Apr 17, 2022 | History, Leadership, Sports
It was a emotional experience watching the Washington Nationals take the field Friday for Jackie Robinson Day with Robinson’s number 42 in “Dodger Blue” on the back of their jerseys. The tributes were touching, and it was great to see how today’s ballplayers live out...
Apr 17, 2022 | History, Leadership, Sports
In the 1950s and 60s, it wasn’t uncommon for David Robinson to tag along with his father, baseball legend Jackie Robinson, to the Apollo Theater in New York. David said his dad would “shoot the breeze” with friends who worked there. That was on 125th Street, in the...
Apr 11, 2022 | History, Leadership, Men, Sports
When the Brooklyn Nets take on the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA play-in tournament Tuesday, they will be riding on the wide shoulders of forward Kevin Durant, the league’s most prominent D.C. native. Durant is one of many Washington basketball stars who have...
Feb 13, 2022 | Sports, Women
A 29-year-old Florida native and lifelong rollerblader became the first Black woman to win Team USA a gold medal in speed skating Sunday. Erin Jackson earned her first Olympic medal in the women’s 500 meters speed skating at the Beijing Games, an event Team USA has...
Jan 3, 2022 | History, Leadership, Sports
Willie O’Ree will be the 12th Bruin to have his number retired, and it’ll come 64 years to the day after he broke the league’s color barrier. It was on Jan. 18, 1958, that O’Ree became the first Black player to take the ice for an NHL game – and he...
Dec 20, 2021 | Entrepreneurship, Higher Education, Sports, Women
“It’s really just about following people of color and women and giving them the same opportunities,” she said. During the inaugural Invesco QQQ Legacy Classic at the Prudential Center this weekend, Serena Williams partnered with actor Michael B....
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