“Everyone has hiccups in their families,” Gabby Douglas said in an interview with People Magazine, when asked about her absent father. The 16 year-old gymnast, who made history at the 2012 Olympics by winning the Team and All-Around gold medal, is opening up about those hiccups in a new book, “Grace, Gold and Glory: My…
When Team USA Olympic hurdlers Dawn Harper and Kellie Wells came in silver and bronze Tuesday behind a heavily favored Sally Pearson of Australia, they were all smiles, giddy even. Harper, a 2008 gold medalist in the same event, didn’t even seem to mind that she’d fallen just 0.02 seconds from repeating her win. Because…
It’s been a week of celebrating black women’s firsts at the Olympics, with Gabby Douglas joining former Olympian Dominique Dawes as pioneers in gymnastics, so there’s no better time to profile Alice Coachman who, in 1948, became the first black woman to ever earn a gold medal in any Olympic sport. Coachman’s event was the…
We’ve all heard about the role ethnic or “black-sounding” names have the potential to play in biasing employers against hire. But unusual names are often raised as a topic of interrogation or ridicule because of how they’re spelled, how they sound, or what they may inadvertently imply. U.S. Volleyball Olympian Destinee Hooker recently told TMZ that she…
From The Grio – The latest battle of the 2012 London Olympics isn’t taking place in an arena, but rather in the corporate board room. This week, several American Olympic track and field stars engaged in a digital protest via Twitter, Facebook, and personal blogs, protesting the strict demands of Olympic Rule 40, which forbids athletes from promoting…
Have you been watching the qualifying trials for the 2012 Olympics in London? We have. And boy, have they been exciting! It seems that the Olympics stay gone just long enough for you to forget the rush you feel watching athletes push themselves to the pinnacle of their ability in order to attain the highest…
