Dr. Nikki Franke celebrates fifty years of coaching the Division 1 Women’s Fencing Team at Temple University this year! I was a young inexperienced teenager when I walked into Coach Franke’s fencing room in McGonigle Hall for the first time. Looking back now, I didn’t know anything (competitive-wise) about my weapon, Sabre. Coming from Brooklyn,Continue reading “#CoachFranke Celebrates 50 Years of Coaching Division I Women’s #Fencing at #TempleUniversity”
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#ThankYouVince: Vince Carter Retires from #NBA with Record-Breaking Career!
#ThankYouVince!
#StayStrong and #KeepStriving! -xoxo #BrooklynGirlCode™🖤
You couldn’t have told me three months ago that this would be the state of the 🌍 today! Everyday it seems like something new is threatening our normal lives. It feels like we’re living in the Apocalypse. As humans and as a Black woman—especially, I’m aware of struggling and facing adversity first hand. But I’mContinue reading “#StayStrong and #KeepStriving! -xoxo #BrooklynGirlCode™🖤”
#BrooklynGirlCode Has a #SundayFunday in #Brooklyn with #NowThis Sports!
It was a #SundayFunday for #BrooklynGirlCode this past weekend when we spent the day at the Brooklyn Bridge Fencing Club with NowThis Sports!
#SloaneStephens #Wins All at the #USOPEN, #WorldFencingDay Makes Its Debut and #TracyMcGrady Gets Inducted into the Basketball #HallofFame!
So many great things happened in the world of sports this past week, that we had to spread some of the love over here at Brooklyn Girl Code! Florida native, Sloane Stephens won her first U.S. Open title on Saturday, September 9th beating out Madison Keys who was the No. 15-seed. With this win, StephensContinue reading “#SloaneStephens #Wins All at the #USOPEN, #WorldFencingDay Makes Its Debut and #TracyMcGrady Gets Inducted into the Basketball #HallofFame!”
#TempleFootball Dominates at the #NFLDraft2017
And now for your weekend sports break… it was a great weekend to be a Temple Owl! Temple University dominated at this year’s NFL Draft which took place this past weekend in Philadelphia, Pa. A record 250,000 plus people attended the draft which was held outdoors for the first time in the NFL’s history. TheContinue reading “#TempleFootball Dominates at the #NFLDraft2017”