Sports

Apr 9 2009

SportsBeat: 4-9-09

 Notes, quotes and things picked up on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond.

With major league baseball underway virtually all over the landscape, the NBA (National Basketball Association) is getting ready to throw up the first playoff balls on April 18th and Tiger Woods is poised to pick up his fifth green jacket in the Masters starting today (Thursday).

Apr 2 2009

SportsBeat: 4-2-09

Both the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics have locked up home court advantage for all of their conference games. And the Cleveland Cavaliers lead the L.A. Lakers by two full games in the battle for home court advantage throughout the playoffs. With such a limited number of games left, it’s unlikely the Lakers will overtake the Cavs.

Mar 26 2009

SportsBeat 3-26-09

Notes, quotes and things picked up on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond.

Two of the NCAA’s Sweet 16 teams will be coached by men of color—Oklahoma’s Jeff Capel III, (a graduate of Duke) and Missouri’s Mike Anderson. Only one of the Pac-10’s five entries—Arizona—survived as a Sweet 16 team.

Mar 19 2009

SportsBeat: 3-19-09

 Notes, quotes and things picked up on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond.

USC did what it had to do, beat UCLA in the Pacific Life Pac-10 Tournament semifinals, 65-55, and knock off Arizona State, 66-63, in the finals to land a date against Michigan State in Minneapolis Friday (March 20) in the first round of the NCAA’s Division 1 Men’s Basketball Championship Tournament. UCLA treks to Philadelphia tonight (March 19) against Virginia Commonwealth in Philadelphia.

Mar 12 2009

SportsBeat 3-12-09

Notes, quotes and things picked up on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond.

The Pac-10 men and women’s tournaments open at the Staples Center and Galen Center this weekend.

Will UCLA’s (23-7,12-5) “Ship” (Josh Shipp) come in, in the Pacific Life Pac-10 Men’s Tournament (March 11-14-Staples Center) like it did in that 27 point performance against Oregon State on March 5 at Pauley Pavilion and capture the tournament title?

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.

California
San Diego college students and volunteers will carry out their sixth home restoration project on Wednesday, July 10 through Sunday, July 14. as part of the “Healing our Heroes’ Homes” (H3) program created by the nonprofit Embrace. The five-day effort will take place at the home of medically retired Marine Corps Capt. Sarah Bettencourt. Bettencourt served with many different units across the country during the Global War on Terrorism and developed a rare neurological disorder in 2008. With a focus to restore the homes of disabled veteran homeowners, H3 falls in line with Embrace’s mission to mobilize college-student volunteers and community members to serve less fortunate members of civilian and veteran communities. The project for the Bettencourts’ home includes kitchen and bathroom remodeling, building ADA-compliant disability ramps, widening their driveway to ADA standards, widening doorways and landscaping.
 
District of Columbia
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will showcase its five-year community research project on African American identity with the program “The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity.” This multicity collaboration examines the history and culture of the aesthetics of African Americans. The festival will be held June 26-30 and July 3-7, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets. “Whether we realize it or not, we are all dress artists. The way we compose our look is a creative expression of our ideas about who we are and who we aspire to be,” said Diana N’Diaye, program curator. “This program explores the diversity of African American traditions of style, but also teaches young people the importance of documenting their own culture and saving that information for themselves and future generations.”