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