Black Girls Talk Sports

Calvin Peete: A Black Trailblazer in Golf

Host Angela Spears pays tribute to Calvin Peete, an African American professional golfer who taught himself how to play golf at 24 and became the most successful Black player on the PGA Tour before Tiger Woods. #blackgolfer #keepitsporty #golf Podcast Items of Interest: Join our Facebook Group (Women only) @BlackGirlsTalkSports Podcast Sponsor: Food Temptress Cookbook Store – foodtemptress.com Sources: thehistorymakers.org/biography/calvin-peete-44 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Peete

NBA Players with NBA sons

Hosts Rekaya Gibson and Angela Spears discuss NBA players with sons in the NBA, past and present. They also mention NBA players with daughters in the WNBA. They share fun facts about NBA players. #KeepItSporty Podcast Items of Interest: Listen and Support Black Girls Talk Sports Podcast - https://www.blackgirlstalksports.com Join our Facebook Group (Women only) @BlackGirlsTalkSports Follow us on Instagram @BlackGirlsTalkSportsPodcast Download BGTS Android App for free in the Google Play Store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blackgirlstalksports.android.girls Podcast Sponsor: Food Temptress Cookbook Store – https://www.foodtemptress.com Sources: Brown III, T. (2022, June 29). Ranking best NBA sons of former players in league today: Warriors have multiple second-generation stars. USA Today. https://bit.ly/3xA8XH3 Fattal, T. (2022, August 10). Sierra Canyon basketball adds Ashton Hardaway, son of former NBA star Penny Hardaway. MSN. https://bit.ly/3Dz5Pig  Polacek, S. (2022, August 1). Dell Curry Reveals When He Knew Warriors' Stephen Curry Would Become NBA All-Star. Bleacher Report. https://bit.ly/3QRWC7Y Sabin, C. (2020, March 11). Father and Sons that Played in the NBA. Crown Hoops.  https://crownhoops.com/2020/03/11/father-and-sons-that-played-in-the-nba Wikipedia Contributors. (2022, September 10. Corey Crowder. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corey_Crowder Wikipedia Contributors. (2022, June 17). Matt Guokas Sr. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://bit.ly/3BSkPGZ Wikipedia Contributors. (2022, March 9). Stan Love. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Love_(basketball)

WNBA Players with NBA Sons

Hosts Rekaya Gibson and Angela Spears discuss Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) mothers who have sons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). This includes Pamela McGee, the first WNBA player to have a son in the NBA and a daughter in the WNBA.  #KeepItSporty Mentioned in this episode: Niele Ivey Rhonda Smith-Banchero Joy Holmes-Harris Daynia La-Force, Atlanta Dream assistant coach Terrance Mann, Los Angeles Clippers Imani McGee Podcast Items of Interest: Listen and Support Black Girls Talk Sports Podcast - https://www.blackgirlstalksports.com Join our Facebook Group (Women only) @BlackGirlsTalkSports Follow us on Instagram @BlackGirlsTalkSportsPodcast Download BGTS Android App for free in the Google Play Store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blackgirlstalksports.android.girls Podcast Sponsor: Food Temptress Cookbook Store – https://www.foodtemptress.com Sources: Deb, S. and Cacciola, S. (2022, June 25). For Some NBA Draftees, Making it to the Pros Runs in the Family. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/25/sports/basketball/nba-fathers-sons-players.html Kassahun, T. (2022, June 24). Jaden Ivey Expressed Gratitude for His Mom, Who Played in the WNBA, After He was Drafted by Detroit Pistons. Yahoo. yahoo.com/video/jaden-ivey-expressed-gratitude-mom-165847430.html Lundblad, J. (2008, May 16). Mother-son legacy a first for WNBA/NBA. ESPN. espn.com/nba/draft2008/columns/story?page=080513-mcgee The Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame (2022). Joy Holmes Harris. https://ohiobasketballhalloffame.com/hall-of-fame/inductees/2016/joy-holmes-harris.html Schiffer, A. and Tucker, K. (2022, June 21). Moms taught Banchero, Ivey, Sochan and Washington the game. Now they’re top NBA Draft prospects. The Athletic. https://theathletic.com/3370018/2022/06/21/banchero-ivey-sochan-washington-moms/ Tidal League. (2021, May 19). Gary Harris' mom, Joy Harris.  tidalleague.com/show/court-side-moms/gary-harris-mom-joy-harris Wikipedia contributors. (2022, June 15). Pamela McGee. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_McGee Wikipedia contributors. (2022, May 23). Daynia La-Force. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daynia_La-Force Wikipedia contributors. (2022, June 28). Daynia La-Force. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niele_Ivey WNBA. (2014, June 27). WNBA Mother and NBA Son: Joy Holmes Harris and Gary Harris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOAAe6tz7Nk

UCLA and USC Moving to the Big Ten

Hosts Rekaya Gibson and Angela Spears share their thoughts about the University of Southern California (USC) and the University of California of Los Angeles (UCLA) moving to the Big Ten conference in August 2023. They discuss the impact this move will have on the Pac-12, the Big Ten and athletes. They also mention the effects it will have on sports, especially football, track and field and gymnastics. #KeepItSporty Mentioned in this episode: Mike Bohn, USC athletic director Martin Jarmond, UCLA athletic director Rose Bowl Indiana University Los Angeles Times Podcast Items of Interest: Listen and Support Black Girls Talk Sports Podcast - https://www.blackgirlstalksports.com Join our Facebook Group (Women only) @BlackGirlsTalkSports Follow us on Instagram @BlackGirlsTalkSportsPodcast Download BGTS Android App for free in the Google Play Store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blackgirlstalksports.android.girls Podcast Sponsor: Food Temptress Cookbook Store – https://www.foodtemptress.com Sources: Curtis, J. (2022, July 1). USC, UCLA Will Leave Pac-12 to Join Big Ten in 2024. Sports Illustrated. https://bit.ly/3zyToQ7 Multiple contributors. (2022, July 11). Inside the stunning USC-UCLA move to the Big Ten -- and the chaos that followed. ESPN. https://es.pn/3d7IzNp Thamel, P and Dinich, H. (2022, June 30). USC, UCLA moving from Pac-12 to Big Ten in 2024. ESPN. https://es.pn/3vGd0AK

Louise Fulton: a Black Woman Bowling Trailblazer

Host Rekaya Gibson pays tribute to Louise Fulton, an American professional bowler. In 1964, she won the Professional Women’s Bowling Association’s Princeton Open, becoming the first African American to win a professional bowling title. Also, Fulton was the first African American bowler inducted into the United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame in 2001. #blackbowler #blackwomenbowlers #keepitsporty Mentioned in this episode: Marjorie Mitchell, professional bowler  Meadow Lanes Bowling Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  Podcast Items of Interest: Listen and Support Black Girls Talk Sports Podcast - https://www.blackgirlstalksports.com Join our Facebook Group (Women only) @BlackGirlsTalkSports Follow us on Instagram @BlackGirlsTalkSportsPodcast Download BGTS Android App for free in the Google Play Store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blackgirlstalksports.android.girls Podcast Sponsor: Food Temptress Cookbook Store – https://www.foodtemptress.com Sources: Louise Fulton and Marjorie Mitchell Papers and Photographs, 1982-2010, MSS 897, Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center. historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt%3AUS-QQS-mss897/viewer United States Bowling Congress. (2022). Louise Fulton. bowl.com/usbc-hall-of-fame/hall-of-famers/louise-fulton Wiggins, D. K., & Swanson, R. A. (Eds.). (2016). Separate Games: African American Sport behind the Walls of Segregation. University of Arkansas Press. doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1f89v0m