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The 2024 USA Women’s Basketball Team Team United States celebrate after their victory against Team France during the Women’s Gold Medal game between Team France and Team United States on day sixteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on August 11, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo: Sarah Stier/Getty Images A day after theContinue reading “Black History Facts”

Turn your home into a personal gym by using household items as weights. It’s no secret how much gym memberships and home gym equipment can cost you. While the gym is a great place to find a community of like-minded people on healthy journeys, you can just as easily work out at home with items found around your house — and saveContinue reading “12 Everyday Household Items That Double as Gym Equipment”

5 Secret Codes Used to Communicate in the Underground Railroad In order to avoid detection, Harriet Tubman and others used a variety of codes and signals to communicate along the route to freedom. n pre-Civil War America, having any involvement with the Underground Railroad was risky, but for the freedom-seekers escaping enslavement in the South and the conductorsContinue reading “Black History Facts”

2024 Gymnastics, Women’s All-Around Final Simone Biles Simone Biles’ Paris Olympics experience could hardly be better after she clinched gold in the women’s gymnastics all-around final, two day after celebrating the team goal with her American compatriots. For Biles, it was her sixth gold medal, the most by any American gymnast in history (man orContinue reading “Black History Facts”

2024 Track & Field, Men’s 400m Hurdles Rai Benjamin Rai Benjamin came oh-so-close to Olympic gold at the 2020 Tokyo Games, finishing with silver in the men’s 400m hurdles. In Paris, he got the gold he came for. The 27-year-old Mount Vernon, NY native beat Norway’s Karsten Warholm (who bested him in Tokyo and wonContinue reading “Black History Facts”

Shopping for a laptop can be daunting. Over a dozen major manufacturers release new models every year. While some companies are more reputed for producing higher-quality products, even the best laptop brands sometimes release models with design flaws or too many compromises. Also, there are often complaints of poor quality control, inadequate after-sale customer support, and otherContinue reading “The 7 Best Laptop Brands”

2024 Track & Field, Women’s 100m  Sha’Carri Richardson Coming into the Olympics, the women’s 100m dash was easily among the most anticipated events. Sha’Carri Richardson, competing in her first Olympics, was favored entering the race, but finished in second behind St. Lucia’s Julien Alfred, who also outpaced her in the semifinal heat. Richardson’s Team USAContinue reading “Black History Facts”