Tag: Track and field

By: Zachary Draves It is usually the case that every four years, track and field captures the attention of the world during the two-week period at the Olympics. In the ...

By Bill Carroll Jackie Roosevelt Robinson: The Origins Mallie Robinson and her children. Jackie Roosevelt Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia on January 31, 1919 to sharecroppers Jerry and Mallie ...

By: Bill Carroll Edward Solomon Wellings “Sol” Butler was born in Kingfisher, Oklahoma, in 1895 and when he was in his early teens, his family moved to Hutchinson, Kansas. It ...

By: Joe Cardoso The first interview for the Movers and Shakers series is finally here! Halfway through 2022 don't even ask me how that's possible but here we are and ...

By: Zachary Draves She boldly proclaimed that she was that girl at the Olympic Trials.  Sha’Carri Richardson epitomizes black girl magic to the fullest.  She is resilient, strong, unafraid to ...

By: Zach Draves Authentic, unique, and extraordinary: that is how to describe CeCe Telfer adequately.  Not only a superb track and field stand out at Franklin Pierce University, but it ...

Since 2009 when she won the 800m dash during the World Championships in Berlin, Germany with a time of 1:55.45, Caster Semenya has been a topic of discussion. Yet rather ...