The CEO of the country’s longest-standing Black marketing agency has traveled the world and back to ensure underrepresented people can participate in the digital world.

After making history in the Giro d’Italia, Biniam Girmay’s celebration went horribly wrong.

Typically, what comes to mind with rugby is not a Black woman from South Carolina. But Naya Tapper knows things don’t always go as planned—which is how she became a face for the growing sport instead.

The state joins about a dozen others that have passed similar laws in the past two years.

She spent years as a key behind-the-scenes figure, healing athletes like the Williams sisters and Shaun White, who describe her work life-changing, going beyond muscles and into matters of the soul. Now, facing down death, she’s learning to look within, too.

About 25 American venues have placed bids to host the 2031 and 2033 tournaments.

As Steve Brooks writes in his personal essay, “What brings us together is our common interest in running and our goal of becoming better people.’