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Bolt 'Lost All Respect' for Carl Lewis
When former Olympian Carl Lewis criticized Jamaica’s drug-testing program for athletes, it didn’t just offend “fastest man alive” sprinter Usain Bolt — it made him lose “all respect” for the nine-time gold-medal winner. After Bolt — who, of course, represents Jamaica — delivered a record-breaking performance in Beijing, Lewis told Sports Illustrated: “Countries like Jamaica…
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The Root's London 2012 Black-Olympian Watch
Friday, Aug. 10, 10:22 a.m. EDT: Usain Bolt to “close the show” with the 4×100: The “World’s Fastest Man” and his team will compete in the 4×100 relay next. If they’re victorious, Bolt will leave these Olympics with three gold medals, the same feat he accomplished in Beijing four years ago.”We’re going to go out,…
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NBC News, TV One Join to Cover Election
Ties to Comcast Unite the Two Networks NBC News and TV One are partnering to provide joint coverage on the final nights of the Republican and Democratic conventions, as well as on election night, the two networks announced on Wednesday. “As part of the partnership, TV One will air a four-hour broadcast on the final…
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W. Kamau Bell: Chris Rock's TV Protégé
(The Root) — W. Kamau Bell got the hookup. After comedy-industry insiders tipped Chris Rock to the San Francisco comedian’s irreverent multimedia stand-up act, in which he goofed on race, politics and current events, Rock approached Bell in 2010 to do his own half-hour TV show. The result is Totally Biased With W. Kamau Bell,…
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Surgeon General Emcees 'Hair Fitness' Contest
The country’s leading spokesperson on public health, Surgeon General Dr. Regina M. Benjamin, has never shied away from talking about what she says is a threat to black women’s health: concerns about hair maintenance that can get in the way of exercise. “Oftentimes you get women saying, ‘I can’t exercise today because I don’t want…
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Olympians From Cameroon Go Missing
Olympians from Cameroon go missing: Seven athletes from Cameroon’s delegation to the London Olympics have gone missing, ABC reports. The missing athletes include five male boxers, a female footballer and a male swimmer, Paul Ekane Edingue, said David Ojong, Cameroon’s head of the mission to London 2012. Ojong said they haven’t been seen since Monday.…
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Diversity Aids Coverage of Sikh Killings
A diverse newsroom leadership team helped deepen the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s coverage of Sunday’s killings at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, Martin Kaiser, senior vice president and editor, told Journal-isms on Monday. Wade Michael Page, a 40-year-old Army veteran with white supremacist ties, opened fire before worship services in nearby Oak Creek, Wis., and killed…
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Michelle Obama to Talk Olympics With Leno
The last time first lady Michelle Obama appeared on the Tonight Show With Jay Leno, she promoted her Let’s Move campaign and its focus on fitness and healthy eating habits. In her next stopover, scheduled for Aug. 13, she’ll talk to the host about life in the White House and her trip to the London…
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Olympic Inequalities Explained
At the Huffington Post, David J. Leonard argues that the answer to “Why are so many sports so white?” has everything to do with institutionalized racism and inequality. The reason why America’s Olympic team is overwhelmingly white, the reason why there are so few athletes of color within many Olympics sports, is the persistent impact of…
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When Did Being Black and Proud Become Racist?
In a piece for NewsOne, Kirsten West Savali challenges those who claim that it’s “living in the past” to recognize black achievement at the Olympics or elsewhere. Yes, apparently in the mind of the Neo-Negro, it is segregationism to acknowledge the race of a sister or a brother because mainstream media doesn’t do the same.…