Philly Team Wins National Polo Championship

These young men from West Philly became the first African American Team to win the National Polo Championship. Under the heading – Young folks can do anything they set their mind to…

West Philly team wins national crown in sport of kings

Philadelphia’s own “Cowtown Work to Ride” polo team made history this weekend, becoming the first all African American polo team to win the U.S. Polo Association Interscholastic Championship.  The Work to Ride program is a non-profit based in Fairmount Park that serves inner city youth .  The team beat one from Baltimore 24 to 17 to take the national title.

The win caps a year of firsts for the Work to Ride polo team.  Several weeks ago, the West Philadelphia teens became the first all African American team to win a regional championship.  Now, they’re number one in the nation.

“Emotionally, I didn’t know how to react,” said team captain Kareem Rosser.

Rosser says he promised his two teammates, younger brother Daymar, and Brandon Rease, that he wouldn’t let them down.  They said the same.

“You know, not only did we do it for each other, but we did it for the polo community, and we did it for every other African American young boy who comes from where we come from,” said Rosser.  “You know we wanted to let everyone know that it was possible, and that whatever you put your mind to, you can actually do.”

Rosser earned top honors, becoming the number one all-star at the tournament.

 

Epitaph For Tiger?

Wow… This article certainly seems to me to have run out far on a limb…And kept going. Certainly seems a heady recipe to have to eat some humble pie at some point – because despite Tiger’s current difficulties, there isn’t anything physical which might keep him from returning to form.

Tiger Woods Is Finished

Tiger's recent game has been atrocious, suggesting to one author that he has lost it forever...

Tiger Woods didn’t win the PGA Championship yesterday, or any major this year. Get used to that sort of thing happening, because Tiger Woods will never win another major championship again.

He’s finished. He’s not catching Jack Nicklaus. He’s won what, fourteen majors? Well, that’s what he’ll stay on for the rest of eternity. It’s a shame, because he has put his entire being into chasing Nicklaus, and we, as fans, have followed him for over a decade assuming that the record would eventually be in his grasp, and sooner rather than later. It’s frustrating to get to this point and think that we’ll never reach that moment with Woods. But we never will.

There are a few reasons why.