Dominique Dawes’ Emotional Reaction To Gabby’s Win

Posted on Aug 3, 2012 in Sports

Olympian Cullen Jones Inspires Kids to Swim

Posted on Jul 24, 2012 in Sports

Gabbie Douglas is the top Olympic Gymnastics Contender

Posted on Jul 2, 2012 in Sports

  “I used to be sooo shy,” she said with a giggle. “Now I’m like, ‘Lah, lah, lah. Lah, lah, lah. … I’m just ready to go out there and perform. I’m so ready to take on this journey.”

It’s going to be quite a trip.Not only has Douglas emerged as world champion Jordyn Wieber’s main rival, finishing a mere 0.2 points behind at the U.S. gymnastics championships two weeks ago, she could be the brightest star on a powerful U.S. team that could turn the London Olympics into its own heavy medal show. With cover girl looks, a personality that leaps through the TV set and a nickname you won’t soon forget, Douglas has all the makings of the next Mary Lou or Shawn.The U.S. team will be picked Sunday, following the Olympic trials in San Jose, Calif. Barring an injury, Douglas is considered a lock for London along with Wieber and Aly Raisman. In addition to the team competition and all-around, Douglas has medal potential on uneven bars, where her release moves are so big and effortless that national team coordinator Martha Karolyi has dubbed her the “Flying Squirrel.”“She is who you see,” said Missy Parton, whose family took Douglas in after she finally convinced her mother to let her move from her home in Virginia Beach, Va., to West Des Moines, Iowa, to train. “She loves to joke and tease. She’s very animated and very personable, and she’s got that smile that’s contagious. You can’t help but fall in love with her.”Though “bad mood” doesn’t seem to be part of Douglas’ vocabulary — she swears you don’t want to go near her if she’s hungry or tired — there is a fierce determination behind her sunny personality.

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http://www.theroot.com/buzz/black-gymnast-top-olympic-contender

25 Most clutch players in NBA history via Complex

Posted on Jun 18, 2012 in Sports

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http://www.complex.com/sports/2012/06/the-25-most-clutch-players-in-nba-finals-history/

The Dream Team 20th Anniversary

Posted on Jun 14, 2012 in Sports

WHY IT’S WRONG TO ROOT AGAINST LEBRON JAMES

Posted on Jun 12, 2012 in Sports

Like many young boys coming of age in the ’40s and ’50s, my dad had an almost unhealthy affinity for Westerns and cowboy culture. Actually, “had” is the wrong word.“Shane” is still one of his favorite movies, and it’s not uncommon to drive up to my parent’s house and catch my dad in the middle of a “Gunsmoke” marathon.

And, also like many young boys infatuated with Westerns, my dad wanted to be a cowboy. Since there weren’t many 10 year old Black cowboys in the 1950s, he pretended as best as he could; rocking tassels and holsters with plastic guns in them whenever and wherever he could. (I think he even wore them to school)

Yet, if you hear my dad tell it, these memories produce an uneasy ambivalence. While he treasures the memories of walking up and down his block, pretending to be a cowboy, he feels a certain way about the fact that, by playing “Cowboys and Indians” — a game where the the kids in the neighborhood pretended to be cowboys chasing down and killing Indians — and by rooting against the Indians in many of the shows he watched, he was playing for the wrong team.

As a kid he didn’t realize this, but as he grew older and learned about some of the things that really happened in the Wild Wild West and to the American Indians, he grew horrified at the fact that American culture had villfied the Indians and that he happily took part in that vilification.