All posts tagged "athlete"

Jackie Joyner-Kersee Didn’t Start Out As Star Athlete

Flint’s Claressa Shields Wants To Make Boxing History In Hometown, Then ‘Do Everything’

By Carlos Monarrez Detroit Free Press WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) Claressa Shields is ready to rumble! This Saturday night the two-time Olympic...

Equal Pay For U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Isn’t A Secret To Them

By Houston Mitchell Los Angeles Times WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) Procter and Gamble is stepping up big time to help close the...

Serena Williams To Be Next Athlete On General Mills’ Wheaties Box

By Kristen Painter Star Tribune (Minneapolis) WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) Williams says, “I have dreamt of this since I was a young...

1st Woman To Swim Around Manhattan Finally Recognized As Pioneering Athlete

By Alison Fox amNewYork, New York WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) The entire swim took 11 hours and 35 minutes on a rainy...

Amputee Aerialist Chronicles Her Adventures, Struggles On YouTube

By Colleen Schrappen St. Louis Post-Dispatch WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) Christina Stephens started taking aerial classes about six months after her left...