It was rumored that she could see millions from her gold medal performance at the London Olympics.  She’ll also get to live out a few dreams.  Gabby had mentioned her love for the Vampire Diaries and now she”ll be on the show.  No word on who her character is, but she will not be playing […]

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LONDON — In the bowels of the F.W.C. Berston Fieldhouse in Flint, Mich., with old equipment when it was there and makeshift gear when it was not, Claressa Shields worked. There was no promised payoff, no hint that boxing would elevate her to a better life. Yet since age 11 she was there, nearly every […]

  London (CNN) — Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt defended his title as the world’s fastest man Sunday, grabbing gold in the men’s 100-meter race by setting an Olympic record with a time of 9.63. Read more:  http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/05/sport/olympic-day-wrap/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

The 1968 Olympics in Mexico City were made famous by African-American track and field gold medalist, Tommie Smith, bronze medalist John Carlos and Australian silver medalist Peter Norman. The two black men who had earned top honors in the race wore black gloves and held up tight fists in honor of the black power movement […]