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LOS ANGELES, April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Bridget Sloan (Pittsboro, IN) from the University of Florida, the first woman to win U.S., world, and NCAA all-around titles, has received the Honda Sports Award for gymnastics and becomes a finalist for the 2013 Honda Cup. The Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA) will present the Honda Cup live on ESPNU, June 24 at the USC Galen Center Founder's Room in Los Angeles. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111209/LA20211LOGO) "I...
LOS ANGELES, June 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Brittney Griner, who electrified basketball audiences with her two-handed dunks and formidable shot blocking, is the 2012 Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year and recipient of the Honda Cup. Griner was presented the prestigious award Sunday in a live telecast from the ESPN Studios in downtown Los Angeles. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120623/LA29579 ) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111209/LA20211LOGO ) "On the...
LOS ANGELES, June 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA) confirmed today Brittney Griner of Baylor University, Teresa Noyola of Stanford University, and Keilani Ricketts of the University of Oklahoma have been named the Top Three finalists for the 36th Annual Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year and the prestigious Honda Cup, to be announced live on ESPNU on Saturday, June 23 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern, 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time. (Logo:...
DALLAS, May 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Fans of U.S. Olympic and Paralympic sport have let their voices be heard. The United States Olympic Committee and Allstate Insurance Company today announced the members of the Class of 2012 who will be inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame presented by Allstate during a press conference at the Team USA Media Summit in Dallas. The Class of 2012, partially determined by fan voting, is comprised of six Olympians, one Paralympian, one team, as...
By Lisa Fernandez, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Jun. 25--Lovers of tap, jazz, hip hop and all-things Broadway will gather this week in celebration of the 50th anniversary of a beloved Campbell dance studio. About 100 students from Marie Stinnett Dance will perform Thursday through Saturday at the Campbell Community Center in a biannual affair. This year, the acts pay homage to music written by Ray Charles, Barry Manilow and the Cheetah Girls. Since 1958, Marie Stinnett has taught young...
By Lisa Fernandez, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Oct. 10--When Natalina Gonzalez heard about the plight of a Fremont mother with a young daughter fighting serious heart and respiratory problems, she wanted to do more than give money. So Gonzalez is creating a network of people to help Tamarah Molina, whose 2-year-old daughter, Julieanna, has been in and out of hospitals with serious health problems since birth. Gonzalez is looking for people willing to donate not only cash, but a box of...
By Ossian Shine SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Concerns over doping and the lack of top players at past Olympics were the main reasons for baseball's ejection from the London 2012 Games program, IOC President Jacques Rogge said on Saturday. Baseball and softball failed to win a majority of votes in a ballot of members at an IOC (International Olympic Committee) meeting in Singapore on Friday, becoming the first sports to be cut from the Games since polo in 1936. "The message ... was that the IOC...
By Steve Ginsburg WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. reaction to the elimination of baseball and softball from the Olympic agenda ranged on Friday from disappointment to outrage. "It was a bad call. Very disturbing," said Tommy Lasorda, the former Los Angeles Dodgers manager who led the U.S. squad to the gold medal in the 2000 Games in Sydney. "I can't believe they would drop baseball and softball, two very, very big sports that are played throughout the world," Lasorda told Reuters in a telephone...
