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Black Girl Magic Roars In The Water At The Tokyo Olympics
Historically, people of African, Caribbean, and Asian heritage have been marginalized in the world of aquatics. The barriers faced by these communities are complex,...
Black Girl Magic’s Legacy In Gymnastics Is Forever Cemented
With 30 Olympic and World Championship medals combined, Simone Biles is the most decorated gymnast in US history. Her success is the epitome of...
The Policing And Punishment Of Black Girl Magic In Sports
Last month Simone Biles, the most decorated gymnast in US history, made history again. This time for landing the Yurchenko double pike vault.
https://twitter.com/NBCOlympics/status/1396458393645187078
The vault...
Robbing Jordan Chiles Of Her Olympic Bronze Medal Exemplifies The Pain Black Sportswomen Endure
The Paris Olympic Games were filled with a myriad of glorious diasporic moments of Black Girl Magic.
From boxer Cindy Ngamba becoming the first...
Who Is Jasmine Paolini And Why Are Black People Cheering For Her?
Heading into Wimbledon, most outside of the tennis world had probably never heard of Italian player, Jasmine Paolini.
But after beating Donna Vekić in...
Diverse Representation To Celebrate 2nd Annual Black Women In Sports Day
Black women continue to make both power moves and history in sports, and one of the groups doing the work to carve out success...
Simone Manuel Launches Foundation To Help Black People Swim
Simone Manuel showed us that Black people, and Black women in particular, can swim and swim damn well.
The 2x Olympian shinned in the pool...
Madison Keys’ US Open Run Sparked A Black Identity Debate
Madison Keys came up one win short of returning to the US Open Final where she last appeared in 2017 against eventual champion, Sloane...
Diverse Representation To Launch National Black Women In Sports Day
Black women have made their mark in the world of sports both on the field of play and in the boardroom. But over the...
Athlete Or Not, Black Maternal Mortality Doesn’t Discriminate
Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women. That’s a somber reality too many ignore or overlook.
But...
By Being Herself, Angel Reese Slays Anti-Blackness And Misogynoir In Sports
If there is one thing that sport helps to unmask is the fact that we have so much work to do when it comes...
Black Women Are Taking Charge At Super Bowl LVII
Black History Month started off on a high note in sports as Black women are taking charge at Super Bowl LVII.
Yesterday, the NFL took...
The MEAC Has Its Own AD Power 5 And They’re All Black Women
The Big 10, SEC, Big 12, ACC and Pac-12 have a new Power Five to compete with, only now it's out of the MEAC.
This...
Black Gymnasts Make History At U.S. Gymnastics Championships
Black gymnasts have been flipping the sport on its head over the last few years, a trend that refuses to be deterred.
From the greatness...
Meet Sandra Douglass Morgan, The NFL’s First Black Woman Team President
Yesterday, the Las Vegas Raiders hired Sandra Douglass Morgan as their new president, making her the first Black woman team president in NFL history.
https://twitter.com/firstandpen/status/1545107884622610439
Morgan...
Caster Semenya, Black Sportswomen Continue To Be Targeted For Existing
At 18 years old, South African middle-distance runner Caster Semenya burst onto the track and field world stage when she took gold in the...
Black Sportswomen Compete Against Much More Than Just Sexism
At the 2022 Critics Choice Awards on Sunday, Dame Elizabeth Jane Campion, a director, screenwriter, and producer, decided the best way to highlight her...
Elana Meyers Taylor Becomes The Most Decorated Black Athlete In Winter Olympics History
After the two-woman bobsled was completed on Saturday, Team USA's Elana Meyers Taylor and Sylvia Hoffman celebrated their bronze medal victory.
Their appearance on the...
Racism, White Tears Score Higher Than Black Lives For UCLA Gymnastics
It’s January, a time when organizations, politicians and individuals who hated Dr. Martin Luther King when he was alive partake in fake “wokeness” by...
Kristen Hayden Becomes USA Diving’s First Black Female National Champion
In a week filled with HBCU football, NFL playoff maneuvers, Steph Curry's record, Urban Meyer's downfall and Covid's wrath across sports, most missed the...
Kelsey Koelzer, Hockey’s First Black Female Coach, Wins Her First Game
We've written about the trailblazing Kelsey Koelzer before.
From her historic hire at Arcadia University to the first time she stepped on the ice...
Kelsey Koelzer, Hockey’s First Black Female Coach, Makes Her Debut
In May, we wrote about Kelsey Koelzer, the hockey history maker who is blazing a path for women, particularly Black women, in hockey.
This past...
Alice Dearing Puts Spotlight Back On Black Hair In Swimming
To Black people, hair is a source of identity and pride. For others to touch, harm, or violate it in any way is a...
Simone Biles And Black Sportswomen Are Amazing But Not Unbreakable
As the Olympic Games proceeded, eyes were increasingly focused on the incredible Simone Biles.
There are many words to describe Biles: Black, woman, superstar, G.O.A.T.,...
Black Hair Has Always Mattered In Sports
Black hair is an intimate part of an individual's identity and being. Yet as of Saturday, the two-year anniversary of The CROWN Act, only...
The Bodies Of Black Sportswomen Will No Longer Remain “Quiet As It’s Kept”
Just look at her arms. Her legs. Her skin and hair.
She’s too fast. Too strong and loud. She's too aggressive. Too angry.
These are...
Atlanta Dream Assembles All-Black Female Broadcast Team
On Monday, the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA made history by assembling an All-Black female broadcasting team.
https://twitter.com/AtlantaDream/status/1391868811666759681
“As the Atlanta Dream experiences new beginnings we...
If You Missed The U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials, That’s Your Loss
Track and Field is one of the most incredible, inspiring, exciting and underappreciated sports in America.
Despite the competition and athletic talents on display, America...
For Taylor Townsend And You, The Body is Not an Apology
Taylor Townsend is a name most don’t recognize.
Taylor, an African American tennis player, was once a rising star. In the summer of 2012, she...
UCLA Gymnast Nia Dennis Wins For The Culture
UCLA gymnast Nia Dennis doesn't just do gymnastics. She does gymnastics with and for the culture, following in the Black Girl Magic empowered footsteps...
The Edwards Sisters Are Ice Hockey History Makers
If you've never heard of Chayla and Laila Edwards, you're in the right place as you're about to learn about two trailblazers who are...
Angel Reese Donates A Year’s Tuition To Her HS Basketball Team
LSU's Angel Reese took the college sports landscape by storm this past season and ended it with a national championship win in a history-making...
Nicole Lynn Becomes Klutch Sports’ First President Of Football
Nicole Lynn has been running things for a while, and now she has the title to match.
Today, Klutch Sports Group announced that Lynn is...
Sydney McLaughlin Is On A Whole ‘Nother Level
On Friday night, after Sydney McLaughlin crossed the finish line in the women's 400m hurdles at the World Championships, not a soul left the...
The ESPYS Blew It, For Aliyah Boston Deserved Much Better
Title IX celebrated its 50th anniversary last month.
The civil rights law passed as part of the Education Amendments of 1972 meant to prohibit sex-based...
Salute To Allyson Felix, The GOAT Of Track And Field
When Allyson Felix took the baton in the second leg of the mixed 4x400m relay Friday evening at the World Athletics Championships, it was...
Naomi Osaka To Launch Media Production Company “Hana Kuma”
Naomi Osaka continues building her business success off the court.
This week she announced that she's launching her own media production company, Hana Kuma, with...
Trailblazing Tennis Star Naomi Osaka Launches Her Own Sports Agency
Naomi Osaka is a trailblazer and today she added another accomplishment to her rapidly growing resume.
In a story first reported by Sportico, the tennis...
Mikyla Grant-Mentis Becomes Highest-Paid Player In Women’s Pro Hockey History
Mikyla Grant-Mentis was already blazing trails in hockey, and now she adds her name to the history books.
Yesterday Mikyla signed a one-year, $80,000 free-agent...
Surya Bonaly Paved The Way For Future Figure Skaters
During the women’s free skate portion of the team event at the 2022 Winter Olympics, 15-year-old Kamila Valiyeva of Russia become the first to...
UCLA Needs To Keep The Same Energy Protecting Racism For The Gymnasts Targeted By...
On January 26th, UCLA gymnastics team members Margzetta Frazier and Sekai Wright, sat down with actress and comedian Amanda Seales on her podcast Small...
Lusia Harris, Trailblazing Basketball Legend, Passes Away
Sad news to report this morning as basketball legend Lusia Harris, the first and only woman officially drafted by the NBA, passed away. She...
Erin Jackson To Skate in Winter Olympics Thanks To Brittany Bowe’s Gracious Act
At the US Speed Skating Trials on Sunday, top sprinter Erin Jackson was favored to qualify in the 500 meters for next month's Winter...
Washington’s Jennifer King Makes NFL History Again Tonight
Covid has wreaked havoc across the NFL, forcing on-the-fly adjustments for practically every team.
For the Washington Football Team, they had their game against...
Ayanna Tweedy Tabbed As Rose-Hulman’s First Full-Time Athletic Director
The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology needed a full-time Athletic Director to lead their athletic department, so they turned to HBCU graduate, Ayanna Tweedy, to...
The MEAC Names Sonja Stills As Their New Commissioner
This week Sonja Stills, the current Chief of Staff and COO of the MEAC, made history as she was selected as the next commissioner...
Utah Jazz Hire Andrea Williams as Chief Experience Officer
Andrea Williams, the former commissioner of the Big Sky Conference and the first African American female commissioner of a Division 1 NCAA conference, is...
Trailblazing Sportswriter Claire Smith Will Lead Claire Smith Sports Media Center At Temple University
If you don't know the name Claire Smith, you need to for she's a pioneer in sports journalism.
Now, after a long and decorated career...
For Olympic Gold Medalist Tamyra Mensah-Stock, Faith, Family And Wrestling Are Her Foundation
The buzzer sounded and the gold medal match in Tokyo between the U.S.'s Tamyra Mensah-Stock and Nigeria's Blessing Oborududu was over.
But there was...
Report Used To Restrict African Olympic Track Stars Shows Flaws
They fought and pleaded. They exhausted themselves in trying to prove they were who everyone else knew they were. In the end, it didn't...
Julio Jones “Unknowingly” Struck A Winning Blow For All Players
Two weeks ago, Julio Jones unknowingly struck a winning blow for himself and player empowerment. And for those in power, Jones represents the one...
Nina King Becomes Duke’s First Woman And Person Of Color Athletic Director
Women and people of color have been breaking some long-standing barriers recently. Yesterday, Nina King continued that trend.
On Wednesday, Duke University announced that King,...
