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Coolidge Ball, Indianola Pioneer and First Black Student Athlete at Ole Miss, Dies

The Ole Miss community is sad after the death of Coolidge Ball, who was the first Black athlete at the university. Ball, aged 71, leaves behind a legacy that inspires everyone.Chancellor Glenn Boyce said, "We're sad about Coolidge Ball's passing. He was a pioneer ...
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Olympic athlete Casey Patterson gives Jamie Foxx’s pickleball spin a shout-out

Jamie Foxx is proving he's still got moves as he recovers from that undisclosed medical emergency that led to his hospitalization in April.Olympic volleyball veteran turned pickleball player Casey Patterson posted to Instagram part of a doubles match he ...
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US Olympic athlete who competed in 2022 Beijing Games dies in motorcycle accident

(NEW YORK) -- A 24-year-old United States Olympic athlete who competed in the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games has died after being involved in a motorcycle accident, police say.Authorities have not released any details about the incident Patrick Gasienica was involved in other than ...
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Female athlete represents Iran without hijab at overseas climbing competition

(LONDON) -- A female athlete from Iran did not wear a hijab at an international competition over the weekend in open defiance of her country's mandate, amid fierce protests against the Islamic Republic's restrictions on women's dress.Iranian sport climber Elnaz Rekabi, 33, was seen ...
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Athlete, rapper Flau’jae Johnson ready to profit from new NCAA rules

(NEW YORK) -- Lakia Johnson, the mother of Flau’jae Johnson, remembers her daughter’s basketball journey like only a mother can.“She goes, ‘I want to play basketball.’ And I said, ‘Basketball? Well, there's no 4-year-old girls playing basketball’,” said Lakia Johnson. “So I put her ...
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CrossFit athlete trains her 84-year-old grandmother

(OTTOWA, Ontario) -- Natalie Allport, a 28-year-old CrossFit athlete, stays in shape with an unlikely workout partner, her 84-year-old grandmother.Allport, of Ottawa, Canada, said she started bringing her grandmother, Juanita Arteaga, to her workouts at a local CrossFit gym when Arteaga moved from Venezuela ...
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College athlete speaks out about mental health pressures, gives advice to coaches, parents

(NEW YORK) -- A college athlete who took time away from her sport to focus on her mental health is speaking out to urge coaches, schools, parents and fellow players to pay attention to the mental health of student-athletes."One of my favorite things to ...
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Person of interest named after mother of Olympic athlete killed by stray bullet

(WATERBURY, Conn.) -- Connecticut police are searching for the gunmen responsible for the fatal shooting of the mother of an Olympian, who was sewing inside her home when she was struck by a stray bullet.Officers from the Waterbury Police Department responded to the home ...