Genesee County’s wealth of basketball talent has produced NBA and NCAA champions, Olympic medalists, numerous All-Americans and an NBA All-Star, along with several Mr. and Ms. Basketball title-holders.
This Saturday, October 5 at the Dort Federal Event Center Flint’s own Clarissa Shields will fight for the WBO Junior Middleweight title against Ivana Habazin. Shields looks to become the first to win world championships in three weight divisions in the least number of bouts. The fight will be aired live on Showtime.
Hockey is Back! The Flint Firebirds home opener takes place this upcoming Saturday as our Flint Firebirds take on the Niagara IceDogs at Dort Federal Event Center at 7pm. The Firebirds are looking forward to a great season as they look to surpass their goal of home ice for the playoffs. Head down to Dort Federal Event Center and support the team throughout the season.
Genesee County has a wonderful history of amazing athletes in every sport and from all walks of life. In September, football is in full swing and just in time for the season, MCM presents the Top 10 all-time football players from Greater Flint!
When summer begins, local playgrounds and baseball/softball diamonds fill up with kids and teens looking to enhance their skills and have fun playing a game they love. This sport can be a big part of a youngster’s life. Who remembers playing pick-up games in a vacant lot? How about keeping a new ball glove under a mattress or bound with rubber bands to “break it in?” And since the game began, playing catch with Dad has become as American and iconic as apple pie. Genesee County is home to multiple youth leagues and this year, My City Magazine sponsored seven youth teams throughout the area. For kids of all ages, the love of the game is going strong in Greater Flint!
Surrounded by the most important people in her life, Whitney Pedersen stood in a room at The Barn Restaurant in Fenton, holding her one-year-old son tightly, watching and waiting. It was March 1, and months of anticipation were coming to an end for the Holly resident, who applied last fall to be the soundperson for Team USA at the 2020 Show Ski World Championships in Yarrawonga, Australia. Essentially, it is the Olympics of show water skiing, a sport the 27-year-old Pedersen has been involved in nearly her entire life. She has directed Silver Lake Ski Club shows for a decade.
Joe Byrd and Samson Doyle were once awestruck teenagers watching their WWE wrestling heroes on TV. The showmanship, athleticism, larger-than-life personalities, intriguing storylines, signature moves and fierce combat of the world’s premier professional wrestling organization captured their imaginations.
For middle-school-aged Dakotah Norton, riding his BMX bicycle was always an exhilarating experience. Whether tearing around his Davison backyard negotiating jumps he constructed, catching air at area skate parks or immersing himself in all that nearby Richfield Park BMX had to offer, the young Norton felt most at home, most free in the saddle of his bike. “In many ways, I’m still just that kid on his bike tooling around the backyard,” Norton says. “Being on my bike wherever, whenever, has always been exciting for me. That has not changed. It’s what I love to do.”
When the Firebirds Hockey Club arrived in Flint in 2015, it was said time and time again: these players will be the next stars of the National Hockey League (NHL). Following the NHL Draft last June, there’s a lot of evidence that it’s true … the players we are watching right here in Flint today are the next stars of the NHL.
