http://globalgrind.com/discovered/globalen-ushttp://globalgrind.com/content/42138/Hispanic-growth-not-reflected-on-US-Olympic-squad Sportaphile Hispanics have rapidly emerged as the largest minority group in the United States, comprising 15 percent of the population. But on the U.S. Olympic team assembling in China they are -- for a range of reasons -- strikingly underrepresented. Associated Press review found only about two-dozen Hispanic athletes on the nearly 600-member U.S. team -- roughly 4 percent. By contrast, African-Americans, who make up 13.5 percent of the population, hold more than 120 spots on the team. More than half the 126 U.S. track-and-field athletes are black; only two -- distance runners Leonel Manzano and Jorge Torres -- are fully Hispanic.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/42138/Hispanic-growth-not-reflected-on-US-Olympic-squad?sc=1#socialSportaphile8/6/2008 1:12:27 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/42136/In-Beijing-Olympics-only-5-openly-gay-athletes Sportaphile Of the 10,708 athletes who will march into Beijing’s Bird’s Nest Olympic stadium on Friday, only five are publicly gay, a drop from the 2004 and 2000 Games. Outsports is only aware of five publicly gay Olympians this year, none from the U.S. -- Matthew Mitcham (Australia, diving), Judith Arndt (Germany, cycling), Imke Duplitzer (Germany, fencing) and Gro Hammerseng and Katja Nyberg (Norway, handball and a lesbian couple). Arndt is a silver medalist from Athens in 2004.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/42136/In-Beijing-Olympics-only-5-openly-gay-athletes?sc=1#socialSportaphile8/6/2008 3:54:43 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/41967/Is-Lisa-Rayes-Hubby-Creepin-w-Rosci Ryan517 More rumors, More rumors, More rumors this time about Lisa Raye's Hubby and Rosci from 106 & Park!]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/41967/Is-Lisa-Rayes-Hubby-Creepin-w-Rosci?sc=1#socialRyan5178/5/2008 1:34:38 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/41856/Kobe-Bryant-Would-Play-BBall-In-Russia Sportaphile Asked if, like many of his fellow NBA stars, he would consider moving to Europe to play, Bryant answered very straight-forwardly. "Of course. By the way, are you the owner of a Russian team? It can be arranged for $40 million per year."]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/41856/Kobe-Bryant-Would-Play-BBall-In-Russia?sc=1#socialSportaphile8/6/2008 3:25:58 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/41796/A-Prayer-for-Morgan-Freeman-his-Love-for-Literacy Ryan517 Let's offer up a prayer for one of the Greatest Actors of this Century, not forgetting his fight against Illiteracy in his role as "Easy Reader".]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/41796/A-Prayer-for-Morgan-Freeman-his-Love-for-Literacy?sc=1#socialRyan5178/5/2008 1:34:50 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/41694/Parents-Forget-Daughter-at-Airport CubanChica An Israeli couple going on a European vacation remembered to take their duty-free shopping and their 18 suitcases, but forgot their 3-year-old daughter at the airport, police said Monday.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/41694/Parents-Forget-Daughter-at-Airport?sc=1#socialCubanChica8/4/2008 1:15:48 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/41650/Olympic-NBAers-Hooking-Up-With-Hookers-In-Beijing Sportaphile The tabloid rags in Asia ran a story that involved Dwayne Wade, LeBron James, and Carmelo Anthony being "loved long time" by vietnamese prostitutes. I'm sure they wanted to relax before the big beijing olympic games, but maybe they should have been more discreet.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/41650/Olympic-NBAers-Hooking-Up-With-Hookers-In-Beijing?sc=1#socialSportaphile8/4/2008 12:00:50 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/41387/Canada-Bus-Beheading-Shocks-The-World hellifiknow Friends are describing the victim of a gruesome killing aboard a Winnipeg-bound Greyhound bus as a bubbly young man who was returning home from working at a carnival in Edmonton. They've set up a Facebook page in his memory, while people wonder what made his assailant commit such a gruesome crime.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/41387/Canada-Bus-Beheading-Shocks-The-World?sc=1#socialhellifiknow8/1/2008 4:11:31 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/41291/Crazed-Canadian-Beheads-Another-Man-on-a-Bus-Hockey-Blamed CJ As horrified passengers looked on, a man riding on a Greyhound bus in Canada stabbed a fellow passenger repeatedly then beheaded him with a large hunting knife, the Canadian Press and the Associated Press report. Initial reports suggest that the man had been drinking maple syrup for many hours making him extremely hyper and agitated. The situation escalated when he noticed the sleeping gentleman next to him (the victim) was wearing a Toronto Maple Leaves jersey. Witnesses say that after yelling something in garbled French about his own team (the Montreal Canadiens) he proceeded to violently stab the sleeping victim repeatedly. While police do expect Toronto's fans to retaliate, most members of Montreal's executive staff are quite pleased with the incident citing previous seasons' excellent records when pre-season blood sacrifices were made.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/41291/Crazed-Canadian-Beheads-Another-Man-on-a-Bus-Hockey-Blamed?sc=1#socialCJ8/1/2008 4:17:17 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/41185/Child-Prostitution-Up-After-Kenyas-Election-Bloodshed xfactor213 Prostitution and sexual exploitation are on the rise in the wake of the violence, which killed more than 1,000 people, eviscerated the economy and forced tens of thousands of children to leave school, doctors and human rights groups say. 14 year-old Janet Kimani sells herself daily for $3 per person. When will this stop?]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/41185/Child-Prostitution-Up-After-Kenyas-Election-Bloodshed?sc=1#socialxfactor2137/31/2008 1:38:51 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/41142/China-Censors-Olympic-Athletes-Internet-Access Sportaphile A deal with Beijing has allowed the Chinese authorities to block sensitive internet sites, the International Olympic Committee has disclosed. Journalists at the main media centre in Beijing found that the BBC Chinese language site was inaccessible, as were the websites of human rights organisations such as Amnesty International and Reporters without Borders — whose welcome page at present shows the five Olympic rings replaced with interlocking handcuffs. The US broadcaster Radio Free Asia and the German radio station Deutsche Welle are also out of bounds.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/41142/China-Censors-Olympic-Athletes-Internet-Access?sc=1#socialSportaphile7/31/2008 1:49:07 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/41003/Marijuana-To-Be-Legalized-For-Everyone xfactor213 The U.S. should stop arresting responsible marijuana users, Rep. Barney Frank said Wednesday, announcing a proposal to end federal penalties for Americans carrying fewer than 100 grams, almost a quarter-pound, of the substance.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/41003/Marijuana-To-Be-Legalized-For-Everyone?sc=1#socialxfactor2137/30/2008 2:53:27 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/40983/Global-Grinds-Making-a-HUGE-Dent-in-Web-20 Ryan517 Global Grind has now become a force to be reckoned with in Web 2.0 and if you ain't "Grinding" then your obsolete!]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/40983/Global-Grinds-Making-a-HUGE-Dent-in-Web-20?sc=1#socialRyan5177/30/2008 1:55:08 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/40936/Google-To-Pay-200-Milli-for-Digg Ryan517 While others were playing the "Kill my Competitor" game, Digg's Founders were perfecting their product. The reward: $200 Milli from Google!]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/40936/Google-To-Pay-200-Milli-for-Digg?sc=1#socialRyan5177/30/2008 11:55:38 AMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/40898/Iraq-gets-permission-to-compete-in-Beijing-Olympics Sportaphile The International Olympic Committee agreed Tuesday to allow Iraq to participate in the Beijing Games, reversing itself after Baghdad pledged to ensure the independence of its national Olympics panel. The decision followed last-minute talks between Iraqi officials and the IOC ahead of today's deadline to submit competitors' names for track and field events. Iraq is expected to send two athletes to Beijing to compete in track and field. The decision came too late for five other hopefuls in archery, judo, rowing and weightlifting. The deadline to submit names for those sports expired last week.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/40898/Iraq-gets-permission-to-compete-in-Beijing-Olympics?sc=1#socialSportaphile7/30/2008 1:03:33 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/40889/Olympics-To-Gender-Test-Ensuring-Girls-Are-Girls Sportaphile Chinese authorities announced that suspicious-looking females will be forced to take a gender test at next month’s Olympic Games. “To ensure that girls will be girls, officials have set up a sex-determination laboratory where they say that tests will be conducted with the utmost delicacy by four experts from the Peking Union Medical College Hospital.”]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/40889/Olympics-To-Gender-Test-Ensuring-Girls-Are-Girls?sc=1#socialSportaphile7/30/2008 1:55:19 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/40688/Haitians-Turn-to-Mud-Cakes-to-Fill-Empty-Bellies-Newser Stan1748 Food price hikes push everything but dirt out of reach for Haiti's poor]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/40688/Haitians-Turn-to-Mud-Cakes-to-Fill-Empty-Bellies-Newser?sc=1#socialStan17487/29/2008 2:52:53 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/40408/Ill-Do-Anything-To-Make-My-Daughter-Famous hellifiknow A British woman spends over $600 a month for her daughters beauty treatments in order to make her a star. Would you let your daughter parade around like this?]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/40408/Ill-Do-Anything-To-Make-My-Daughter-Famous?sc=1#socialhellifiknow7/28/2008 2:52:32 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/39989/Throwback-News-JayZ-Beyonces-Nuptials Ryan517 Take a walk with me to revisit all of the hoopla that made it all so CRAZY!]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/39989/Throwback-News-JayZ-Beyonces-Nuptials?sc=1#socialRyan5177/24/2008 6:53:45 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/39405/Have-things-changed-10-years-after-Texas-lynching Brother Jesse HOUSTON (FinalCall.com) - It was June 7 a decade ago that James Byrd, Jr. was tied to the back of a truck and dragged to his death in the east Texas town of Jasper. The incident sparked coast to coast outrage and 10 years later during national commemorative events the question being posed: How much has racism in America changed? “I don’t see any progress made 10 years since the murder of my brother,” said Clara Byrd Taylor to The Final Call. “The present climate and atmosphere in this country is such that this can happen again and again. Racism is still everywhere.”]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/39405/Have-things-changed-10-years-after-Texas-lynching?sc=1#socialBrother Jesse7/22/2008 11:53:15 AMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/39133/Sweet-Relief Torian When you acknowledge the pain, it will subside because it has fulfilled its task in alerting you to an issue. When you feel the pain you are allowing it to complete its course. You will find that the body as well as the universe will assist in...]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/39133/Sweet-Relief?sc=1#socialTorian7/21/2008 12:39:34 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/38866/China-Doesnt-Care-About-Black-People-Olympic-Racism Sportaphile Bar owners near the Workers’ Stadium in central Beijing say they have been forced by Public Security Bureau officials to sign pledges agreeing not to let black people enter their premises. “Uniformed Public Security Bureau officers came into the bar recently and told me not to serve black people or Mongolians,” said the co-owner of a western-style bar, who asked not to be named.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/38866/China-Doesnt-Care-About-Black-People-Olympic-Racism?sc=1#socialSportaphile7/21/2008 11:33:56 AMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/38405/WAKE-UP-Some-More-Troops-May-Be-Coming-HomeBout-Time kiki2007 The Pentagon's top military officer said Wednesday that he expects to be able to recommend further troop reductions in Iraq. Read more.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/38405/WAKE-UP-Some-More-Troops-May-Be-Coming-HomeBout-Time?sc=1#socialkiki20077/16/2008 9:35:26 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/38403/WAKE-UP-40-killed-in-Iraq-While-You-Were-Blogging-About-Rap kiki2007 Do you care that people are dying? Scattered sandals and overturned bicycles were all that remained hours after suicide bombers struck the Saad military camp.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/38403/WAKE-UP-40-killed-in-Iraq-While-You-Were-Blogging-About-Rap?sc=1#socialkiki20077/16/2008 10:03:02 PMhttp://globalgrind.com/content/38331/First-black-female-pilot-tells-interns-to-have Soulfull Vibes America's first black female combat pilot yesterday advised about 100 college and high-school students to have a clear "flight plan" for life.]]>http://globalgrind.com/content/38331/First-black-female-pilot-tells-interns-to-have?sc=1#socialSoulfull Vibes7/16/2008 10:43:35 AM