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Saturday Open Thread: African Americans In Winter Sports

October 12, 2013 by Miranda 126 Comments

Welcome to the weekend POU! Vonetta Flowers (born Vonetta Jeffery on October 29, 1973 in  Helena, Alabama) is an American bobsledder and athlete. Flowers was a star sprinter and long  jumper at the University of Alabama-Birmingham and originally aspired to make the U.S. Summer Olympic Team. After several failed attempts, Flowers turned to bobsledding, and found success as a … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: African Americans In Winter Sports

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