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Black Olympians to Watch in London 2012
Jeter, who is second only to legend Florence Griffith Joyner for the world record, is hoping to win the title of “fastest woman alive” in an event that was swept by the Jamaican team at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. She’ll also be a medal contender in the 200, where her teammate Allyson Felix will…
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Watch This: Obamas on 'Kiss Cam'
Monday night, President and Michelle Obama were in the stands watching Team USA’s men’s basketball warmup for the London Olympics at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. But during a break in the action, the crowd was watching the first couple instead of the court as the Verizon Center’s “Kiss Cam” zoomed in on them.…
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Meet the 2012 Olympic Basketball Team
The United States men’s national basketball team is considered the gold-medal favorite for the 2012 summer Olympic Games. The New York Times reports why: because the team has “great versatility” and “great athleticism” and is full of players who have faced international competition. With the three last spots now filled, LeBron James, who was on…
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Crazy Talk: Slave Descendants Make Better Athletes
Four-time Olympic gold medalist sprinter Michael Johnson is catching heat for a recent comment that he made about black athletes, according to the Los Angeles Times. In an interview with a British newspaper, Johnson said that he believes slave descendants make superior athletes, adding that such controversial topics should not be avoided, especially as the…
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Gymnast Gabby Douglas Does Her 'Happy Dance'
Gymnast Gabby Douglas makes Olympic team and does her “happy dance”: Celebrating having earned a spot on the U.S. team last night, the charismatic athlete told her interviewer, “I can do the Dougie for you guys!” Tarmoh backs out of Olympic track runoff: The unprecedented Olympic-team runoff between Allyson Felix and Jeneba Tarmoh is off.…
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Fox, CNN Get Health Care Ruling Wrong
Initial Reports Say Individual Mandate Struck Down “The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a key provision of the health care law championed by President Barack Obama, the so-called individual mandate that requires people to have health insurance,” CNN reported on Thursday, correcting its initial report that the individual mandate had been struck down. ” . .…
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Black Gymnast Is Top Olympic Contender
According to an informal survey, 90 percent of African Americans in their 20s and 30s today were in awe of or in love with Dominique Dawes around the time she competed in three Olympic Games in the 1990s. Today, with what the Associated Press calls “cover girl looks, a personality that leaps through the TV…
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Tony Parker Out of the Olympics?
Tony Parker out of the Olympics? If that’s true, we can see why he’d be going after the club where he says he got hurt during Chris Brown and Drake’s brawl — to the tune of $20 million. Black Folks Don’t launches season 2: The Web series’ second season starts today. UEFA charges Spain and…
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Venus Williams a Nonfactor at Wimbledon
(The Root) — If Venus Williams is destined to lose her battle against age, injuries and Sjogren’s syndrome, she’s determined to go down swinging. She was unable to muster much resistance Monday in an opening-round match at Wimbledon, but Williams refused to concede that her reign as a premier player has ended. “I feel like…