Claressa Shields

Celebrate Flint sports legends including today's historic gold medal win by Flint teen Claressa Shields with guests Mayor Dayne Walling and long time area sportscaster Tom Skinner on The Tom Sumner Program Thursday August 9 beginning at 6 p...

Flint boxer Claressa Shields won her semifinal bout this morning against Kazakhstan's Marina Volnova according to MLive. The next bout for the 17-year-old will be Thursday around 12:15 p.m.

Flint boxer Claressa Shields is officially an Olympian according to the Detroit News. The 17-year-old is heading to London after England's Savannah Marshall - who beat Shields in a preliminary bout - won her semifinal match to advance to the championship fight in the middleweight division in China...

Olympic hopeful Claressa Shields is still in the hunt for a spot on the 2012 Olympic Team according to the Detroit News. The Flint boxer lost a preliminary bout on Sunday at the women's world championships in China. The good news is the other four entrants from the America's - North, Central and South - also lost their preliminary bouts...

The public is invited to a community reception for Claressa Shields and FWC-Berston Boxing. Proceeds from the event, to be held at Wize Guys Pizza in Flint, will go to support FWC-Berston Boxing training and travel costs for the upcoming international events...

A community fundraiser is being held for Flint Northwestern High School student Claressa Shields who will be going to the Olympic Trials February 13-19 to compete for a spot on the 2012 Olympic Team. Shields, 16 years-old, is a boxer at Berston Field House...