The squeaking of sneakers on the freshly waxed gym floor filled the air. Cheers from the crowd seem distant as I focused on the orange and black sphere floating from player to player. Muscles in my legs are on fire from the running as I stand in my defensive position. The tall lanky girl raises t...

What is Blackness? Blackness is Strength. How black families strengthen each other thought supporting one another. The strength to pull each one through these hard times. The way black people look out for their brother's and sister's. The strength to advance in learning and the struggl...

Webster's dictionary defines discrimination as a social, economical, political or legal distinction made between individuals or groups that makes one have the power to treat the others unfavorably. It can also be defined as the act or policy of treating someone differently, setting them apart o...

Sports in America What does the word sports mean to Americans? To one person it could mean a since of togetherness while sitting in the stands with their father, watching their favorite baseball team hit home runs. To another, looking up to their favorite basketball player as a role model type, ...

Imagine you're a little girl in the 1930s and '40s. What do you play? Dolls, house, cooking in the kitchen with Mom? Not Babe Didrikson. As a little girl, she was playing basketball, softball, baseball, and other sports. In her life, she played basketball, baseball, softball, tennis, track and fie...