The Black & the Gold of Vancouver

by Michael-Louis Ingram, BASN Staff Reporter
There have been some cool people and some chilly performances by some amazing athletes over the past two weeks of events.
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Olympic Diary: Vancouver 2010
by Michael-Louis Ingram, BASN Staff Reporter -- Feb 18, 2010 - 9:57:00 PM
The sting of death and an outpouring of protest made for an unsettling welcome to the latest edition of the Winter Olympics.

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The World Comes To Vancouver
by Michael-Louis Ingram, BASN Staff Reporter -- Feb 12, 2010 - 9:59:00 PM
The upcoming 2010 Winter Games will have an even colder edge to it because of the women murdered and missing during the time Vancouver sought to claim an Olympic bid. Information regarding a serial killer was kept under wraps at the behest of the Canadian government.

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Black Skiers Make Mark at U.S. Alpine Championships
by Kevin Klott -- Jun 17, 2007 - 9:15:33 PM
The world has witnessed Tiger Woods cut paths for black athletes in golf. The Williams sisters, Serena and Venus, soared in tennis with their powerful forehands. And 60 years ago, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball.

These days in Alaska, Andre and Suki Horton carve terrain for young black athletes in alpine skiing.

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Davis Does It His Way, and Makes History
by Mike Wise -- Feb 19, 2006 - 9:59:00 PM
Davis became the first black athlete to capture a Winter Games gold medal in an individual sport. His victory came four years after Vonetta Flowers, the bobsledder from Alabama, made history at the 2002 Salt Lake Games as the first black athlete to win gold.

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Winter Games Still Color Of Snow
by Courtesy of Newsday.com By Shaun Powell -- Feb 14, 2006 - 9:57:00 PM
It's not only speed skating. It's the luge and the biathlon, curling and hockey, figure skating and snowboarding. It's all the sports in the Winter Olympics. They don't lend themselves to black people and quite honestly aren't pursued by blacks, certainly not in any great numbers. Surely you've noticed.

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