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LeBron James Named Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
LeBron James has taken his talents to the cover of Sports Illustrated as the magazine’s newly-crowned 2012 Sportsman of the Year. “He was the most dominant athlete this year – MVP of the NBA regular...
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Lifetime Greenlights Gabby Douglas Biopic, Regina King, S. Epatha Merkerson...
Lifetime has greenlit a biopic on the life of two-time Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas, tentatively titled The Gabby Douglas Story. The movie will follow Douglas from childhood, when she began...
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Jesse Owens’ Olympic Gold Medal Sells for Record $1.4 Million
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. (AP) — An Olympic gold medal won by Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Games has sold for a record $1.4 million in an online auction. SCP Auctions said Pittsburgh Penguins co-owner...
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Disney Laces Up to Make Biopic About Legendary Olympian Jesse Owens
Disney is developing a biographical feature film about American track and field hero Jesse Owens, setting up the project with production companies BermanBraun and Netter Films and attaching Antoine...
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Former Track Stars Lolo Jones and Lauryn Williams Make US Olympic Bobsled Team
Lauryn Williams and Lolo Jones have been selected for the U.S. bobsled team that will compete in next month’s Sochi Olympics. They are now positioned to join a group of eight other Americans who have...
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Adidas Celebrates Jesse Owens with Black History Month Footwear Collection
Inspired by the triumph of an American sports and cultural hero, adidas celebrates Jesse Owens with its Black History Month footwear collection. The facts are simple, Jesse Owens was the most famous...
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Gabby Douglas Wins American Cup, Pushes Towards Gold at 2nd Olympics
article by Rachel Axon via usatoday.com NEWARK, N.J. – The world championships silver medal should have been enough to erase any doubt in Gabby Douglas’ comeback. Yes, the reigning Olympic all-around...
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Gymnast Gabby Douglas Wins 2nd Straight Competition on Road Back to Olympics
article by Rachel Axon via usatoday.com On a day when Gabby Douglas continued to make progress toward a return to the Olympics, two young American gymnasts put in a strong showing as they start a path...
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Simone Biles and Gabby Douglas are Headed to Rio to Represent the U.S. |...
article by Sydney Scott via essence.com Simone Biles and Gabby Douglas will be booking tickets to Rio now that the two have been named to the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team. The ladies fought hard for...
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Simone Manuel Makes History as 1st African-American Female Swimmer to Win...
article by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (follow @lakinhutcherson) First and foremost, the headline above is the main story. Team U.S.A. member Simone Manuel made Olympic and U.S. history by becoming the...
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OPINION: Simone Biles Takes Olympic Gold in Women’s All-Around Gymnastics...
article by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (follow @lakinhutcherson) You’ve surely heard about it by now, and likely seen it too – U.S. gymnast phenomenon Simone Biles easily captured individual all-around gold...
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Michelle Carter Earns Shot Put Gold for USA at Rio Olympics with Last Throw
article by Shekhar Bhatia via dailymail.co.uk Michelle Carter, daughter of a former top American football player and Olympian, won the USA’s first-ever women’s shot put Olympic gold after a dramatic...
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Simone Biles Leaps into History as 1st American Woman to Win Olympic Gold in...
article by Bill Chappell via npr.org With two main goals already accomplished – gold medals in both the team competition and in the individual all-around – Simone Biles turned to the vault to grab more...
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Elaine Thompson keeps Queen of the Track Title, and 100M Gold, in Jamaica –...
article by Helene Elliott via latimes.com The good citizens of Banana Ground, Manchester Parish, Jamaica, might still be partying in honor of their most famous resident, Elaine Thompson, now known as...
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Jamaica’s Usain Bolt Wins 3rd Consecutive 100M Olympic Gold in Rio
article by Sean Gregory via time.com On a pleasant Sunday night in Rio’s Olympic Stadium, Usain Bolt, the fastest human in history, became the first to ever win the 100-m sprint in three straight...
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U.S. Gymnastics Sensation Simone Biles Soars to Fourth Gold Medal in Rio...
article by Victor Mather and Lela Moore via nytimes.com RIO DE JANEIRO — For anyone who doubted her after a subpar performance on the balance beam, Simone Biles sent an emphatic message on Tuesday: She...
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Dalilah Muhammad Makes U.S. History With 400-Meter Hurdles Gold Medal Win
article via bet.com Everywhere you look in these Rio Games, there’s #BlackGirlMagic making Olympic history. Count Dalilah Muhammad as the latest. On Thursday night, the 26-year-old New York City native...
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by Marissa Payne via washingtonpost.com Tears streamed down the face of Team USA’s Tianna Bartoletta as she collected her bronze…
View ArticleOlympic Gold Medalist Simone Manuel Helps to Provide Free Swim Lessons for...
View this post on Instagram #WeAreFamily Friday feat. Olympic Gold Medalist 🥇 @swimone! 🏊🏾♀️ What better way to prepare for…
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Simone Manuel Makes History as 1st African-American Female Swimmer to Win...
U.S. swimmer Simone Manuel ties for gold in women’s individual 100M freestyle race at 2016 Rio Olympic Games (photo via dailymail.co.uk) article by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (follow @lakinhutcherson) First...
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