Search results for: “node/olympics”
-
Media Awaits Verdict in Trial of Jordan Davis’ Killer
Jury Weighs ‘Loud-Music’ Killing: ‘Florida Again, Seriously?!’ Media Await Verdict in Death of Teenager Jordan Davis “In the national coverage of the first-degree murder case of Michael David Dunn, Jacksonville itself hasn’t really been a focus of the story,” Matt Soergel wrote this week for the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville. “Instead, attention has been squarely…
-
Why I Don’t Watch the Privileged Olympics
Oh, white people. I get it. The snow and the patriotism and the ice-skating lessons and freezing temperatures and the red cheeks of Winter Olympic-ness—I get it. I just can’t get into it. Or watch it or root for it, because it feels like expendable cash, and skating coaches, the frilliness of extravagance and privilege…
-
Shani Davis: Skating for History, Not Love
Speed skater Shani Davis will go down in history for his succession of Winter Olympic firsts, most notably as the first African-American athlete to win an individual gold at the Winter Games. But in his own sport, he is celebrated for his extraordinary record of sustained excellence. Over the past decade, Davis has dominated speed…
-
Jamaican Bobsledders Make Winter Games but Lose Equipment
The Jamaican bobsled team can’t catch a break. After the team qualified for the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, they didn’t have enough money to attend. After raising the funds to make the trip, Winston Watts and brakeman Marvin Dixon missed their connecting flight in Moscow after being delayed by bad weather in New York.…
-
Our Favorite Black Winter Olympians
Thanks to a deficit of racial diversity on the U.S. team, some jokingly write off the Winter Games as the “white Olympics.” But those observers must be forgetting these competitors of color, who, despite their relatively small numbers, made big impressions. As we count down to the Sochi Olympics’ opening ceremony on Friday, we remember…
-
You Should Watch the Winter Olympics, and Here’s Why
For most of the 90 years that the Winter Olympics Games have been staged, snow and ice was not only the competitive landscape but also the perfect racial metaphor for the games and their athletes. While the colorful, five-ringed Olympic flag symbolized the games’ global reach, there was little color to be seen in the…
-
Shouldn’t Every Day Be ‘Black History Month’?
Editor’s note: For those who are wondering about the retro title of this black-history series, please take a moment to learn about historian Joel A. Rogers, author of the 1934 book 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro With Complete Proof, to whom these “amazing facts” are an homage. Amazing Fact About the Negro No. 66:…
-
New Biopic Tells Olympic Champion Gabby Douglas’ Inspiring Life Story
Gabby Douglas is still on fire. She’s been a household name—a brand, even—ever since her historic 2012 Olympic double-gold win launched her into the sports Hall of Fame. She’s been featured in ads and slapped on cereal boxes and has even written books—and now the upbeat 18-year-old is getting her very own biopic. Tonight, cable’s…
-
Arrest of ‘Black’ Man in Beating of Gay Journalist
Police Sought “Hispanic” but Arrested a “Black Male” Police arrested a Queens, N.Y., man Tuesday in the beating of Randy Gener, an openly gay arts journalist who remained in critical condition after undergoing brain surgery as a result of the attack, New York news media reported. The suspect, Leighton Jennings, was described by police Wednesday…
-
Joy-Ann Reid Snags Afternoon Anchor Slot at MSNBC
Joy-Ann Reid to Host Own Show on MSNBC The Grio to Stay, Despite Fate of NBC Latino Joy-Ann Reid, managing editor of the Grio and an MSNBC contributor since 2011, will host her own show on MSNBC, the network announced on Monday. David Wilson, co-founder of the Grio, told Journal-isms that he is returning to…