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Sha’Carri Richardson Is Not to Be Played With: 'I'm That Girl'
The U.S. sprinter clinches her first Olympic berth and is Black excellence personified.
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In Honor of Black Music Month, Cari Champion Treats Us to A Life in Tracks
If music is your ministry, Cari Champion’s latest foray is right up your alley.
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Allyson Felix Leads With Love as She Prepares for Her Final Trip to the Summer Olympics
We live in a society of celebrity worship, in which human beings are far too often reduced to what they do instead of who they actually are. This happens all the time with athletes like LeBron James, who are celebrated for their feats on the court, yet admonished for having the audacity to speak out…
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She Just Did It: Simone Biles Makes the Leap From Nike to Athleta
Every professional athlete knows brand endorsements are the real butter atop their breadwinning. Similarly, brands know star athletes are big business. In what can only be called a stunning upset, Nike has apparently lost a real one, as it was announced Friday that America’s most decorated gymnast, the phenom known as Simone Biles, has exited…
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Beyoncé Recognizes Michaela Coel, Andra Day, Issa Rae and More in Honor of Women’s History Month
Regardless of what James Brown said—this is, in fact, a woman’s world. Wanna know how I know? Beyoncé told me. And when Beyoncé says something, it’s law. Those are just the facts. But if you need extra convincing, look no further than the handful of women she’s chosen to pay tribute in honor of this…
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Making More Room for Active Mothers, Nike Introduces Its First Maternity Line
What a difference a year makes. In 2019, Nike was facing significant backlash after a viral Mother’s Day New York Times op-ed penned by one of its formerly sponsored athletes, Olympic runner Alysia Montaño, revealed that the athleticwear behemoth’s contracts were punitive to their pregnant athletes. “If we’re talking about supporting women in sports, then…
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Look Back At It: Forget the 53 Percent—This Was the Decade of #BlackGirlMagic
Recently, my brethren here at The Root made a healthy argument for how white women have spent the decade between 2010 and 2019 “doing the most” (and the least)—and to a certain extent, they’re right. But as The Root’s editor of all things black woman-related, I’d like to pose a counterargument. Though the storied 53…
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New Cameras Cause Major Issues at the World Athletics Championships—but Black Mothers Emerge Victorious
Well, this seems like a foreseeable flaw: In a quest to “provide innovative angles on the competition,” during the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, for the first time, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) installed starting block cameras for the track and field-based competition. Understandably, the new development made several female athletes uncomfortable,…
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With a New Baby, Sponsor and Mission, Olympian Allyson Felix Is in the Race to Save Black Mothers
When runner Allyson Felix read fellow Olympian Alysia Montaño’s explosive Mother’s Day op-ed in the New York Times, calling out Nike for the lack of support and protection it offered to its sponsored female athletes in the event of pregnancy, it struck a chord. After all, aside from both being world-class athletes sponsored by Nike,…