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Too bad 44 year-old Jamie C. (J.C.) France, the grandson of NASCAR founder Bill France, the son of Grand-Am founder Jim France; and cousin of Brian France chairman and CEO of NASCAR,  can’t turn back the hands of time to follow the example set by 12 year-old  race car driver, Gray Gaulding. Gaulding has amassed $20K in race winnings so far this year 2010, along with 10 first place wins out of a total of thirty starts.

According to his very supportive parents, the family relocated from Virginia to North Carolina to fuel his racing desires, Gray Gaulding began racing motor bikes at age three. (more…)

After a 4 years of waiting from the previous FIFA World Cup games which is hosted in 2006 in Germany, the FIFA World Cup 2010 games is finally back again. This year the games is going to be a very challenging ones because those who qualifies are among the world strongest teams and they are competing each other in this mid summer for the world champion title.

FIFA means Fédération Internationale de Football Association. (more…)

Ask a Panamanian who is the most beloved active athlete from their country and the answer might astonish you. Most Americans would automatically guess it was Mariano Rivera. That would be wrong. While Rivera and Carlos Lee are certainly the most internationally well known Panamanian athletes, Celestino Caballero is number one in the hearts of Panamanians. That is likely a result of him never forgetting where he comes from. He might stay for awhile in the United States to live and train, but he always displays pride and love for his people. (more…)

If  you know a few things about motorcycle racing then you’ve likely  heard the name of Valentino Rossi; and if you are fan of MotoGp then you know how great he is in the racing world. He continued his family tradition and became a racer like his father. He has won the Grand Prix Championship seven times till 2010 and with his skills it is expected he will add more to his tally. (more…)

One of the greatest talents in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is John Cena. He is ruling the WWE ring for more than 5 years now. Cena is the number one wrestler in popularity all over the world. He is famous for his uncanny and charismatic character. Whatever style Cena tries, it becomes a fashion for the younger generation. His popularity is in fashion, too. Every thing Cena wears sells like  hot cakes in the market. John Cena Shirts are a very popular item for the fans. You can’t accuse them. They idolize Cena.

Cena plays the role of  good guy in WWE.  A man, who never backs down, (more…)

A form of mixed martial arts called Muay Thai has its roots in the eighteenth century Thailand and at the present is practiced throughout the world. Muay Thai requires that a fighter completely engages both arms and legs and Muay Thai fight shorts is produced to fill up these requirements that are totally different from the shorts you are accustomed to.

Because fasteners are fairly dangerous to be used, these shorts typically have an elastic waistband which is convenient for fighters. (more…)

“We must teach our children to dream with their eyes open. The chances of your becoming a Jerry Rice or a Magic Johnson are so slim as to be negligible. Black kids must learn to distribute their energies in a way that’s going to make them productive, contributing citizens in an increasingly high-technology society.”
~ Harry Edwards, author and Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley as quoted in Time Magazine March 6, 1989.

Sociologist, scholar and author Harry Edwards, born 1942, is from East St. Louis, Illinois; he received his doctorate in sociology from Cornell University.

Harry Edwards stated desire is to be a role model of “the promising athlete who gave up the possibility of a career in professional sports to become a scholar instead.” (more…)

“If I win, I am American, not a black American. But if I did something bad, then they would say I am a Negro. We are black and we are proud of being black. Black America will understand what we did tonight.” Tommie Smith U.S. Track and Field Olympian Mexico City, 1968

It was October 16, 1968 at the Olympic Games in Mexico City where John Carlos and Tommie Smith, along with white Australian Silver medalist Peter Norman, who wore a human rights badge on the podium in solidarity of the Americans’ protest, made headlines around the world. (more…)

CONGRATULATIONS to the New Orleans Saints who beat the Indianapolis Colts, 31 to 17, to win their first ever NFL Super Bowl championship. (more…)

In a couple of hours the Minnesota Vikings will meet the New Orleans Saints at the Super Dome in Louisana for the NFC Championship game.

The winner of the contest will go on to play in SuperBowl XLIV on February 7, 2010 with the Indianapolis Colts or the New York Jets as their opponents.

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