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Gabby Douglas Tearfully Speaks About Social Media Bullying, While Mother Asks What She Has Done to Deserve It
It seems as though there are certain aspects of Gabby Douglas that people love to criticize, and the mother of the two-time Olympian is fed up with it. Natalie Hawkins, Douglas’ mom, is now speaking out about the bullying her daughter receives online during the biggest moments in her life. “She’s had to deal with…
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2016 Rio Olympics Weekend 1 Open Thread
We got track, we got gymnastics AT THE SAME DAMN TIME. We got swimming we got golf AT THE SAME DAMN TIME!!
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#BlackGirlsSwimFast: On Simone Manuel and Swimming to Freedom
Following their 1-2-3 finish in the 2015 NCAA 100 swimming finals, Mark Anthony Neal tweeted #BlackGirlsSwimFast to celebrate the magnificence of Lia Neal, Simone Manuel and Natalie Hinds. On Thursday night at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, it took 52 seconds for Manuel to swim the fastest. And when she touched first in a…
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2016 Rio Olympics Day 7 Open Thread
USWNT went down. THAT’S AGAINST THE LAWS OF PHYSICS. But there’s more! There’s fencing and more swimming!
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The Simones Sprinkled #BlackGirlMagic In Rio Last Night Like Bawses
You know by now. Simone Biles rolled into Rio and put 100 percent into every line she dropped. Simone Manuel went out there and didn’t know she swooped into the history books by winning the women’s 100m freestyle in swimming. They are some bad women. I’ll bet if you go into their purses and pull…
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Simone Manuel Becomes 1st African-American Female Swimmer to Win Olympic Gold in Individual Event
Black girls are truly magic. And Simone Manuel, a black American swimmer, just shattered all stereotypes and made a definitive mark in history. Manuel became the first African-American female swimmer to take home the Olympic gold in an individual event when she finished the 100-meter freestyle at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics Thursday night, with a time…
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Leslie Jones Meets Olympians Simone Biles and Aly Raisman in Rio
If there’s one person excited about being at the Olympics, it’s Leslie Jones. The SNL star landed in Rio de Janeiro Thursday, just in time to hobnob with USA’s finest. Jones was able to watch Simone Biles and Aly Raisman win the gold and silver medals respectively in the Individual All-Around Final. “I can’t believe my life!!” Jones…
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2016 Rio Olympics Day 6 Open Thread
More gymnastics, swimming, and other Olympic things that Olympians do. Be Olympic.
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Ray Rice Isn’t Being Blackballed by the NFL for Domestic Violence. He’s Just Not Good Anymore
Ray Rice, barring a dramatic set of miraculous circumstances, will never play for the NFL again. I know it. He knows it. Me, you, your mama and your cousin, too, know it. The homegirl from around the way knows it. Bonita Applebum may not know it yet, but she’s about to know it once I…