Megan Rapinoe of USA waves after the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup Final match between USA and Netherlands. (Shutterstock) By Emma Specter, Vogue On and off the field, the members of the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team have long served as role models for young women across the country—arguably, never more so than when they […]
Night View from inside the vast Bird’s Nest National Stadium preparing for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games. – Beijing, China – Jan 5th 2021 (Shutterstock) By Chris Cwik, Yahoo Sports After a stumble in the Olympic qualifiers, Erin Jackson’s gold-medal dreams were over. Jackson failed to qualify for the 500-meter event at […]
By Steven P. Broglio, The Conversation An estimated 90 million to 100 million Americans will tune in to watch the Super Bowl this Sunday. Unlikely to be mentioned during the festivities is this sobering but significant side note: Athletes participating in collision sports are among those at highest risk for concussion. That risk is not […]
By Joshua D. Pitts, The Conversation Boldly going where no NFL coach has gone before, recently fired Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores put his future career at stake and filed a class-action lawsuit against the league, the New York Giants, the Denver Broncos and the Dolphins, alleging discriminatory hiring practices among team owners. Coincidentally, […]
Jamaica 1 team at two-man bobsleigh heat at Sochi 2014 XXII Olympic Winter Games. – Sochi, Russia – February 16, 2014 By Christopher Brito, CBS News Jamaica will be back competing in the four-man bobsled at the Winter Olympics for the first time in nearly a quarter century. Team Jamaica announced Monday that they have qualified for the […]
By Stephanie Korney, Jamaicans Elaine Thompson-Herah, 29, has received a nomination for the title of World Athlete of the Year for 2021 from World Athletics. Sprinter Thompson-Herah represented Jamaica at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and won gold in the 100-meter, 200-meter, and 4×100-meter competitions. She joins nine other nominees from which the title winner […]
Venus Williams in action at the 2016 US Open Grand Slam tennis tournament. – Shutterstock Two-time U.S. Open champion Venus Williams talks about why it’s important to get vaccinated against COVID-19, even if you’re young and feel invincible. Learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine and get vaccinated: https://vaccinefinder.nyc.gov/
The famous Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka performs at the Olympic tournament in Tokyo. – Tokyo, Japan – August 3, 2021 (Shutterstock) Tennis star Naomi Osaka announced she’ll likely step away from the sport for a bit following Friday’s third-round loss to Leylah Fernandez at the U.S. Open 5-7, 7-6(2), 6-4. “I honestly don’t know […]
By Stephanie Korney Jamaica’s champion sprinter Veronica Campbell Brown is set to receive a lifetime achievement award at the Sixth Annual People Profile Awards ceremony, which will be held at the Sunrise Civic Center in Sunrise, Florida, on September 5, 2021. She will be honored at the black-tie event for her exceptional career as a […]
By Jamaicans Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Jamaica’s sprint superstar and Olympic gold medalist, discussed her diet and training program with Forbes magazine, revealing what some would call a bombshell: she does not like yams, rarely eats yams, and does not consider yams a “secret weapon” responsible for the success of her country’s fastest runners. Ever since eight-time […]