Tuesday, October 23, 2012

American Female Sprinters



Check out the November 2012 issue of Essence.  I wrote profiles and small items on: Allyson Felix, Sanya Richards-Ross, Carmelita Jeter, Lashinda Demus, Brittney Reese and Serena Williams. It's an honor to be in the magazine and to be listed as a Contributor.

November Cover- Tyler Perry


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Sunday, October 7, 2012

West Indies win ICC Twenty20 World Cup


West Indies cricket crest
Courtesy of West Indies Cricket 
Jamaica—The last time West Indies celebrated an international win was 2004 with the ICC Champions Trophy’s, and their last win in a World Cup was 33 ago. That winless drought ended with the victory of the ICC World Twenty20 Tournament in Sri Lanka against the home team.  They made 137 for six off 20 overs to Sri Lanka’s 101 off 18.4 overs. 

Caribbean folks have long stopped celebrating West Indies cricket.  To most people the emotional pain the team has caused is ever present; the glory days of the 1970s has long been forgotten.  West Indies will come close to winning a match but find a way to loose, so a lot of people had stopped believing they would every win another title. But hopes were renewed after an impressive win against Australia in the semifinals by 74 runs, 205-4 to 131.   

Batting first in the finals West Indies didn’t accumulate as many runs to dominate the match.  But when their bowlers took the pitch they held Sri Lanka in check, limiting the team that has reached an ICC tournament final four times to their first six in the 16th over.   

When it was clear West Indies would really win the tournament team members started to dance and some dusted off Marlon Samules’ uniform, as he saved the team with 78 runs. He was later named Man of the Match.  In a post-game interview about the reactions of fans back in the Caribbean, team captain Darren Sammy said, “thank God it’s Sunday because if it was a weekday nobody would be at work. Hopefully, this will be the beginning of things to come. We won’t say we’re back but this is a step in the right direction to make the Caribbean people proud.” 
           
He’s absolutely right.