“It’s really difficult to control your emotions when you want something so badly,” Richards-Ross said, not long after she crossed the finish line in 49.55 seconds Sunday night, August 5 to capture Olympic Gold, just ahead of Great Britain’s Christine Ohuruogu (49.70) and fellow...
Brooklyn’s own Lia Neal brings home the Bronze Medal in the 4x100 Meter Freestyle Relay
Lia Neal is going back to her high school with a bronze medal. Neal, who competed on the third leg of the 4x100 Meter Freestyle Relay, told a reporter, “Everything...
The GAMES are finally here! July 27 will mark the opening ceremony with 30 sports, 17,000 athletes, 227 countries, over 20,000 journalists, 63,000 people involved in staging the Games, 500,000 daily spectators, and over 9 million tickets sold to engage in the Games of...
The United States swimming team will have three African-Americans in London; the country’s gymnastics team will carry two.
New York native John Orozco, at age nineteen, is an emerging star of USA Gymnastics and a recently crowned U.S. all-around champion. Having grown up in the...
Track & Field Team USA has been named
Four reigning Olympic Champions and eight current World Champions highlight the Team USA roster nominated to the U.S. Olympic Committee by USA Track & Field. A roster of 127 men and women stands ready to represent the...
My candid chat with Olympic Gold Medalist Natasha Hastings (2008 Olympic Gold Medalist on 4x400 Meter Relay) is called a virtual interview in this Part I conversation to let the readers visualize her journey to the London 2012 Olympics and to see a personal...
Flo-Jo was MY True Friend:
It was 1984 at the Olympic Training Camp in Santa Barbara, California and a red Datsun 300ZX with the license plate 84GOLD pulled up to the practice track. A shy young woman stepped from the car and began to warm...
It is a pleasure to see the support of Corporate America to the USA Olympic & Paralympic programs. Throughout the year, sponsorships are at an all-time high as corporations have finally realized “It takes funding to support our athletes.” Citi Every Step in addition...
It’s an Olympic Year and everybody is anxiously awaiting the start. However, before we go there, there is a process we must adhere to and that is the Olympic Trials. People have asked me how do you make the team and I...
PSAL Boys Baseball
On Saturday, April 7, the Cardoza Judges defeated the PSAL City Champions George Washington Trojans in a 5-4 win. “Intimidation is no longer there,” Cardoza coach Ron Gorecki told a reporter. “Cardoza is a force to be reckoned with this year. Barring...
Boys & Girls three-peats to win city basketball titleBed-Stuy’s Boys & Girls High School boys basketball team made history last Saturday in besting East New York’s Thomas Jefferson High School 71-67 to capture their third straight PSAL Class “AA” Division Championship.
Leading the Kangaroos was...
