Taylor takes part in museum event Feb 22, 2008
She was joined on a panel by Ralph Boston, a three-time Olympic medal winner and the first African-American inducted in the hall of fame, and JSU all-time leading rusher Lewis Tillman. A second session featured JSU defensive lineman Leon Seals, Boston and Ben Williams, the first African-American football player at Ole Miss. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Lady Rebel Hoopsters Set To Perform At Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Weekend Jul 25, 2006
Also at the Museum Saturday from 11am-12pm, there will be a program tracing the development of the Museum from its beginning in 1991 to the present where Hall of Famers Ralph Boston, Marino Casem and D.D. Lewis will share their favorite Mississippi sports memories. Saturday evening July 29, 2006 at 7:00pm, the Museum will celebrate its tenth anniversary with a birthday cake, $5000 drawdown and memorabilia auction sponsored by Wells, Moore, Simmons and Hubbard PLLC.. (Olemisssports.com)
Sports Legends Gather for Hall of Fame Weekend Jul 22, 2006
Also at the Museum Saturday from 11am-12pm, there will be a program tracing the development of the Museum from its beginning in 1991 to the present where Hall of Famers Ralph Boston, Marino Casem and D.D. Lewis will share their favorite Mississippi sports memories. Saturday evening July 29, 2006 at 7:00pm, the Museum will celebrate its tenth anniversary with a birthday cake, $5000 drawdown and memorabilia auction sponsored by Wells, Moore, Simmons and Hubbard PLLC. "We're expecting an unusually... (PR Newswire)
Bay Area athlete still springing strong at 70 Jul 9, 2006
During the late 1950s and early 60s, he competed with such long-jump luminaries as Ralph Boston and former world-record holder Bob Beamon, traveling to Russia, Sweden and Germany as a member of the U.S. national team. Since his takeover of the Lakers' jumping events six years ago, his jumping corps has found its legs in the NWAACC.. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Good guy Boston helped rival soar Apr 25, 2006
MADISON Ralph Boston, at 67, isn't going to break any more world records or win any more Olympic gold medals ... And Ralph Boston will never forget what Russian Igor Ter-Ovanesyan said to him in passing ... "He told me he was going to teach me everything he knew, but I had to promise I would pass it on to somebody else the way he was doing it for me."Greg Bell graciously taught me more about preparation and focus, and those are the things I tried to help Beamon with," Boston said.It must have... (The Clarion-Ledger)
