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The D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) released the results for this year’s Citywide Basketball Championships. More than 2,000 athletes from 170 teams and from all eight wards in the District of Columbia competed in the 2010 Youth Basketball League. Results of the Basketball Championship are provided below by division:
• Pee Wee (6 – 8 years old): Watkins Recreation Center
• Pony (9 & 10 years old): Langdon Park Recreation Center
• Junior Girls (11 & 12 years old): Club House # 2
• Junior Boys (11 & 12 years old): Emery Recreation Center
• Intermediate Girls (13 – 15 years old): Emery Recreation Center
• Intermediate Boys (13 – 15 years old): Club House #10
• Senior Boys (16 – 18 years old): Marie Reed Recreation Center
• Pee Wee (6 – 8 years old): Watkins Recreation Center
• Pony (9 & 10 years old): Langdon Park Recreation Center
• Junior Girls (11 & 12 years old): Club House # 2
• Junior Boys (11 & 12 years old): Emery Recreation Center
• Intermediate Girls (13 – 15 years old): Emery Recreation Center
• Intermediate Boys (13 – 15 years old): Club House #10
• Senior Boys (16 – 18 years old): Marie Reed Recreation Center
Tiger Woods began the seemingly impossible task of getting his professional golf life back on track by giving an interview with ESPN as he prepares to make his 2010 debut at the event that has defined his career, The Masters.
In the interview, Woods, for the first time since all of the drama in his life erupted, achieved something he has failed to do since the beginning of this mess: he came off as human.
In the interview, Woods, for the first time since all of the drama in his life erupted, achieved something he has failed to do since the beginning of this mess: he came off as human.
Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig was effusive when for the second year he called on the baseball world to remember Jackie Robinson and his achievements. To honor Robinson, Selig required every player, coach and umpire to wear Robinson's old Number 42 for one game as a tribute. Selig's gesture and the players' compliance were genuine and heartfelt and recognized that Robinson's smash of the color bar in 1947 was a tipping point for race relations in America.The irony is that Robinson didn't see the game -- or America -- quite the way Selig nostalgically remembers it.
When Robinson nervously stood at second base in his first game in the major league, he said he felt "uneasy" and far less hopeful that his feat would change American attitudes toward blacks. Twenty-five years later, Robinson unapologetically declared in his autobiography, "I Never Had It Made:" "I cannot stand and sing the anthem. I cannot salute the flag. I know that I am a black man in a white world.
I never had it made." This is the story Robinson repeated in his letters and columns in the New York Post and the Amsterdam News.
When Robinson nervously stood at second base in his first game in the major league, he said he felt "uneasy" and far less hopeful that his feat would change American attitudes toward blacks. Twenty-five years later, Robinson unapologetically declared in his autobiography, "I Never Had It Made:" "I cannot stand and sing the anthem. I cannot salute the flag. I know that I am a black man in a white world.
I never had it made." This is the story Robinson repeated in his letters and columns in the New York Post and the Amsterdam News.
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H. D.Woodson guard Ronika Ransford (15 points) drives to the basket under pressure from Seton's Alyssa Albanese (left, 10 points) and Tyaunna Marshall (#15, 23 points)
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James N. Leary, commissioner of the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference gives the winning championship trophy to, Tyaunna Marshall, Alexis Martin and Julia Weatherly.
Elizabeth Seton 51, H.D. Woodson 30
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The 2010 Girls Abe Pollin City Title game at the Verizon Center Sun. March 14 was expected to be a battle between Elizabeth Seaton's Tyaunna Marshall and H.D. Woodson's Ronika Ransford.
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H. D.Woodson guard Ronika Ransford (15 points) drives to the basket under pressure from Seton's Alyssa Albanese (left, 10 points) and Tyaunna Marshall (#15, 23 points)
Photo # 5385
James N. Leary, commissioner of the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference gives the winning championship trophy to, Tyaunna Marshall, Alexis Martin and Julia Weatherly.
Elizabeth Seton 51, H.D. Woodson 30
Story and Photos
The 2010 Girls Abe Pollin City Title game at the Verizon Center Sun. March 14 was expected to be a battle between Elizabeth Seaton's Tyaunna Marshall and H.D. Woodson's Ronika Ransford.
Washington Wizards and Amtrak to Sponsor Black History Month Poetry Contest
Courtesy of WizardsCare.com
Washington Wizards center Etan Thomas and AMTRAK encourage all students from the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia to celebrate Black History Month by participating in the 2009 Character, Commitment, Connection Poetry Contest.
In 200 words or less, students grades K-12 are invited to write a poem about any African American leader of the past or present, famous or not famous, that they admire for their Character, Commitment and Connection to the community.
Three grand prize winners will be selected: one elementary school (K-5) student, one middle school (6-8) student and one high school (9-12) student. In addition, three first place winners will be selected. All entries must be received by Wed. Feb. 4. A panel of judges will select the three winning poems, and winners will be announced on Wed. Feb. 11 on WashingtonWizards.com.
Guard Austin Freeman Leads Georgetown Past Cincinnati Photo by John E De FreitasGeorgetown played its last home game at the Verizon Center, Sat. March 7, defeating Cincinnati 74-47. Early in the week it was reported that Austin Freeman had been diagnosed with diabetics and the information became the hot topic on Georgetown’s campus. Prior to the game it was uncertain whether Freeman was going to play.
BlackCollegeBaseball.com has announced that the BatterUp Foundation/ DC RBI ( B-UP /DC RBI ) has agreed to a two year partnership for the 2010 and 2011 baseball seasons. The BatterUp Foundation/D.C. RBI will work closely with the site to increase college placement opportunities for African-American youth baseball players in the Baltimore/Washington, D.C. area and coordinate showcases sponsored by Black College Baseball.
Executive Director Keith Stubbs of B-UP /D.C. RBI will also serve as the Scouting Director for BlackCollegeBaseball.com. Keith Stubbs is currently a scout for the 2008 World Champion and 2009 National League Champion Philadelphia Phillies.
Washington D.C. area high school's opened the 116 running of the Penn Relays in
Philadelphia on Thursday, Apr. 22. Photo By Khalid Naji-Allah
Two of Washington D.C.'s local track stars participate in a relay race at the Penn Relays on Thursday, April 22
in Philadelphia. Photo by Khalid Naji-Allah
Chicago's Theron Johnson lands a right hand on Laurel, MD's "The Big Ticket" Dwayne McRae during their bout at the George Mason University Patriot Center. McRae, however, went on to win a six-round split decision.Courtesy photo by Barron WallaceTwo knockdowns, a solid game plan and some inadvertent faulty lighting allowed “The White Tiger†Chase Shields of Houston, TX to win a 12-round unanimous decision over hometown favorite Jimmy Lange of Great Falls, VA and capture the WBC USNBC Junior Middleweight title in front of 5, 312 at the George Mason University Patriot Center in Fairfax, VA.
U.S. Olympian Gold Medalist Speed skater Shani Davis talks with Suliman Abdulaah, 15 at the ESPN Zone in Northwest on Apr. 16.
Photo By Khalid Naji-Allah
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