July 2, 2021 EditEdit with WPBakery Page Builder Seventeen-year-old track and field star Erriyon Knighton has been working hard this month, and it’s officially paying off. Late last month, Knighton broke Usain Bolt’s under-18 200 meters record with a time of 20.11 shortly after going pro — the Jamaican Olympic […]
Greek Freak Next For BrooklynPhoto: Special to the NY Beacon By Shara Talia Taylor The performance of Brooklyn Nets fluctuated in the first few games of the 2021 NBA playoffs against the Boston Celtics. Over the past week the Nets took on the Celtics for games […]
By Victor Omondi Naomi Osaka took the world by storm when she clinched the title of the best tennis player, ranked by the Women’s Tennis Association. Osaka has had a good run this year, and she seems like she isn’t stopping anytime soon. The 23-year-old, who has […]
The athletic apparel and sneaker giant Nike is celebrating Black women during Women’s History Month with its We Play Real campaign featuring a one-minute ad celebrating Black female athletes. Nike launched the campaign Sunday night to highlight Black female athletes in time for International Women’s […]
Greek Freak Wins Kobe Bryant MVP AwardPhoto: Special to the NY Beacon By Derrel Jazz Johnson In Atlanta, Team LeBron James dominated Team Kevin Durant 170-150 in the 2021 NBA All-Star Game. Giannis Antetokounmpo leading all scorers with 35 points, good enough to earn him […]
‘I don’t think she planned [retirement] for this certain moment. She’s dedicated all her life to tennis since she was a kid,’ says Patrick Mouratoglou Serena Williams has no plans of slowing down. One of the best athletes of all time may have lost the 2021 […]
The Williams sisters rolled back the years on Monday as both stormed to straight-set victories in the Australian Open first round.Serena, 39, thrashed Laura Siegemund 6-1 6-1 shortly after her older sister Venus, 40, powered past Kirsten Flipkens 7-5 6-2. Amanda Gorman, H.E.R., Jazmine Sullivan’s ‘Whitney’ […]
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent Baseball’s recognized home run king and an African American hero, Henry “Hank” Aaron, has died at the age of 86. A aron, who broke Babe Ruth’s all-time home run record on April 8, 1974, was not just […]
By Joséphine Li Last week, the 23-year-old Haitien-Japanese tennis player and three-time Grand Slam winner, Naomi Osaka, currently ranked third in the world, made an appearance as Louis Vuitton’s latest brand ambassador. The label announced the news that Osaka will appear in it’s Spring Summer […]
James and four other athletes were featured in this activist-centered issue of Sports Illustrated Sports Illustrated’s 2020 Sportsperson of the Year goes to five men and women who were champions in every sense of the word. AOC Launches Virtual Tutoring Program To Assist […]
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