Olympics
TIME Magazine recognized the excellence of Simone Biles and all she had to overcome in 2021 by bestowing the Olympic medalist with its prestigious honor as "Athlete Of The Year."
She's was known as "the fastest woman in the world," but Florence Flo Jo Griffith Joyner was much more than that. She was a loving mother, a designer, and even an actress too.
Since Tommie Smith and John Carlos in 1968, a few other Black athletes have made history at the Olympics in a number of historic ways. In honor of the duo, let's take a look at times where the 200 Olympics was Black, bold and bigger than ever.
Olympian Allyson Felix has been named Sportswoman of the Year by the Women's Sports Foundation.
Kenyan long-distance runner Agnes Tirop, who finished 4th at the Tokyo Olympics, has died at age 25. The athlete was found stabbed to death in her home, according to a Kenyan athletic commission.
It appears that Sha’Carri Richardson has responded to retired Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt who suggested in a recent interview that she should focus more on Training and less on talking ish.
Sha’Carri Richardson just got some sound advice from Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt on why the track & field star should let her feet do the talking instead of her mouth, especially when betting against the proud people in his hometown of Jamaica.
36-year-old blind long jumper Lex Gillette has taken home a silver medal during each of his four trips to the Paralympics, and now he's going for gold.
28-year-old Tamyra Mensah-Stock won her first Olympic gold medal in wresting, which comes with a nice side of tax-free prize money totaling up to $37,500. So, what does the girl holding the gold get herself with all that cash? Nothing actually — it's all going to her mom's big dream of opening up a food truck.
'SNL' comedian Michael Che was the latest to get canceled for jokes he made at the expense of Simone Biles and her highly-publicized sexual abuse by former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. Given our history with crude humor though, was Che wrong for his actions or is it that we all simply can't take a joke?
Candace Owens has suggested Simone Biles is a coward for pulling out of the Olympics.
A debate is brewing between former gold medalist Maya DiRado and some American swimmers over U.S. medal threat Michael Andrew’s decision not to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus as he prepares to compete at the Tokyo Olympics.
