While the first ever four-man bobsled race took place in 1924, it wasn’t until 2002 that the first ever women’s bobsled event–the two-woman bobsled–was held.…
 If you are wondering who the most courageous and proud female on ice is, then Google Surya Bonaly. I am wildly in love with…
Ice skating is my absolute favorite Olympic sport to watch, and I remember like it was yesterday being a six-year-old watching Debi Thomas do her…
Figure this? Black girl ice skaters have been in the Olympic Games for more decades than you think. Making history in this dancing-on-ice event however…
Opening ceremonies for the 2014 Winter Olympic kicked off in Sochi, Russia today. Athletes from 88 countries showed their team spirit in the Parade of…
RICHMOND, British Columbia — Shani Davis and Chad Hedrick were supposed to battle it out for gold. Mark Tuitert didn’t go along with the plan. The Dutch skater pulled off a speedskating upset of the Americans in the 1,500 meters Saturday, relegating Davis to the silver while Hedrick failed to even make the podium Saturday. […]
Black athletes from around the world participate in the Winter Olympic Games.
Vonetta Flowers was born October 29, 1973 in Birmingham, Alabama. In 1992, Vonetta graduated from P.D. Jackson Olin High School. She was the first person in her family to go to college. She graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is married to Johnny Mack Flowers, who is also her coach.On February 19, […]
Georgian luge hopeful Nodar Muaritashvili crashes during the men’s Luge practise at the Whistler Sliding Centre, in preparation for the Vancouver Winter Olympics on February 12, 2010.
