Gatorade Male & Female Athlete of the Year

Gatorade Male Athlete of the Year Brandon Knight and Gatorade Female Athlete of the Year Chiney Ogwumike arrive at the 2010 ESPY Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A.

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HEAT Summer of 2010 Welcome Event

Dwyane Wade and LeBron James attend the Miami HEAT Summer of 2010 Welcome Event at AmericanAirlines Arena on July 9, 2010 in Miami, Florida. 

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FIFA World Cup Kick Off Celebration Concert

South Africa singer Lira

Host Pabi Moloi 

Alicia Keys 

Shakira 

Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas 

 FIFA World Cup Kick-off Celebration Concert at the Orlando Stadium on June 10, 2010 in Johannesburg, South Africa. 

Shakira to Wear Cavalli at World Cup Gig

Shakira will be wearing Roberto Cavalli designs at the opening ceremony for the 2010 FIFA World Cup .  Shakira will be singing her single Waka Waka, and will also perform along side Alicia Keys, Black Eyes Peas and John Legend for the World Cup anthem. via{wwd}

Didier Drogba The 2010 Time 100 Most Influential People

"Drogba, 32, a striker for England's Chelsea Football Club and the captain of the Côte d'Ivoire team, has shown the world what's possible when power and grace fuse on the soccer pitch. Imagine the body of an NBA star with feet as nimble as a prima ballerina's. When the World Cup kicks off in South Africa in June, he will carry the hopes of a continent as Africa's best-known soccer star. (West African fans will toast him with a beer glass called the Drogba. It's nearly twice the size of a normal mug.) " Read full article over at Time

Canada Owned The Gold Podium at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Sidney Crosby carrying the Canadian flag.

Congratulations to the Canadian Men's & Women's hockey team who both claimed gold medals over the USA (good game USA). Tonight's win in men's hockey secured Canada's record as the nation with the most gold medals ever during an Olympic Games. 

▌♥ ▌ Go Canada Go ▌♥ ▌ GOLD

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Canada takes women's bobsleigh gold and silver

Canadian pair Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse won the women's Olympic bobsleigh gold Wednesday in a race marked by yet more spectacular spills on the Whistler track.

Fellow Canadians Helen Upperton and Shelly-Ann Brown took the silver with bronze going to Erin Pac and Elana Meyers of the United States as Humphries and Moyse won by a crushing 0.85sec in timing 3min 32.28sec. Read more here

2010 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony

Canadian soprano Measha Brueggergosman sings during the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics at BC Place

The Governor General of Canada, Michaelle Jean (standing) speaks during the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics at BC Place

Canada enters BC Place in the Parade of Nations

The Olympic flag is carried by Canadians, left, front to back, Betty Fox, Jacques Villeneuve, Anne Murray, and Bobby Orr, and right, front to back, Donald Sutherland, Barbara Ann Scott-King, Romeo Dallaire, and Julie Payettes during the opening ceremony for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics

Torch bearers Rick Hansen, Wayne Gretzky, Catriona Lemay Doan, Steve Nash and Nancy Greene hold their torches during the opening ceremonies at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games 

Georgian team enters BC place in the Parade of Nations honoring their team mate who was killed during a practice run.

The Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics (Vancouver 2010) was held on February 12, 2010, beginning at 6:00 pm PST (02:00 UTC, February 13) at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver,British Columbia, Canada. This was the first Olympic opening ceremony to be held indoors. It was directed by David Atkins, who was also the director of the Sydney 2000 and 2006 Doha Asian Games ceremonies.

The event was officially opened by Governor General Michaëlle Jean, the Canadian representative of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada. The opening ceremonies were dedicated by the Vancouver Organizing Committee to Nodar Kumaritashvili, a Georgian luger who died earlier in the day in a training run.


An estimated 60,000 were in attendance at the venue. There were an estimated 4,500 performers.


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Super Bowl XLIV Champions New Orleans Saints

Carrie Underwood

Queen Latifah

Ya'll hear dat Nolia clap?  Congratulations to the New Orleans Saint's I can only imagine the energy taking place down in New Orleans right now.

The Puma Africa Collection

 PUMA has partnered with Kehinde Wiley, one of the world’s most sought-after artists, and commissioned him to create four original works of art inspired by three of football’s most decorated players.


Click here to view the collection.

Serena Williams - Australian Open Tennis Championships 2010

World No. 1 Serena Williams has claimed her 12th Grand Slam title after beating Belgian Justine Henin in a compelling three-set Australian Open final at Rod Laver Arena on Saturday.

The 28-year-old American extended her impressive run in Grand Slam finals, with the 6-4 3-6 6-2 win marking her 12th victory in 15 Slam deciders. source

Rio de Janeiro wins right to stage 2016 Olympic Games

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee announced Friday. It is the first time South America would host an Olympics event. The city has budgeted $14.4 billion to the effort, the largest amount of any of the four finalists, according to IOC figures.

The final vote was down to Rio and Madrid, Spain. In earlier voting, Chicago, Illinois, and then Tokyo, Japan, were eliminated from contention.

After the cities made their presentations to the IOC on Friday, the IOC members sat down to cast their votes in a secret ballot.

Ninety-seven of the IOC's 106 members are eligible to vote in the first round; seven must sit out that round because they represent one of the countries bidding for the Games.

A city must receive a majority of votes in order to win. If no city receives a majority, voting moves on to a second round, with the city receiving the lowest number of votes being eliminated, an IOC spokeswoman said. source

Winning on and off the tennis court

Elizabeth is 13 years old and holds a top ten ranking among 14-year-olds in Southern California. She is already defeating top-ranked players in the 18-year-old division. Her sister Mary, at 11, is also a top-ranked player and dominating her age group. Mary won her first tournament at the age of 6.

Both girls started playing tennis as infants by hitting balls of socks across their living room. Their mother, Yvonne Profit, recognized their talent and saw it as an opportunity to develop sportsmanship and character and help them earn athletic scholarships at top national universities. So far, they have exceeded her expectations. Click here to read more.

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Serena Williams Wax Figure by Madame Tussauds

Williams was an active and enthusiastic participant in the creation of her wax figure, spending more than an hour with a team of Madame Tussauds studio artists, who flew to Paris to meet Serena, as she trained for the French Open. Williams and Nike generously donated a replica of the outfit she wore during the 2004 U.S. Open for her figure to don.

The outfit – one of Williams’ favorites – consists of a cropped black sleeveless top and denim skirt, accessorized by silver hoop earrings, a sparkling silver ring and black socks, sneakers and headband. source

S.Africa to give Semenya heroine's welcome

"South Africa will give track champion Caster Semenya a heroine's welcome when she comes home this week, a minister said Sunday, after athletics officials subjected her to a controversial gender test."

"Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma spoke on the telephone Sunday with the 800-metre gold medallist whose boyish looks led to the test following her impressive performance at the world championships in Berlin."

"Caster deserves our support as a nation against the onslaught being waged against her," Dlamini Zuma said in a statement."

"The gender-testing debate has sparked outrage in the 18-year-old's home country, with the ruling party and its youth and women's wings saying the test smacked of racism and sexism."

Read full article here.

Check out a great article Your Black,Your A Champion, Are You A Man? written by Lisa V (Black Women Blow The Trumpet.)

IAAF Berlin 2009 Updates Bolt WR In 200M

IAAF Berlin 2009 - 200m FINAL - WINNER usain bolt NEW world Record *19.19*

Usain Bolt Sets World Record Again in Berlin

Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates winning the 100m final at the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Berlin, Germany, 16 August 2009.

Shelly-Ann Fraser from Jamaica won the women's 100m Sprint

R.I.P Sir Bobby Robson

Sir Robert William Robson CBE (18 February 1933 – 31 July 2009), commonly known as Sir Bobby Robson, was a former international football player and former manager of several European clubs and the England national football team. Sir Bobby Robson has died at the age of 76 due to cancer.

Serena Wins Wimbledon, Sisters Win Doubles Match

Serena Williams (L) celebrates with a second trophy as she partners her sister Venus (R) to beat Rennae Stubbs and Samantha Stosur of Australia 7-6, 6-4, in the Women's Doubles Final of the 2009 Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Tennis Club, in southwest London, on July 4, 2009. AFP PHOTO/ADRIAN DENNIS

Jennifer Hudson - US National Anthem @ Superbowl