On September 20-21, 2016 I participated in the annual Sports Diversity & Inclusion Symposium, hosted by the NCAA on their beautiful campus in Indianapolis. Created in 2012, its purpose is…
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Black Jewels Ladies Golf Association-Brooklyn (NY) Chapter To Hold Fall 2016 Mix-N-Mingle
by Debert Cookby Debert CookIf you are interested in golf and live in the New York City area, please join the Black Jewels Ladies Golf Associaton-Brooklyn (NY) Chapter for their fall 2016 Mix-N-Mingle. The…
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We put mounds of sands on playgrounds. We put piles of sands on icy highways in the Winter. As a matter of fact in golf, a hill of sand was…
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September 30, 2016 It was hard to not feel a tinge of pity for Tiger Woods when he was shooed not once but twice from the USA team photograph at…
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Major Union Announces Boycott of Trump Golf Courses and Other Properties
by Debert Cookby Debert CookThe union that recently organized workers at Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel announced Tuesday that it was launching a formal boycott of the Republican nominee’s properties around the country. The…
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Over $30k Raised at 100 Black Men of Orange County’s 15th Annual Golf Tournament
by Debert Cookby Debert CookThe 100 Black Men of Orange County’s 15th Annual Golf Tournament and Fundraiser. Because of you, this year’s event was a huge success. Over $30,000.00 was raised to benefit our…
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PITTSBURGH, Pa. (NBC12) – Golfing legend Arnold Palmer, 87, passed away Sunday, according to Golf Digest and ESPN golf writer Jason Sobel. Arnold Palmer, one of the greatest in the…
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John Starks Foundation Annual Golf tournament at the Tamarack Country Club in Greenwich, Connecticut
by Debert Cookby Debert CookRain “can’t stop and won’t stop” a real golfer. Sports celebrities, sponsors, and scholarship recipients arrived for the John Starks Foundation annual golf tournament held on September 19, 2016, at…
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27th Annual Sacramento River City Golf Classic Fundraiser July 9, 2016, Mather Golf Course, Mather, CA
by Debert Cookby Debert Cook75 players, some from as far away as New York State and Washington, DC, enjoyed the 27th Annual Sacramento River City Golf Classic Fundraiser. Lynda Donahue (Fairfield, CA) won the…
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CHICAGO — Should black people go out of their way to patronize black-owned business? Maggie Anderson says they should. In 2008, with the economy in the middle of the worst…
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Billy Gardenhight, Legendary Tournament Director and Big Four Founder, Suffers Leg Amputation
by Debert Cookby Debert Cook(Monday, September 12, 2016) News has reached us that Billy Gardenhight, tournament director of Skyview Golf Club in Asheville, NC, and of the founder of the The Big Four (Asheville,…
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Brigadier General George A. Jones, WWII, FDNY Veteran, Dies at age 93
by Debert Cookby Debert CookBrigidare General George A. Jones loved to play golf. He battled racism in the Army to rise through the ranks to brigadier general and faced racism at home only to return…