Category: Sports

Baltimore, Md.-native Angel McCoughtry didn’t miss a field goal as the U.S. national women’s basketball team tied an American record for the most points scored in a single Olympic contest, beating China, 114-66, on Aug. 5 in London. Team USA had a chance to break the American record for most points scored in a single […]

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt successfully defended his crown as the fastest 100-meter sprinter in the world, winning the gold medal in 9.63 seconds on Aug. 5 at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Bolt’s time set a new Olympic record, beating out fellow Jamaican Yohan Blake who took silver with a time 9.75 seconds. African-American […]

American runner Sanya Richards-Ross won the first individual Olympic gold medal of her track career, placing first in the women’s 400-meter with a time of 49.55 seconds on Aug. 5 during the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. Fellow African-American sprinter DeeDee Trotter placed bronze at 49.72 seconds, just two-hundreds of a second behind British […]

The U.S. national men’s basketball team remained undefeated (4-0) in the 2012 Olympic Games after barely escaping with a 99-94 victory over Lithuania on Aug. 4 in London. Forward LeBron James scored 20 points, including nine points scored in the last four minutes of the game, as USA erased a late deficit for the comeback […]

Floyd Mayweather Jr. was released from Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas, Nev. on Aug. 3 after serving 60 days of a 90-day sentence for a misdemeanor domestic battery charge. The superstar boxer was released early from his full sentence for good behavior. According to reports, Nevada state law may allow inmates to receive […]

Some had called it the worst Olympic boxing ruling since Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s controversial semifinal loss during the 1996 Olympic Games. Errol Spence, an African-American welterweight boxer for the U.S. national team, had lost his fight against Indian boxer Krishan Vikas Aug. 3, eliminating the U.S. chances of winning a boxing medal in this summer’s […]

Boston Celtics Coach Doc Rivers called it the most prolific offensive performance in the history of USA basketball. That’s how he described the U.S. national men’s basketball team’s third victory of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, as the Americans crushed Nigeria, 156-73. Team USA now owns the Olympic record for most points scored in a […]

U.S. gymnast Gabby Douglas made history on Aug. 2 becoming the first Black person of any nationality to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual gymnastic event, claiming her second gold medal of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. Douglas won her first gold medal on July 31 as a member of the […]

Today, the title for the fastest African-American man to compete on a track would probably go to Olympic Gold medal sprinter Tyson Gay, who holds the American record in the 100 meter dash with a time 9.69 seconds. But more than a century ago—long before Gay was born, it was John Baxter Taylor who held […]

Women’s Basketball Seimone Augustus, age 28, studied at Louisiana State University http://www.london2012.com/athlete/augustus-seimone-1133206/ Swin Cash, age 32, studied at University of Connecticut http://www.london2012.com/athlete/cash-swin-1133425/ Tamika Catchings, age 33, studied at University of Tennessee http://www.london2012.com/athlete/catchings-tamika-1133428/ Tina Charles, age 23, studied at University of Connecticut  http://www.london2012.com/athlete/charles-tina-1133450/ Sylvia Fowles, age 26, studied at Louisiana State University  http://www.london2012.com/athlete/fowles-sylvia-1132897/ Asjha Jones, age […]