In this edition of GRIFF’s Prayer, GRIFF is dealing with some questions he has about the Olympics. After watching Michael Phelps land a major win for the USA, he wondered about all of the athletes who made it all the way to the Olympics this year but didn’t win. Those athletes are still some of […]
Before U.S Gymnastic Women’s Team won gold and Gabby Douglas became the first African American gymnast to win all around, Dominique Dawes was the first African American female to win an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics. As a member of the “Magnificent Seven” at the 1996 Atlanta Games, Dawes also became the first female African-American […]
By ADAM THOMPSON From: The Wall Street Journal RICHMOND, British Columbia – Speed skater Shani Davis used a push in his final lap in the men’s 1000 meter race to become the first Olympic speed skater to win the event twice and the first U.S. speedskater to defend a gold medal title. The American trailed […]
