Jackie Joyner-Kersee was an all-around athlete, but her explosiveness was her main weapon. It was into such a feeling of prosperity that a baby girl was born to the Joyner family on the mean ...
Kersee, a six-time Olympic medalist, is a beacon of hope for the youth of East St. Louis through her JJK Foundation.
Jackie Joyner did become the first lady of something: Track and Field. Jackie Joyner-Kersee was the first woman to register more than 7,000 points in the heptathlon. She came to dominate the ...