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Jamaican Bobsleigh Team Push a Mini to Keep Olympic Dream Alive

Photo from piqsels.com, via Creative Commons (CC0) Article by Reuters, The New York Times The Jamaican bobsleigh team is used to training without snow, but the coronavirus lockdown has seen its male athletes resort to pushing a car around the streets of an English city to stay in...

Ziggy Marley uses one chord to make a song for first edition of ‘Billboard Kids’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz02siDrLHE Article by Glenn Rowley, Billboard Billboard unveiled its very first "Billboard Kids" segment on Thursday (May 14) with a little help from none other than Ziggy Marley. In the clip, the Jamaican reggae artist gives kids a crash course in playing his instrument of choice: the guitar....

Bob Marley Foundation to celebrate reggae legend’s 75th birthday

Photo via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) Article by Chux Ohai via Punch The Bob Marley Foundation has said that arrangements have been concluded to celebrate the post-humous birthday of Jamaican reggae legend, Bob Marley, on Thursday, February 6, 2020 under the theme, ‘Marley 75: Redemption.’ The Foundation disclosed...

Jamaica beat Britain to women’s relay gold

Image by The Tribune India. Article via The Tribune India. Doha: Jamaica stormed to World Championships gold in the women's 4x100m relay on Saturday, beating Britain in a battle that featured 100 and 200m winners Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Dina Asher-Smith. Since 2005 the United States and...

Reggae Girlz Thrash Barbados 7-0 in Olympic Qualifier

Image and article via CNW. KINGSTON, Jamaica – After defeating Cuba 12-1 in their first Olympic qualifier, the Reggae Girlz continued their winning streak last night with a stunning 7-0 win over Barbados. With their star player, Khadija “Bunny” Shaw on the field after missing the first...

Surprise rescue of Jamaica coral reefs shows nature can heal

p>Photo by David Goldman (AP PHOTO) Article by CHRISTINA LARSON, via TIME TEverton Simpson squints at the Caribbean from his motorboat, scanning the dazzling bands of color for hints of what lies beneath. Emerald green indicates sandy bottoms. Sapphire blue lies above seagrass meadows. And...

Rita Marley & Sizzla Honored At Independence Day Grand Gala

Article by K.D. Anglin via URBANISLANDZ. Bob Marley’s widow Rita Marley and reggae/dancehall star Sizzla are this year’s honorees at the Independence Day Grand Gala. The Grand Gala committee has designated Sizzla and Rita Marley as this year’s recipients of the Gala award at the annual event...

Bunny Shaw, the ‘Zion Williamson of Soccer,’ Mixes Size and Spontaneity

Photo by Ian MacNicol Article by Jeré Longman, via NY TIMES. Upon graduating from the University of Tennessee last month, Khadija Shaw allowed herself a quiet moment of self-congratulation. She was the first in her family to receive a college degree. She had persevered through tragedy, having...