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Arlington, VA
Business
Peruvian Brothers Living American Dream Bringing 'Taste Of Home' To Amazon's HQ2
The American Dream is what the Lanzone family was after when they moved from Peru to McLean, VA in the late 1990s. Brothers Giuseppe and Mario were in their teens at the time, and spoke little English. The adjustment wasn’t easy, but given the state of their home country — riddled with terrorism, kidnappings and political unrest — it was a necessary one. The American Dream that Giuseppe and Mario achieved is one they never could’ve imagined. After one became an Olympic rower for Team USA, and the other the captain of a yacht in the Mediterranean, the brothers are seeing wild success as th…
Towson, MD
News
Super Bowl American Sign Language Translator Going Viral Is Bowie State Cheerleader
A Bowie State University student is an overnight super star. Justina Miles, a Maryland native now living in Philadelphia, was the American Sign Language interpreter during Super Bowl LVII. Videos of Miles signing Sheryl Lee Ralph's pregame rendition of "Lift Every Voice And Sing" and Rihanna's entire halftime performance quickly went viral. This made her the first female, black, deaf halftime performer at the mega event. no cuz why the asl interpreter kinda ate her up??? 😭 #AppleMusicHalftime pic.twitter.com/WQ3GBCvLkB — mike (@_holyfool) February 13, 2023 Enjoying watching the wom…
West Chester, PA
Sports
Yalla! West Chester Athlete Signs Pro Contract With Israeli Team
Former West Chester University women’s soccer star Maggie Lena is taking her talents to Israel to live out a lifelong dream. Lena, a California native who was a key component for the Golden Rams for two seasons after coming over from Marquette University, has signed her first professional soccer contract with the Israeli women’s soccer team F.C. Kiryat Gat. WSOC: Congratulations to Maggie Lena on signing her first pro contract with F.C. Kiryat Gat in Israel! Full story ⬇📰:https://t.co/W2Z2VWrhC4Good luck Maggie!#ramsup pic.twitter.com/VqLC7UkCD1 — West Chester Golden Rams (@WCUAthletics…
Bristol, PA
News
Meet The 3 Pennsylvania Athletes Competing In 2022 Winter Olympics
Three Pennsylvania natives are competing for medals in the 2022 Winter Olympic games. This year's competition is being held in Beijing, China from Friday, Feb. 4 to Sunday, Feb. 20. The Pennsylvania athletes representing Team USA include: Glen Rock (York County) native Summer Britcher, 27: This is Britcher's third time representing the U.S. at the Olympics as part of the luge team. Her first Olympic games were in 2014. She was the youngest woman on the U.S. Olympic Luge team in Sochi, where she earned a bronze medal in a mixed team event. View this post on Instagram…
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Sports
NJ Track Star Turns Olympic Bobsledder Amid COVID Crisis
A rising track-star-turned-bobsledder from the Garden State is taking on an Olympic challenge amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Lauren Brzozowski of Wyckoff says she’s been working toward her goal of becoming an Olympic athlete for “as long as she can remember.” Brzozowski pursued an incredibly successful athletic career with track in high school before earning a spot on the D1 track team at Elon University before earning the largest international athlete scholarship offered by Loughborough University. The scholarship would allow Brzozowski to represent the university — which is one of th…
Edison, NJ
Sports
NJ's Sydney McLaughlin Sets New Olympic World Record To Win Gold
New Jersey native Sydney McLaughlin broke yet another world record Wednesday on the Olympic track in Tokyo. The 21-year-old Dunellen native ran a 51.46 race -- 12 hundredths of a second faster than Dalila Muhammad -- in the 400-meter hurdles. McLaughlin during the Olympic trials became the first female athlete to break 52 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles, running a 51.9 race. SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN SETS THE WORLD RECORD IN THE WOMEN’S 400M HURDLES FINAL AND TAKES GOLD🔥Her U.S. teammate Dalilah Muhammad won the silver! 👏(via @NBCOlympics)pic.twitter.com/UnkN8dBa2S — SportsCenter (@SportsCen…
Armonk, NY
Sports
Community Welcomes Home Hudson Valley Olympic Gold Medalist
Members of an Orange County community gathered to welcome home a local Olympic gold medalist as she returned from the Tokyo Games. Stefanie Dolson was welcomed back by members of the Greenville community and State Police officers, New York State Police said on Tuesday, Aug. 3. State Police from Troop F joined the Greenville Community (Orange County) in welcoming back home Olympic Gold Medalist... Posted by New York State Police on Tuesday, August 3, 2021 Dolson is a graduate of Minisink High School. The 29-year-old played center for the Team USA basketball team. She won the gold medal…
Jersey City, NJ
News
Watch NJ Native, Olympic Bobsled Hopeful On New HBO Max Reality Dating Show
He loves cracking backs and is hoping to make it to the U.S. men's bobsledding team later this summer. But there's one more thing you should know about New Jersey native Fernando Titus. There's a chance he's a major "F-boy." The 27-year-old chiropractor who was raised in Jersey City will be competing on a new HBO Max reality dating show "Fboy Island," premiering July 29. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Fernando Titus | FBOY Island (@_nandeezy) Titus and 23 other male contestants are split into two groups of 12: Nice boys and …
Mount Pleasant, NY
Sports
Swimmer From Westchester Wins Medal At Olympics
A former high school swimming standout in the Hudson Valley can add a new accomplishment to her resume after earning a medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Early on Wednesday, July 28 in Tokyo, the 19-year-old Kate Douglass, a Westchester native who starred for Pelham High School, won the bronze medal in the 200-meter individual medley, behind Japan’s You Ohashi and her teammate at the University of Virginia, Alex Walsh. In earning the bronze medal and a spot on the podium, Douglass posted a personal best time in the pool with a 2:09.04 finish. Her time was less than .50 seconds behind Walsh’s fin…
Mount Pleasant, NY
Sports
NY Athlete Will Serve As Team USA Flag Bearer At Olympic Opening Ceremonies
WNBA legend Sue Bird, a UConn alum and New York native, can add a new impressive checkmark to her already impressive resume of accomplishments. Bird, age 40, a basketball icon who hails from the hamlet of Syosset in Nassau County on Long Island has been chosen to serve as one of Team USA’s flag bearers at the Opening Ceremony of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics on Friday, July 23. Bird becomes the second American women's basketball player to carry the flag, joining now coach Dawn Staley, who carried it while a player in the 2004 Olympics. “I know this isn’t about me," Bird said in a statement. "Th…
Kingston, NY
Sports
These Hudson Valley Athletes Will Be Competing At Olympics
Some of the Hudson Valley's top athletes will be wearing the red, white, and blue in Tokyo as they represent the country at the upcoming summer Olympic Games in Japan. The summer games will include more than two dozen athletes from New York - featuring a group of prominent players from the Hudson Valley - who are looking to etch their marks in history with an Olympic medal. Athletes from the region set to compete for medals are: Patrick Kilvehan, age 31, of West Nyack, who will be making his Olympic debut after playing baseball and football at Rutgers University before being drafted by t…
Massapequa, NY
Sports
These Long Island Athletes Will Be Competing At Olympics
Some of Long Island’s top athletes will be wearing the red, white, and blue in Tokyo as they represent the country at the upcoming summer Olympic Games in Japan. The summer games will include more than two dozen athletes from New York - featuring a trio of famed Long Islanders - who are looking to etch their marks in history with an Olympic medal. Athletes from Long Island set to compete for the hardware are: Kristine O’Brien, age 29, of Massapequa Park, a four-time world champion medalist who will compete in rowing for Team USA; Crystal Dunn, age 29, of Rockville Centre, a former high s…
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