What a SuperBowl - Black History Month Cont'd

As we wrap up the 2011 football season with another great Super Bowl between the NY Giants and NE Patriots I find it appropriate to highlight an amazing African-American athlete of his time, Jim Brown. I've grown up in an era where Quarterbacks and passing for 400 yards is glamorous and sexy in the world of NFL football. Jim Brown ran with passion, anger and determination on his way to becoming the most prolific running back of all time. In this post we link to Jim Brown's biography so all can read about his legacy on and off the playing field. 

http://www.biography.com/people/jim-brown-9228484

Sam Golubov, President

SportsMechanics.com

National Wear Red Day - Black History Month

To honor both Black History Month and National Wear Red Day for women's heart health, we are celebrating the life of Althea Gibson. Althea Gibson was the first African-American woman to be invited to the Wimbledon tennis tournament and the first to win the Wimbledon tennis tournament. Althea's perseverance and determination to pursue what she loved is a true model of an American hero. Althea paved the way for future tennis players and young African-American girls to believe they too, could become successful athletes in a male dominant world. On behalf of the SportsMechanics.com management team I am honored to say, "Thank you" to Althea Gibson and all she stood for!

Althea Gibson bio page

-Sam Golubov
President, SportsMechanics.com  

Black History Month

An important topic at hand is the launching of the FREE version of our SportsMechanics.com video instruction library. More importantly, this post is meant to pay tribute to many of the past heroes whom have paved the way for our athletic success we see today! The month of February is dedicated to thanking the African-American men and women athletes of our time. As an assistant college baseball coach and avid fan of all things baseball, I believe every young athlete should know the story of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play Major League Baseball. His presence on the diamond helped transcend baseball, professional sports and civil rights in this great country we all call home. While the start of the baseball season is still a few months away, I felt the best way to start off Black History Month was to link to a bio of the great life of Mr. Jackie Robinson. Hope you enjoy reading about his life as much as I do!

http://www.biography.com/people/jackie-robinson-9460813

Sam Golubov
President, SportsMechanics.com