The Baltimore Lightning, a new professional football team in Baltimore, will hold open tryouts for its 2025 season on September 14, 2024 at New Town High School in Owings Mills, Md, with the team aiming to bridge the gap in international professional football by delivering the highest level of American Football.
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Fight For Children prepares D.C. youth for school year on Youth Sports Day
Fight For Children hosted a Youth Sports Day on Aug. 24, providing free backpacks, school supplies, haircuts, and access to recreational activities and resources to improve the lives of youths in the Washington D.C. area.
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LeBron James Family Foundation inspires a blueprint for community empowerment
The LeBron James Family Foundation has become a national model for athletes, entertainers and politicians, providing comprehensive support to over 1,400 students in the Akron area and redefining the concepts of family and community.
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Nick Arrington, hometown reality star, throws out the first pitch at Nationals stadium
Nick Arrington, a prominent cast member on Bravo network’s “Summer House: Martha\’s Vineyard”, threw out the ceremonial first pitch for the Nationals versus Chicago Cubs game on Aug. 30, celebrating HBCU/Divine Nine Day.
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Orioles to host HBCU night fundraiser at Camden Yards
The Baltimore Orioles are celebrating HBCUs and BGLOs on Sept. 6 with special performances from Morgan State University’s marching band and Bowie State’s marching band, and will donate five dollars from every ticket sold to an HBCU initiative.
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Cringy moves and a White b-girl’s durag prompt questions about Olympic breaking’s authenticity
The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris featured a breaking competition with American artist Snoop Dogg, Australian b-girl Raygun, and Lithuanian b-girl Nicka, who all brought their unique styles and backgrounds to the event.
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Paris is closing out the 2024 Olympics with a star-studded show
Paris closed out two-and-a-half weeks of Olympic sports and emotion with a boisterous, star-studded show in France’s national stadium, handing over hosting duties for the Summer Games to the next city in line: Los Angeles in 2028.
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Many American athletes and their families resorted to GoFundMe to make it to Paris Olympics
Athletes from various countries have used crowdfunding to help pay for their costs to prepare for the 2024 Olympics and compete in Paris, raising over $2 million worldwide.
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Track phenom Quincy Wilson, 16, becomes youngest male Olympic medallist in U.S. history
Quincy Wilson of the United States became the youngest American male to medal at the Olympics after Team USA’s men 4×400 meter relay team won gold in the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games.
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Reflections on my time as an organizer for the Atlanta Olympic Games
Dana Peck’s experience with the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) in 1996 was professionally and personally rewarding, as she gained valuable skills in language, negotiation, administration, and supervision, and forged lasting friendships.
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Triple jump champion Thea LaFond on winning Dominica’s first Olympic medal: ‘It’s a really big deal’
Thea LaFond of Dominica won the gold medal in the women’s triple jump final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, making it the first Olympic medal for her country.
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Noah Lyles pulls out Olympic 100 by five-thousandths of a second
Noah Lyles of the United States won the Olympic 100 meters by .005 seconds, edging out Kishane Thompson of Jamaica, while Fred Kerley came in third and defending champion Marcell Jacobs finished fifth.