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How Flo-Jo’s Nails And Style Changed Sports (And The Culture) Forever
Blavity via Yahoo News· 9 months agoIn under 11 seconds, Florence Griffith Joyner, aka “Flo-Jo,” changed the world of sports forever....
Inspirational Quotes: Mahatma Gandhi, William James And Others
Investor's Business Daily· 1 year agoRead inspirational quotes about the importance of telling the truth, overcoming challenges and...
Sprinters catching up to Flo-Jo’s hallowed 100, 200 world records that have stood since 1988
theGrio via AOL· 3 days agoFlorence Griffith Joyner set the 100 mark of 10.49 at the U.S. Olympic Trials and the 200 mark of 21.34 on her way to a gold medal at the Seoul Olympics. For generations of sprinters in the ...
From Flo Jo to Sha'Carri Richardson, Black Women Athletes Have Always Broken the Beauty Mold
Byrdie.com via Yahoo News· 2 months agoGetty Images / Byrdie When I think back on the pop culture beauty icons who shaped me as I came of...
Sha’Carri Richardson runs record time in first win of 2023 season
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRichardson’s time ranks third among all-time 100-meter finishes. Florence Griffith-Joyner set the...
Walsh Jesuit's Alexis Steward inspired to roll into senior season
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAlexis Steward hears it all the time. With her diminutive size, long nails and long auburn hair, she...
Schools were just supposed to block porn. Instead they sabotaged homework and censored suicide...
Stacker via AOL· 1 month agoBen Schonewille // Shutterstock A middle school student in Missouri had trouble collecting images of...
Lord Coe wants world records from ‘different era’ to be broken by current stars
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoShericka Jackson’s 21.45 seconds in the 200m made her the fastest woman alive and it is bettered...
Title IX pioneers: Wilma Rudolph went from "you'll never walk again" to "fastest woman in the world"
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHow does a child diagnosed with infantile paralysis, losing use of her leg and forced to depend on leg braces for several years, become a world record-setting Olympian sprinter? “My doctor told ...
Sha'Carri Richardson makes history, wins World Athletics 100 meter gold
Yahoo Sports· 10 months agoSha'Carri Richardson said she was always a champion. In her debut at track and field's World...