Ashepacks up his floor mats and gymnastics equipment, James Jones is stressed. Since 2019, Jones has been inviting Black boys in Georgia’s Clayton County to join his James Jones Gymnastics Academy, an ...

The James Jones Gymnastics Academy has dedicated itself to mainly training Black boys since its inception. A Black-owned gymnastics program’s future is in limbo despite its lofty mission to teach ...

Jordynn Cromartie entered her senior year of high school facing a daunting choice, one countless other Black gymnasts have faced for decades. The teenager from Houston wanted to attend a historically ...

Fisk University did not just build the first HBCU women’s collegiate gymnastics team. It built a movement. Then it shut that ...

TOKYO (AP) — There’s a phenomenon that happens every time Simone Biles appears on a screen inside Power Moves Gymnastics & Fitness. As if flipping a switch, the young women of color on the gym’s ...

Simone Biles and Gabby Douglas are probably the first names that come to mind when you think about gymnastics. However, the ...

CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — A fundraiser for an all-Black boys' gymnastics facility in Jonesboro is only a few thousand dollars from meeting its goal just weeks after the owner said they were at risk of ...

The Olympic gymnastics champion opens up in the new memoir, 'I'm That Girl: Living the Power of My Dreams,' out on March 4 Tom Weller/VOIGT/Getty Jordan Chiles is sharing her experience facing racism ...

James Jones, owner of the James Jones Gymnastics Academy, says the gym’s lease is set to expire in less than a week, and zoning restrictions are keeping him from relocating. Jones opened the gym six ...

ATLANTA — Coach James Jones, founder of a gymnastics club in Clayton County, appeared on the Jennifer Hudson Show to provide an update on their fundraiser for a new building where he can continue ...