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		<title>Athletes and Coaches Like Dawn Staley Bring Historic Feats to Final Four</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This will be the sixth straight Final Four for the South Carolina program under Coach Dawn Staley.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Coco Gauff Is Fulfilling Expectations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2025 07:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; By Larry Bivins Ever since Coco Gauff reached the fourth round of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships as a precocious 15-year-old, knocking out five-time champion and idol Venus Williams along the way, she has performed under an aura of great expectations. There was little doubt among the tennis cognoscente that this supremely athletic teenager would [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Simone Biles’ Winning Message Is as Good as Gold</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Aug 2024 20:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Simone Biles became the most decorated Olympic gymnast in U.S. history by taking time for herself and maintaining therapy sessions while competing in Paris.  “I’m in a good spot mentally and physically, and you can’t take it from me,” Biles said in an NBC Olympics interview. “So when I go out there, it’s pure joy.” [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Coco Gauff’s Competitive Spirit Drives Her Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Sep 2023 23:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Coco Gauff has something that transcends forehands and backhands. She has the heart of a champion. And she is the fifth Black American to win the U.S. Open, joining Althea Gibson, Serena and Venus Williams and Sloane Stephens.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Naomi Osaka: A New Profile in Courage</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2020 02:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In winning her second U.S. Open championship, 22-year-old Naomi Osaka made a statement that had nothing to do with tennis but everything to do with the kind of woman she has become – a courageous athlete/social activist. For each of the seven matches Osaka had to win to capture her third major title – she [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Althea Gibson Featured in CBS Sports Documentary</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yanick Rice Lamb]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2019 01:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Long before Venus and Serena Williams, Billie Jean King or Arthur Ashe picked up a tennis racket, Althea Gibson reigned supreme on the court, winning 11 Grand Slams and roughly 100 other titles worldwide.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>At 13, Cori Gauff Wants to Be Greatest Tennis Player — Ever</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2017 04:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cori “CoCo” Gauff aspires to be the greatest tennis player ever, and she just may have the game, moxie and perfect role model to make it happen.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Madison, Sloane, Venus Make History at U.S. Open Championships</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2017 02:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For the first time ever, three of the four women playing in the women’s singles semi-finals were African American – Madison Keys, Sloane Stephens and Venus Williams.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>‘A Beautiful Thing’ — Serena Makes History With Venus</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2017 18:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[While many of you were sleeping, Serena Williams made history again by winning her 23rd grand slam at the Australian Open in Melbourne. It was yet another sister act against Venus Williams, and they both came to play.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Baseball Hall of Fame to Honor 1st Woman</title>
		<link>https://fierceforblackwomen.com/2016/12/07/claire-smith-to-be-1st-woman-honored-at-baseball-hall-of-fame/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2016 13:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Claire Smith had no problems going into American League locker rooms while covering baseball for the Hartford Courant during the mid-eighties. In the National League, however, rules varied depending on the team. Smith was thrown out of the San Diego Padres&#8217; locker room while covering the 1984 championship series — despite assurances from the league [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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