“My dad used golfing as a life lesson,” Michael Holmes says. “That you have to earn your way. That life is hard, that you have to work at it.”
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Baker League documentary showing at West Catholic | The Philadelphia Tribune
The Charles Baker League was the premier summer basketball league for many years in Philadelphia.
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For Lena Johnson, fencing is mental and fun – New York Amsterdam News
What would interest a young woman in participating in a sport that dates back to the early 1400s, and dates back to the 1700s as a competitive one? A sport that traces its roots to swordsmanship for duels and self-defense?
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12-Year-Old Jamaican Sprinter Hailed As Next Usain Bolt After Record Setting 200M Race – Atlanta Black Star
Jamaica may finally have found a successor to sprint legend Usain Bolt, after 12-year-old Brianna Lyston produced an astonishing display of sprinting at the 2017 Boys and Girls Championships.
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Serena and Venus may be tennis excellence personified, but don’t forget Richard – The Undefeated
The sisters are the most accomplished sports siblings in history thanks in large part to the courage and fire of their father
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Will Simone Manuel Inspire More Black Children to Swim?
Gretchen Reynolds/ | The New York Times “I don’t think any of them knew how to swim,” Ms. Williams said. “And they were afraid of the water and afraid for their kids.” Ms. Williams, 45, and her daughter are African-American, as were most of the other families at the swimming class. While Bailey, now almost […]
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