Tag: daryl homer
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Breaking Barriers in 2016: A Year of Firsts Among African Americans
NBC News The first black U.S. president might be on the way out, but the year also saw several African American firsts in literature, entertainment, politics and sports. Daryl Homer After winning the silver medal in the men’s individual sabre fencing at Rio, Daryl Homer became the first American in 112 years to claim second…
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No One Does Fencing Quite Like Daryl Homer
Richmond Times-Dispatch No one in the sport of fencing does what Daryl Homer does. No one in the sport fences quite the way Homer does. No one in fencing combines the quickness, agility, creativity, balance, footwork — almost balletlike — aggression and power in quite the manner of Homer. All that could help him…
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American Fencing’s best shot at Gold
The New Yorker Daryl Homer says that he lives in Harlem because “it’s halfway between Mom and practice.” Mom lives in Hudson Heights, near the Bronx, where Homer grew up; practice is at the Manhattan Fencing Center, on West Thirty-ninth Street, where, on a recent Friday night, he stretched while listening to the new Kanye…
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Athletes To Watch In 2016!
Team USA With 2016 upon us, it’s time to look ahead to the new year. The Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games are just over seven months away and with so many great Team USA athletes, how is anyone supposed to know which ones to keep an eye on? To lend a hand, we’ve compiled…
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