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Summer Golf Program Launched For Girls
Girls from the Centre For Girls learning the game of golf.
Golden State Warriors Tie For 4th-Most Titles In NBA History
The State
The Women of Color Golf (WOCG) and the Florida Junior Golf Council (FJGC), in partnership with The Cen- tre for Girls, has launched a Girls Golf Summer Pro- gram in Tampa, at The Cen- tre For Girls, 105 W. Sligh Ave., Tampa.
The girls’ golf program is scheduled to last eight weeks. The program started June 9th and will continue through July 28th.
Women of Color Golf (WOCCG) received a grant from Florida Junior Golf Council to launch the Girls Summer Golf Clinic at the Centre for Girls.
The girls will have a chance to learn about golf and develop character through fun, safe, golf activi- ties and games; engage in ac- tivities that promote wellness and health-enhanc- ing lifestyles; travel on a field trip to Rogers Park Golf Course and Golfer’s Grail in- door golf facility; meet Pro- fessional Golfer, Shasta Averyhardt. Ms. Avery- hardt is the 4th African American woman to play on
the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour. She also serves as the 2017 Women of Color Golf Am- bassador.
The golf curriculum is de- signed by The First Tee DRIVE Program. The First Tee DRIVE is designed to in- troduce kids to golf and the First Tee Nine Core Values – honesty, integrity, sports- manship, respect, confi- dence, responsibility, perseverance, courtesy and judgment.
Clemmie C. Perry, Ex- ecutive Director of Women of Color Golf and Girls on the Green Tee Programs and Sartura Smith, Program Director, The Centre for Girls, are committed to pro- viding Tampa Bay area girls the exposure and opportu- nity to see a different world view through golf.
For more information contact: Clemmie C. Perry: cperry@womenof- colorgolf.org, Sartura Shu- man Smith: SSmith@thecentre.org, or Walter Jennings: WJen- nings@thecentre.org.
les Lakers (16) and
the Chicago Bulls (six) have won more titles.
Golden State has reached the NBA Finals in each of the last three seasons, squaring off against the Cavaliers in each of them. After securing the fran- chise's first championship since 1975 in 2015, the club was on the cusp of back-to- back titles last season with a 3- 1 series lead. The Warriors ultimately dropped the last three games of the series to
Triple H Sending Kevin Durant, Warriors Custom WWE Championship Belt
KEVIN DURANT
Kevin Durant took home the NBA Finals MVP trophy after Monday night’s win over the Cavaliers, but he has even more hardware coming their way in the near future.
And we’re not talking about a championship ring.
On Tuesday, WWE super- star and executive Triple H shared a photo on Twitter of the custom championship belt the organization will be send- ing to Durant and the War- riors.
hand Cleveland the champi- onship but redeemed them- selves with a dominating showing at this year's Finals.
The offseason acquisition of superstar forward Kevin Du- rant may have pushed the team over the top. Durant came up huge during the Fi- nals, averaging 35.2 points, 8.4 rebounds and 5.4 assists despite clashing with LeBron James frequently, although he was guarded by various
players.
Golden State could return
the majority of their produc- tion next season if Stephen Curry re-signs and Kevin Durant picks up his player option. However, Andre Iguodala, Shaun Liv- ingston, Zaza Pachulia, David West, JaVale McGee, Ian Clark, Matt Barnes and James Michael McAdoo all have expiring contracts as well.
Golden Warriors out the
closed
Cleveland Cava- liers in Game 5 of the NBA Finals by a score of 129-120 at Oracle Arena on Monday evening.
As a franchise,
the Warriors have
now won five ti-
tles, tying them
with the San Anto-
nio Spurs for the
fourth-most in the
NBA. Only the
Boston Celtics The Golden State Warriors are pictured after winning the NBA Champi- (17), the Los Ange- onship in Game Five against the Cleveland Cavaliers of the 2017 NBA Finals.
Andre Iguodala Does Not Want Warriors To Visit White House
If Andre Iguodala has his way, his Golden State Warriors will not take the customary trip to the White House to celebrate their NBA championship.
Each year, the president invites the champions in many sports to the White House to be recognized and honored. There have been many questions about whether or not the team to win the NBA championship would make the visit. Iguo- dala hopes the Warriors do not.
“Hell nah,” Iguodala stated when asked if he wanted to make the trip.
Iguodala said he thought the team might look to see what their leader, Steph Curry does, before deciding. Curry has been critical of President Donald Trump in the past, as has Warriors head coach Steve Kerr.
Iguodala summed up to Amick why the Warriors would be reluctant to visit the White House, and it’s be- cause he and others feel the racism issue in the country has gotten worse under the new presidency.
“We all know (that it is get-
ANDRE IGUODALA
ting worse),” Iguodala said of racism, via USA Today. “I think it’s just the ignorance, the convenient ignorance. (It’s) not to say that people aren’t aware, but they just don’t want to address it (be- cause) they don’t want to be attached to it so they ignore a lot of the bad things that hap- pen. I feel like there are ac- tions that occur, that continue the dividing of everyone. And I think that’s done on purpose.”
Iguodala also made note of the racist graffiti on Le- Bron James’ Los Angeles home, which made headlines during the Finals. Iguodala believes many racists feel em- boldened by the new admin- istration. The Warriors are still undecided.
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