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Tag Archives: Sports
5/25/16 O&A NYC FASHION: FENTY PUMA AW16 Collection by Rihanna- Show Highlights
Global Sports Brand PUMA and Women’s Creative Director Rihanna presented the FENTY PUMA by RIHANNA AW16 Collection at New York Fashion Week. Overcome by environmental elements and an ominous mood-inducing energy, frostbitten models walked the runway with a bold chill. Continue reading
5/16/16 O&A NYC WITH WaleStylez SPORTS: Surya Bonaly 1998 Olympics
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
Surya Bonaly, French-American former figure skater is a three-time World silver medalist, a five-time European champion, the 1991 World Junior Champion and a nine-time French national champion. Bonaly began skating in Nice before relocating to Paris. Early reports said that Gailhaguet discovered Bonaly when she was a 10-year-old skater at a public session, but years later, she said she had wanted to skate in Gailhaguet’s competitive skating group and actually asked to participate.
4/6/16 O&A NYC WITH WaleStylez SPORTS: Shaq, Allen Iverson And Kevin Johnson Headline Finalists For 2016 Hall Of Fame
Allen Iverson, Shaquille O’Neal and Kevin Johnson are announced as finalist for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class of 2016 during the 2016 NBA All-Star Weekend at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel on February 12, 2016 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Continue reading
2/14/16 O&A NYC WITH WaleStylez- SPORTS: NBA All-Star 2016- Slam Dunk Contest
By Adewale Adekanbi
NBA All-Star 2016- Slam Dunk Contest has become one of the most anticipated activities during the three day event. Continue reading
2/12/16 0&A NYC WITH WaleStylez- SPORTS: Top 20 NBA All-Star Moments
By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.
The All-Stars Games begin this weekend in Toronto. The event will bring the best of the NBA together for games, parties, and special events. It also gives us opportunity to see basketball royalty have fun doing what we love to see them do- play ball! Continue reading
2/6/16 O&A NYC SPORTS: Nigel Sylvester- GO! ( New York City 2015)
Pro BMX rider Nigel Sylvester Presents the first installment of his new series, GO! BMX has always been about expressing your point of view. For the first time, Nigel gives us a true, up close and personal experience of what riding his bike is really like. He launches the premiere episode with a few familiar faces and where it all began, New York City. Continue reading
12/22/15 O&A NYC Inspirational Tuesday: Serena Williams accepts 2015 Sportsperson of the Year Award
Tennis goddess Serena Williams, 34, is ending 2015 with an impressive resume. This year alone she completed her second “Serena Slam,” released her new HSN statement collection at New York Fashion Week, showed off her incredible strength and beauty by posing (almost) nude in Pirelli’s 2016 calendar and, on Tuesday, December 15, awarded the high honor of becoming Sports Illustrated’s 2015 Sportsperson of the Year. Williams, the first solo female athlete to win the award in thirty-two years (since 1983), gave a moving acceptance speech encouraging female athletes everywhere to push their limits and be the “best you can be.” Continue reading
2/9/16 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: Tommie Smith and John Carlos Human Right Salute at the Medal Ceremony 1968 Olympics
The 1968 Olympics Black Power, an act of protest by the African-American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos, took place during their medal ceremony at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the Olympic Stadium, Mexico City. The two athlete stunned the audience and received international press as they turned to face their flags and hear the American national anthem (The Star-Spangled Banner), Smith and Carlos raised a black-gloved fist and kept them raised until the anthem had finished. Continue reading
8/19/15 O&A NYC: The Rucker Basketball League Turns 50
Malcolm X stated, “History is a people’s memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.” The documentary Rucker 50 establishes the collective conscienceless of the history of the now world-renowned basketball tournament/ phenomenon. The Rucker is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary and to mark this milestone Robert McCullough Jr. and Darryl L. Neverson have written and directed the film Rucker 50. Continue reading
