Sentences with phrase «of black athletes»

It's very obvious that with the water sports, there is an absence of black athletes and so she starts to explore this idea of water.

Or he can sprawl on his chaise longue and read; he just finished a book about Captain Kidd and lately has been engrossed in Arthur Ashe's A Hard Road to Glory, a three - volume history of the black athlete in America.

He could not feel outraged pro or con over the plight of the black athlete: he had never particularly wanted to hear Duane Thomas talk, or to smoke pot with him either, for that matter.

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Cleveland pastor Darrell Scott, one of the president's most prominent black allies, says the idea of bringing in artists and athletes to hash out their differences with Trump has gotten a boost from last week's lovefest between the president and Kanye West.

If black athletes less frequently achieve the minimal academic standard set for those participating in intercollegiate sports, then let us promulgate for them a separate, lower standard, even as we accuse of racism those suggesting the need for a standard in the first place.

Favoritistic, kid - gloves treatment for black students and college athletes creates animosity in the ranks and harms individuals through the distorting image of a special - treatment style of existence.

Year in, year out, moreover, the popular heroes of our culture — athletes, musicians, entertainers, and film stars, the aristocracy of talent adored, emulated, and worshipped as only royalties were in the past — are now significantly black as well.

A prime example is the use of Philippians 4:13, «I can do all things through him who strengthens me,» which often appears on eye - black and wristbands as an affirmation that God can provide an athlete the strength to overcome all obstacles in competition.

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If you don't think the institutionalized issues that Malcolm Jenkins, Michael Bennett, Colin Kaepernick and other black athletes have forced YOU to look at don't exist, then in my opinion you are part of the problem.

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For reasons that are difficult to perceive, someone had decided that this sorry spectacle would make a great human - interest scene for the film as Arthur, the famous, rich black American athlete, nobly descends to the lower levels of life and plays table tennis with poor little African children.

After all, roughly 1,800 athletes have lost a year's eligibility to Proposition 48 to date, and 86 % of the football and basketball players have been black.

Trice is the only black player on the Iowa State football team, the first black varsity athlete at Iowa State College (as Iowa State University was then known) one of only a few black football players in the country at the time playing against white opponents.

Now Rose was already a outstanding athlete with 2 striking combat sports black belts all before the age of 16.

How refreshing, after Charles Barkley's narcissistic posturing a few issues ago, to read of Brown's obviously genuine dedication to the plight of inner - city black youth and his lamentations that today's megarich black athletes show so little real interest in doing anything about it.

Eaton abruptly dropped the 14 black athletes from the team on Oct. 17, after, he says, they took part in a demonstration against Mormon racial policies, which exclude Negroes from the priesthood of the Mormon Church.

Black Rock Originals, a weed accessory brand, announced today that they are official sponsors of Tanner Hall, making this the «first official relationship between cannabis and active professional athletes.»

Calling for a boycott for the black athletes who've made it their job to speak fearlessly about racial injustice isn't the the job of the presidency.

They play it much harder in the tall trade, says Halberstam, because, while we may think of our sports stars as heroes, «the new American athlete, particularly the modern American professional basketball player... was rarely confident about anything save his own sport... he was more often than not black, often came from pathetic economic and psychological circumstances, was a basketball player out of desperation....

Roger Frison - Roche, who lived in Chamonix at the time and went on to become one of the Savoie's most beloved writers, recalled that at evening events, black tie was routinely required for all guests — except athletes, who could attend wearing team uniforms.

Height: 183 cm; weight: 76 kilograms; slim build; eyes: blue; hair: black; scar down right cheek and on left shoulder; signs of plastic surgery on back of right hand; all - round athlete; expert pistol shot, boxer, knife - thrower; does not use disguises.

Height: 183 cm; weight: 76 kilograms; slim build; eyes: blue; hair: black; scar down right cheek and on left shoulder; signs of plastic surgery on back of right hand; all - round athlete; expert pistol...

British Athletics performance director Neil Black said: «Greg is one of only a few British athletes to complete the «Grand Slam» of medals, but that won't make missing London any easier.

As much as 80 % of the steroids used by athletes are obtained on the black market from doctors, pharmacists, trainers, and coaches, and fellow athletes.

According to espn.com, the size of the black market is as much a mystery as the number of athletes using the drugs.

Most of us determined his guilt or innocence based on our broader views of black people, celebrities, athletes, women, violence, L.A., cops.

At 4 p.m., the Black Institute President and Founder Bertha Lewis calls on the NYC Parks Department to «stop discriminatory practices toward minority business owners,» with members of Wallball World, U.S. Wallball Association, current No. 1 worldwide wallball professional athlete Timbo Gonzales and others, Macombs Dam Park, E. 157 Street and W. 161 Street, the Bronx.

Since last football season, dozens of athletes have demonstrated during the national anthem, either by kneeling or raising a clenched fist in the air, to protest the killing of black civilians by law enforcement officers.

Your Strength - Training Toolbox The best way to train is like an athlete, «performing functional, compound movements that work multiple muscles at the same time,» says Josh Newman, co-founder of CrossFit NYC: The Black Box.

Scientists at the University of Illinois found that consuming two or three cups of black coffee before a 30 - minute bout of high - intensity exercise can help reduce muscle pain, allowing athletes to push a bit harder and reap more benefits from workouts.

In addition to serving over a decade as a contributing editor to Black Belt Magazine, his martial arts background, including instructor certifications in Jeet Kune Do & Filipino martial arts under legendary Bruce Lee protege Dan Inosanto, Combat Shuai - Chiao under Masters David CK Lin and James Lin, and Sil Lum Fut Ga under Master Harlan Lee, has helped him to cross reference uniquely and deliver training concepts to a wide variety of athletes and coaches seeking to find the edge for themselves and their clientele

To reach at least 108 grams, a 140 pound athlete could eat 3.5 oz of chicken (30 grams), a 6oz can of tuna (40 grams), 3/4 cup egg beaters (18 grams), 1 cup of black beans (15 g), and 1/4 cup of almonds (8 g).

Said no powerlifter, ever,) not to mention that fundamentally strength and endurance athletes tend to not have much in common, other than arguments over whether or not a squat suit and Chuck Taylors look any more or less ridiculous than men's neon booty shorts and black and yellow Kayanos.But there are plenty of reasons that some of you strength focused folks may be interested in distance running (which will be the example for cardio I'm using in this article).

Each Black Widow Burst Training features swap out exercises that cater to any level of athlete from beginner to advanced.

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Dietary supplementation tends to be one of the biggest black boxes in most athlete's training programs.

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Ichikawa offers stylistic touches to emphasize certain aspects of the athletes» struggle to achieve: slow - motion, amplified sound, extreme close - ups, and still photos in black - and - white.

Recalling the 18 black athletes who competed in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, despite the racial tensions at home in the U.S. and the Aryan presence of Hitler in Germany.

60 Minutes Sports, Season 2014, Episode 4: Take a look at the ownership of the Chicago Cubs; see how athletes can be evaluated for brain injury; and meet New Zealand's beloved national rugby team the All Blacks.

Aside from the expected misogyny of a film whose female contribution is essentially that of decorative ornament or dead mother martyr, All the Right Moves has an unhealthy obsession with how black athletes can dance a lot better than their white teammates.

Creator of the hit show Black - ish Kenya Barris will be teaming up with athlete and now producer Blake Griffin as well as Ryan Kalil to remake the 90's sports comedy White Men Can't Jump.

He'll be featured alongside Stephan James, Jeremy Irons, Jason Sudeikis, Amanda Crew and Carice van Houten in the movie about «Jesse Owens «quest to become one of the greatest track and field athletes, defying the odds of being a black athlete competing at the advent of Adolf Hitler «s reign as Germany's leader trying to create a perfect Aryan race for the country.»

Ezra Edelman's five - part documentary film O.J.: Made in America explores two parallel historical narratives: 1) The story of post-Watts race relations in Los Angeles, specifically the tensions between the LAPD and the black community; and 2) the story of a preternaturally talented black athlete who sought to shed his racial identity to achieve «white» success, only for him to reclaim it at a crucial moment.

The film opens in the early morning hours of September 5, 1972 as eight members of the Palestinian Black September group, disguised as athletes, are let into the Munich Olympic Village compound by a group of American athletes, believing the men are looking for the beer garden.

... sports participation has a negative effect on the educational attainment of white male student athletes, a positive effect on the educational attainment and earnings of black male student athletes, and a positive effect on the educational attainment of white female student athletes.

The athlete, we discover, is relegated to dead - end remedial courses and is allowed to persist in his delusion that his athletic prowess will win him a full ride through college; his experience prompts Maran to explore in some detail how academic tracking and other more subtle differences in teachers» expectations contribute to a situation where 60 percent of white Berkeley High graduates attend a four - year college, while only 14 percent of black students earn enough credits to do so.

Walmart is planning on putting a limited number of trainees through VR - based Black Friday training with hopes to expand to every Walmart store in a couple of years, while the NFL has been utilizing VR training for their athletes since around 2014.

University of Pennsylvania professor and researcher Shaun Harper updated his «Black Male Student Athletes and Racial Inequities in NCAA Division I College Sports» — the inaugural release occurred in 2012.