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Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
By Naya Samuel The 30-year-old media personality and journalist wasn’t seeing the authentic stories of Black women and Black queer women portrayed—so she decided to change that. Sports Illustrated and Empower Onyx are putting the spotlight on the diverse journeys of Black women across sports—from the veteran athletes, to up-and-coming stars, coaches, executives and more—in the series, Elle-evate: 100 Influential Black Women in Sports. Arielle Chamber is known for using—or creating—platforms from which to tell the stories of Black women in sports. As a writer, journalist and women’s sports and …