20 Search results for "female athlete"

Mo’Ne Davis Launches Sneaker Line
Wunderkind Mo’Ne Davis partnered with company M4D3 to design a sneaker line that will benefit impoverished girls. From The Root: Professional athletes with sneaker lines take note. Mo’Ne Davis, the first female pitcher to win a Little League World Series game, is doing it better than you and for a worthy cause. The baseball phenom has […]
Fourth grader denied right to play on school basketball team
A top player for a school basketball team has been banned from playing an an upcoming game because she is a female. Jaelyn Bates, a fourth grader at Frey Basketball Academy, says she was told she can no longer compete with her teammates.
Are Skirts Really the Enemy?
“Skirts on Rappers?” “Is this the beginning of the end?” ” Get outta here with that mess!” are the typical responses to the many articles and individual posts on my friends social media networks about the demasculization of rappers concerning their wardrobe choices.
Negro League Players Honored by President Obama
Yesterday, President Obama honored former Negro League players for their contributions to African American history.
TItle IX Celebrates 40 Years, but Black Women and Girls Benefit Less
June 23 marked the 40th anniversary of Title IX. And although its impact is clear, black women and girls have not benefited in the ways that white women have. What can be done so that more black women and girls can feel the impact of Title IX?
Box Out: On Brittney Griner and Women Who Ball (Better Than You)
I have beef with Brittney Griner. It’s not because the Baylor University women’s basketball team she leads beat Notre Dame in the women’s NCAA Division 1 championship a couple of weeks ago, and I like an underdog–even if it is Notre Dame. It’s not because my beloved Tennessee Lady Volunteers were one of Baylor’s casualties […]
What Women’s Magazines Are Really Saying: You Need A Boyfriend
It was from television shows that I learned men leave for work to make money as women stay home to take care of the children. It was from movies that I learned women play the victim as men come to their rescue. And it was from magazines that I learned women need certain products and […]
MISTER CEE'S ARREST, And Rap's Fear Of A Gay Hip Hip Head
Hip Hop wants you to believe that gayness somehow cannot coincide with Hip Hop culture. But what happens when an established and widely respected figure in the culture is caught getting dome from a male prostitute? Apparently, that’s problematic. Go figure.