Gold Medal News

Sugar Ray Leonard admits sexual abuse by former coach

By theGrio

8:02 AM on 05/18/2011

NEW YORK (AP) - Leonard, who turned 55 on Tuesday, won a gold medal at the 1976 Games then went on to capture five world titles in five weight classes...
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TheGrio's 100: Cullen Jones, Olympic swimmer dives in to teaching

By theGrio

8:16 AM on 02/03/2011

TheGrios 100 - Jones nearly drowned at a water park when he was 5. Less than 20 years after his near-death experience, he brought home a 2008 Olympic gold medal...
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Sponsorless Semenya turns to Facebook campaign

By theGrio

1:25 PM on 10/28/2010

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Even though Caster Semenya can run in major track meets now, she's wondering if she can afford to...
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Olympian in '68 Black Power salute to sell medal

By theGrio

8:25 AM on 10/14/2010

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The former San Jose State runner has put his gold medal for the 200 meters and spikes up for auction at New York-based M.I.T. Memorabilia...
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Medalist Cullen Jones works to close racial gap in swimming

By theGrio

9:16 AM on 06/01/2010

The USA Swimming Foundation now estimates that nearly 70 percent of black children do not know how to swim, with Hispanic children trailing near behind at 68 percent...
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TheGrio's 100: Shani Davis, a speed skater on the fast track to Olympic gold

By Glenn Minnis

8:50 AM on 02/17/2010

TheGrio's 100 - Shani Davis stands at ease in his own skates. Perhaps it's that comfort level that begins to explain just how he's become so adept at skating in lanes...
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TheGrio's 100: Serena Williams, the first lady of tennis

By Glenn Minnis

8:00 AM on 02/01/2010

TheGrio's 100 - Serena Williams' temperament flows in waves of streaming definition. All emotion. All defiance. All heart...
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TheGrio's 100s: Allyson Felix, sprinting towards gold

By Glenn Minnis

5:10 AM on 02/01/2010

TheGrio's 100 - On the homepage of her website, Olympic gold medalist Allyson Felix offers this proverbial wisdom: "Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flow the springs of life...
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