Tag: sports

  • Former Duquesne, Penn State athlete Cumberland Posey elected to Basketball Hall of Fame Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2016-04-05 Stephen J. Nesbitt, Beat Writer Courtesy of the Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, N.Y. Will become only person inducted into both professional basketball, baseball halls of fame The grass-roots campaign to get Cumberland “Cum” Posey enshrined in the…

  • The astonishing fact that he had Irish roots, being descended from Abe Grady, an Irishman from Ennis, County Clare only became known later in life.

  • Why Is There No “Linsanity” Over LA Lakers’ Jordan Clarkson? Psychology Today 2016-05-09 E. J. R. David Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology University of Alaska, Anchorage Lack of hype on NBA star may reflect larger issues in Asian American community May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. May is also when the National Basketball Association…

  • How Soccer Helped Brazil Embrace Its Racial Diversity Zócalo Public Square KCRW Santa Monica, California 2016-04-06 Joshua Nadel, Associate Professor of History North Carolina Central University Brazil—as two recent book titles point out, and almost any kid kicking a ball anywhere in the world can tell you—is the country of soccer. While the modern sport’s…

  • 1-on-1 with Gopher basketball star Rachel Banham FOX 9, KMSP-TV Eden Prairie, Minnesota 2016-02-27 Hobie Artigue, Reporter MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) – University of Minnesota senior Rachel Banham has been the best player to watch in the Twin Cities on the basketball court and is the toast of the Big Ten. Watch Fox 9’s Hobie Artigue hit…

  • Sage Steele Opens Up About Being A Biracial Woman In Sports Media The Huffington Post 2015-01-21 Justin Block, Associate Sports Editor Juliet Spies-Gans, Editorial Fellow, HuffPost Joe Scarnici via Getty Images Sage Steele speaks onstage at the 2013 espnW: Women + Sports Summit at St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort on Oct. 9, 2013, in Dana…

  • Another Win for a Player Getting in Touch With Her Japanese Roots The New York Times 2016-01-21 Ben Rothenberg Naomi Osaka signed autographs after her 6-4, 6-4 victory over 18th-seeded Elina Svitolina at the Australian Open on Thursday. Credit Issei Kato/Reuters MELBOURNE, Australia — Naomi Osaka (大坂 なおみ) liked to think she had a universal…

  • She Loved Baseball: The Effa Manley Story Balzer + Bray (an imprint of HarperCollins) 2010-10-19 32 pages 8.5 in (w) x 11 in (h) x 0.25 in (d) Hardcover ISBN: 9780061349201 eBook ISBN: 9780062184801 Audrey Vernick Illustrated by Don Tate Effa always loved baseball. As a young woman, she would go to Yankee Stadium just…

  • Olbermann Ties Dolezal Race Manipulation to ‘Senseless’ Charleston Shooting Breitbart News 2015-06-18 Trent Baker, Sports Reporter On Thursday’s “Olbermann” on ESPN2, host Keith Olbermann opened his show with a monologue speaking about former Spokane NAACP head Rachel Dolezal, deceased American sports executive and the first woman inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame Effa Manley,…

  • Queen of the Negro Leagues: Effa Manley and the Newark Eagles Scarecrow Press (an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield) January 1998 298 pages Paperback ISBN: 978-1-57886-001-2 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4617-0708-0 James Overmyer, Member Negro Leagues Committee of the Society for American Baseball Research The first woman inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, there was no…