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Like many Americans, Tiger Woods' racial and ethnic background contains multitudes. Which is another way of saying, Woods is multiracial. Woods has described himself as "Cablinasian," a word he made up during childhood to try to capture and convey his multiracial heritage. Woods' mother, Kultida, is a native of Thailand whose own ancestry includes Chinese and Dutch. She once referred to herself as "half-Thai, one-quarter Chinese and one-quarter White." Woods' father, Earl, was an African-American whose heritage included White, Asian and Native American ancestors. Earl Woods once called himself, "half-Black, one-quarter American Indian, and one-quarter Chinese." So Tiger Woods' racial...

The net worth of Michael Phelps Swimming his way to incredible success from his debut, Phelps’ biggest and most significant achievement came at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. He won eight gold medals, breaking the record of seven gold medals from Mark Spitz, established at the Munich Olympics in 1972. From there, his life changed. The famous swimsuit company Speedo offered her a bonus of 1 million dollars for breaking this record. Of all the successes over the years, his net worth today is estimated at $80 million. CHARLOTTE, NC – MAY 15: Michael Phelps speaks to the media after...

The net worth of Michael Phelps Swimming his way to incredible success from his debut, Phelps’ biggest and most significant achievement came at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. He won eight gold medals, breaking the record of seven gold medals from Mark Spitz, established at the Munich Olympics in 1972. From there, his life changed. The famous swimsuit company Speedo offered her a bonus of 1 million dollars for breaking this record. Of all the successes over the years, his net worth today is estimated at $80 million. CHARLOTTE, NC – MAY 15: Michael Phelps speaks to the media after...

So now that the NFL season has passed, leaving its customary trail of carnage behind, civilized followers of sport can turn their attention to the opening of spring training camps and the approach of that most glorious of the great terrestrial cycles, the baseball season. It was a satisfying Super Bowl for me, inasmuch as the Steelers lost (though I would have preferred it if Ray Rice’s fumble and Joe Flacco’s yielded interception of three weeks earlier had not put Pittsburgh there to begin with). I did feel a certain twinge of pity for Hines Ward, however, as it seems...

IT WOULD be fair to say that the development of the British Black Golfers  (BBG) organisation is in full swing. The brainchild of Ray Nyabola, the organisation’s ambitions among others is to make a pastime steeped in so much tradition and negative perception, accessible to the black community. At the heart of Ray’s’ ambitions is making golf a pathway for black youngsters. An excited Ray told the Voice of Sport: “For me BBG has been in my head for the best part of a decade if not more. I started thinking about golf and the black community while I was...