIEGO, CA-The bigger the stage, the bigger that star athletes perform. Allyson Felix has been there and done that. So has Melisa and Mikele Barber. It’s almost become old hat for Carol Rodriguez. Felix […]
Record-setting HU Coach Awaits Her Due HAMPTON — For all of her exploits, Mamie Rallins’ recognition in track and field is as visible as a wasp. For Rallins, the head women’s track coach at Hampton […]
NORWALK, CA-Tyson Gay handled his business in the men’s 200 meters. Allyson Felix looked relaxed and poised in taking the women’s 400. LeKeisha Lawson claimed the women’s 100 and 200 with a dominant performance. Lelonde […]
USA track and field star Carmelita Jeter compares her struggles and ups and downs in track and field to the plight of the fictionary tale of Cinderella. Jeter’s story might be better. It certainly is […]
Winning the moniker as the world’s fastest man or the world’s fastest woman is an awesome achievement. Cementing that title in Olympic competition is an even more incredulous feat. Doing it in consecutive Summer Games […]
USA track and field star Carmelita Jeter is ready for the gold. She knows this year’s London Summer Olympics is her time to shine. Jeter believes this is her season to firmly stake her claim […]
Anaheim, CA-Age is nothing but a number for USA women’s volleyball member Danielle Scott-Arruda. At the ripe age of 39, Scott-Arruda is two years removed from giving birth to her second child. In October, Scott-Arruda […]
Olympic gold medal winner Jim Hines broke the mold in the 100 meters. And he did it on the world’s biggest sports stage. No other human being had cracked the speed barrier of the 10 […]
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