Olympic gold medalist Cullen Jones advocates water safety
When Olympic swimming gold medalist Cullen Jones asked students at Buffalo Creek Elementary School if they thought he's ever almost drowned, not too many hands went up...
Grio’s 100: BMX biker takes life by the handlebars
theGRIO's 100 - At first, Nigel was just a boy on his bike in Queens, NY. He's still on his bike years later, but this time it's a bike he designed and he's getting paid to be on it...
Black Hollywood weighs whether to support Obama again
When Mattie Lawson's husband, Michael, suggested in 2003 that they consider hosting a political fundraiser at their lavish Los Angeles estate for a new up-and-comer in the field, she immediately said no.
LeBron James compares 2012 Olympic roster to Dream Team
The 1992 Olympic basketball team is the squad by which all others are measured. LeBron James thinks a new measuring stick might be added...
Tight on cash, British sprinter auctions himself on eBay
LONDON (AP) - Describing himself as his country's "top sprinter without a sponsor," a British athlete has resorted to selling himself on an online auction site in a desperate bid to raise money to run in his home Olympics...
Black Muslim is changing the face of fencing
theGRIO VIDEO - Ibti, as she's known to her friends, is as unique a site on the fencing circuit as you'll see -- a young African-American Muslim woman who chooses to wear a headscarf or hijab while she fences...
John Carlos tells story behind '68 black power salute
VIDEO - Today, John Carlos is promoting his new memoir titled, 'The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment that Changed the World,' written by Dr. John Carlos with Dave Zirin...
Carl Lewis: 'I’m not looking for a title or attention'
theGRIO REPORT - '[The Republicans] have done everything in the world to keep me out of this race,' he admits...
Carl Lewis back on ballot in NJ senate race
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis was ordered back on the ballot in a New Jersey state Senate election by a federal appeals court...
Florida woman sets sights on Olympics
VIDEO - She wants to be one of three U-S women to head to London next year where, for the first time, women's boxing will be an Olympic event...
