American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson edged Jamaica's Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah by one-hundredth of a second to win the women's 100 metres in Luzerne on Tuesday.
Watch the race below:
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Six HBCU's compete in inaugural Charlie Sifford Centennial Cup
Six HBCU golf programs competed in the inaugural Charlie Sifford Centennial Cup on Monday at Quail Hollow Club.
The event featured Division II hosts Johnson C. Smith University, while Florida A&M, Alabama State, Howard and Texas Southern made up the four Division I programs to qualify via the Golfstat Ranking in May. Livingstone qualified as the top Division II HBCU program in 2021-22.
Players were split by school into two teams of 12 for nine-hole Four-Ball matches in the morning before 18-hole Singles matches slated for the afternoon. One team was named for Charlie Sifford's son, Charlie Sifford Jr., and the other for Charlotte native James Black, a trailblazer for Black golfers with professional aspirations. The format followed Presidents Cup scoring and routing at Quail Hollow.
Team Charles Sifford Jr. won 12-6 over Team James Black.
The Presidents Cup announced the exhibition event in February, naming it for the late Sifford, a Charlotte native and the first African-American golfer on the PGA TOUR, as part of a campaign honoring his legacy throughout the year. He would have been 100 on June 2. On Sunday, the TOUR announced a $25,000 contribution to the Dr. Charles L. Sifford Scholarship, which assists students attending HBCUs or minority students focusing their education on a golf management program. Additionally, the Presidents Cup announced a $25,000 donation to each of the program's participating in the event.
Quail Hollow will host the 2022 Presidents Cup from Sept. 20-25.
Monday, August 29, 2022
U.S. Mint to issue Bessie Coleman Quarter in 2023
The United States Mint (Mint) is pleased to announce the designs for the second year of the American Women Quarters™ Program. Authorized by Public Law 116-330, this four-year program features coins with reverse (tails) designs emblematic of the accomplishments and contributions of trailblazing American women. Beginning in 2022 and continuing through 2025, the Mint is issuing five quarters in each of these years. The ethnically, racially, and geographically diverse group of individuals honored through this program reflects a wide range of accomplishments and fields, including suffrage, civil rights, abolition, government, humanities, science, space, and the arts. One of the 2023 coins will recognize the achievements of Bessie Coleman.
The Bessie Coleman Quarter is the sixth coin in the American Women Quarters™ Program. Bessie Coleman was the first African American and first Native American woman pilot. She was also the first African American to earn an international pilot’s license.
The obverse (heads) depicts a portrait of George Washington, originally composed and sculpted by Laura Gardin Fraser to mark George Washington’s 200th birthday. A recommended design for the 1932 quarter, then-Treasury Secretary Mellon ultimately selected the familiar John Flanagan design.
The reverse (tails) depicts Bessie Coleman as she suits up in preparation for flight. Her expression is reflective of her determination to take to the skies, the only place she experienced a freedom she did not have on the ground.
Other women honored with quarters are Jovita Idar, Edith Kanakaʻole, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Maria Tallchief.
Duke Volleyball Player Rachel Richardson statement on experiencing racism at BYU
Duke volleyball player Rachel Richardson has released a statement addressing the racist abuse she faced during a match against BYU:
Sunday, August 28, 2022
President Biden nominates former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown nominated to NTSB
Former Jacksonville, Florida Mayor Alvin Brown has been picked to fill a seat on the National Transportation Safety Board, the federal panel that reviews transportation disasters for ways to improve safety.
Brown, a Democrat who led City Hall from 2011 to 2015 and held positions in former President Bill Clinton's administration, was named to fill a role on the five-person board that’s been open for more than a year.
Brown will take the seat formerly held by Robert L. Sumwalt, who had been both chairman and vice-chair during a 15-year NTSB tenure that ended in June 2021.
The NTSB investigates every civil aviation accident in the country and studies accidents it considers significant involving highways, water transportation, railroads or pipelines.
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