Happy birthday to Simone Manuel!! She is an Olympic Gold Medalist swimmer who took the 2016 Rio Olympics by store. During the 2016 Rio Olympics, Manuel won two gold and two silver medals: gold in the 100-meter freestyle and the 4×100-meter medley, and silver in the 50-meter freestyle and the 4×100-meter freestyle relay. Happy Birthday!!!!
Coach George Williams, the St. Augustine’s University, Athletic Director & Head Track and Field Coach became a national figure when the secret to so many of the student athletes at the 2016 Olympics in Rio were directly linked to his incredible 40 year training. He talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about how he got […]
25-year-old Mississippi native Tori Bowie shined at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, taking home one Gold, one Silver and one Bronze! Bowie has been called the most decorated track athlete of these Games (she is the only American runner to have claimed three medals in Rio). She talks to the Tom Joyner about the next phase […]
Doug Stewart of the Two Live Stews gives the Tom Joyner Morning Show a hilarious Olympic recap. Find out why he says people with melanin and water actually do mix and why Rio is snapping back at Ryan Lochte’s claims he was robbed. Clicked the link above to hear the entire interview. Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. […]
8/16/16- Judo?, Fencing? Triple Jump? Find out what these games are really called and how we perfected them long before the Olympics came around.
One-half of the Two Live Stews, Doug Stewart talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about the 2016 Olympic games in Rio, why he says Gabby Douglas’ hair an ‘occupational hazard’, the HBCU athletes that are competing and the legend that is Usain Bolt. “Usain Bolt is not real. He’s an alien. He’s from a […]
Simone Biles appears to be the “golden child” at the 2016 Rio Olympics! So far, Biles has won 3 gold medals: Women’s Individual All-Around, Women’s Team All-Around, and Women’s Vault. This afternoon, at 2:46pm, she will be competing in the Women’s Vault. We will definitely be watching and cheering her on!
8/9/16- Did you know there are a handful of HBCU student athletes and alumni that are competing in the 2016 Olympics in Rio? Find out which school holds the title when you listen above!
In what many are calling a shocker, Venus and Serena Williams – already three-time Olympic doubles gold medalists – experienced their first Olympic loss together on Sunday to Czech Republic pair Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova, NBC Olympics reports. But the 6-3 6-4 loss – following the sisters’ gold wins as a pair in the 2000 […]
