Black History Month: Sports Achievements

Allyson Felix is the most decorated woman in Olympic track and field history with these many medals.

How many professional sports teams are in the LA metro area? (NBA, MLB, NFL, NHL, WNBA)

The LA Dodgers came from this New York Borough before the 1958 season.

This athlete won 4 Olympic gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, eliminating the depiction of Africans as "inferior".

Vonetta Flowers became the first Black athlete to win a gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in this competition.

Suffering from polio as a child, this athlete won 3 gold medals in track at the 1960 Olympics.

How many points did Kobe Bryant score in his career high game against the Toronto Raptors in 2006?

Besides 2020, when was the last time the LA Lakers and the LA Dodgers won a championship in the same year?

This boxing champion was known as the "Louisville Lip" and was a noteworthy figure in the Black community.

This boxer won a gold medal at the 1968 Olympic games in Mexico City and is known today for selling grills.

Bonnie St. John became the first Black athlete to win a paralympic medal at these Winter Paralympic Games.

The 2028 Summer Olympics will be hosted in this city...

This former Texas Tech basketball star became the first player to sign with the WNBA.

What team does Michael Jordan have a majority ownership of?

This sports team adopted the name of this neighborhood because of its prominence to Black American culture.