Sports & Recreation
Audrey Patterson-Tyler
Tyler was the first African American woman to win an Olympic medal.
Tyler was the first African American woman to win an Olympic medal.
Born in Monroe, Bill Russell was the first African American coach in the NBA and a vocal member of the civil rights movement.
Eddie Flynn was considered by many to be the finest amateur boxer in the history of New Orleans.
Despite growing up in a region where football was king, Shreveport native Joe Dumars enjoyed a successful career as a player and executive in the NBA.
Karl Malone teamed with guard John Stockton while with the National Basketball Association's Utah Jazz to form perhaps the greatest guard-forward combo in league history.
Rodney Milburn was born in Opelousas and competed successfully at Southern University in Baton Rouge before becoming the world’s best high hurdler in the early 1970s.
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