Samsun 2017 - The 23rd Summer Deaflympics

Participants of World Deaf Championships invite you to the 23rd Summer Deaflympics Games, Samsun is a Sport City in Turkey.

SAMSUN, Turkey -- The 2017 Summer Deaflympics, officially known as the 23rd Summer Deaflympics, is an international multi-sport event that will take place in Samsun, Turkey from July 18 to July 30, 2017 as the Deaflympics begin in Samsun despite Turkey's failed military coup attempt. Signed in international sign.

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23rd Summer Deaflympics - A fast-growing major Black Sea port city with population already over half a million, Samsun has two universities, several hospitals, shopping malls, manufacturing industry and an opera. It also boasts of having numerous sports facilities. The city was a recent host of the 6th Para-Taekwondo World Championship, followed by World Taekwondo Grand Prix series.

"Samsun is a sport city," Samsun Governor Ibrahim Sahin was quoted saying. "We are building new sports facilities in advance for the 2017 Deaflympics."

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The LIVE blog event in Samsun will be posted on Deaf YouVideo:
LIVE Coverage 23rd of the Summer Deaflympic Games.

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Kevin Hall: The First Deaf Player on the PGA Tour

Deaf Sport News: Kevin Hall - PGA Tour’s First Deaf Golfer Prepares For Genesis Open in California.

LOS ANGELES -- CBS2: An extraordinary African-American golfer who is taking the course at the Genesis Open at the Riviera Country Club this week is beating the odds in more ways than one.

Kevin Hall cannot hear his iron hitting the golf ball because he lost his hearing at age 2 1/2. An avid golfer since the age of 9, he has never let his inability to hear get in the way of his golf game.

“Life steps on you sometimes, but life gives you strawberries,” Hall told CBS2 Monday.

“A lot of things in golf, you have to overcome the fear, overcome the obstacles, same thing in life.”

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The first Deaf player on the PGA Tour, Hall is this year’s recipient of the Charlie Sifford Memorial Exemption, an award given to one outstanding minority golfer. Sifford was the first African-American to play on the PGA Tour. He won the Genesis Open in 1969.

“It’s an honor,” Hall said. “Awesome. A lot of history on this course, Tiger and so many golfers.”

Hall met Tiger Woods in 1999.

“He gave me a little tip how to drive that ball further, and after I hit that ball, he said ’Wow, I’ll see you on tour someday,’” Hall said. “I’m here!”

Hall’s mother Jackie is cheering him on every step of the way.

“I am in awe every time Kevin steps on the course,” Jackie Hall said. “I’m in awe of everything that Kevin does because he does not allow that hearing loss to stop him. He was raised and taught by his dad and I that the sky is the limit. The only limitations you have is what you put on yourself.”

Hall will tee it up against some of the best golfers in the world when the Genesis Open begins Thursday.

SOURCE - CBS2

Super Bowl LI National Anthem in ASL

Kriston Lee Pumphrey performs the Super Bowl LI National Anthem in American Sign Language at Houston's NRG Stadium.

HOUSTON -- Kriston Lee Pumphrey performs National Anthem in American Sign Language with the country superstar Luke Bryan sings the National Anthem and America the Beautiful at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.

Pumphrey of Michigan has been given the honor to perform the songs in ASL. "I am so excited. It is a huge honor and it is a great opportunity to represent the Deaf community," he says.

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Pumphrey, who is biracial and was born Deaf, says life hasn't been easy. He's learned to navigate his way in a judgmental, fast-moving verbal world, and has been able to overcome his disability. He now works as an online anchor for DPAN-TV, a sign language channel which delivers an internet-based news.

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For Deaf Tennis Player, Sound Is No Barrier

Lee Duck-hee, 18, of South Korea, is ranked 143rd in the world in a sport in which hearing the ball is considered crucial.

ASAN, South Korea -- To improve its chances in the boys’ team tennis event at the National Sports Festival here, Mapo High School in Seoul brought in a ringer from Jecheon, two hours southeast of the capital. His name was Lee Duck-hee, and he had first caught the coach’s eye when he was in elementary school.

Mapo High’s players pressed against the fence beside along the dusty hardcourts and chanted in support while Lee, 18, crushed forehand winners past his bespectacled opponent in the final. The 6-1, 6-1 win took little time - no surprise, as Lee is the best teenage player in South Korea, and a professional ranked 143rd in the world.

“Seeing the level of skill, power and returning is totally different than high school level,” said Jeong Yeong-sok, his doubles partner at the tournament.

Lee is exceptional among professionals, too. He is Deaf, and no Deaf player in the sport’s history has reached these heights. In tennis, simply seeing the ball is believed to be insufficient. Hearing the ball, top players say, enables faster reactions - a crucial advantage in a sport where powerful serves and groundstrokes mean that every tiny fraction of a second matters.

Wimbledon's Rob Walker takes a look at Duck Hee Lee. Video Credit: Wimbledon

“There are so many different spins in tennis, and I can hear a lot of them coming off someone’s racket because I know what they all sound like,” said Katie Mancebo, a college tennis coach and volunteer coach for the United States Deaf tennis team. “But a Deaf player doesn’t know that sound, so they have to focus more on what the other person is doing, how they’re making contact, and what the ball looks like as it’s coming over the net.”

Joo Hyun-sang, the tennis coach at Mapo High School, said he was skeptical of Lee’s potential at first.

“When I met him the first time, I had certain doubts that being deaf would prevent him from being a great player,” he said. “But I grew confident from watching him develop and improve. I was very confident he could do it.”

Though already the second-highest-ranked player of professionals 18 and under, Lee has not fully broken through. He has yet to play a main-draw match at an ATP tournament or a Grand Slam, though he reached the final of a Challenger event, the level below the ATP World Tour, for the first time in September in Taiwan, and has made two semifinals since... Read The Full Story - New York Times.

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Gallaudet Football The Nation's First University For The Deaf

The storied football team of Gallaudet, the nation's first university for the Deaf. Football team's joy shines during one amazing season.

WASHINGTON, DC -- Next spring marks the 150-year anniversary of a school called Gallaudet University, which became the first university in the country to focus on the Deaf.

Today, the school has more than 2,000 students. They also have a dominant and undefeated team on the football field.

When Coach Chuck Goldstein came to Gallaudet from his high school coaching job, he had a lot to learn.

Every member of the Bison football team is Deaf or Hard of Hearing, so he had to learn to sign language, and find other ways to communicate with his players.

"I've not used a whistle in five years," Goldstein said. "Our players can't hear whistles."

Gallaudet, the nation's first university for the Deaf, has a long and storied football program. The Bison invented the huddle, thought up by a quarterback in the 1890s as way to keep other players from seeing what they signed.

But the school, famous for its contribution to the game, wasn't particularly good at playing it.

Senior quarterback Todd Bonheyo said: "I think the hardest part of this season is actually believing that's real. Based on previous seasons, we've never had this type of luck or this type of winning streak. We always come up as a losing team and now we're the winning team."

This year, Gallaudet is 9-0, and in the running for the school's first men's NCAA Division Three championship.

The team only has 54 players, half the size of most in its division, but between the white lines, it only takes 11.

Senior Adham Talaat is a 6-foot-6-inch, 270-pound defensive end. He might also be the first Gallaudet player in history to make it to the NFL...

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Exclusive Interview Deaf Female Motocross Rider

Interview with Deaf female motocross rider in American Sign Language.

A famous Deaf person presentation on Ashley Fiolek biography video "Just Part of the Plan" The journal reporter interview with her about the career of the Motocross rider championship.

She is not only making waves as a female rider in the male dominated sport of motocross, but she's doing it without the ability to hear.

The original video with captions: Ashley Fiolek: 'Just Part of the Plan'".

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Deaf UFC Fighter "The Hammer" Official Teaser

Hamill is now "The Hammer"! The movie is the true story of Deaf UFC Fighter, Matt Hamill.

The captions are provided in the video promo so that hearing and Deaf audiences can experience the film together.

Matt “The Hammer” Hamill and Clay “The Carpenter” Guida - business ventures outside the UFC including “Hamill” the movie based on his life story were able to see a man with a physical handicap, Matt Hamill is Deaf flourish in a sport.

Some Cool Things About The Movie:
- All the Deaf characters are played by Deaf actors.

- The movie is 1/3 in sign language and 2/3 in English, which is why there are subtitles throughout, so that Deaf and hearing audiences can watch the movie together.

- Russell Harvard (who plays Matt), played Daniel Day Lewis' son in There Will Be Blood.

- Shoshannah Stern (who plays Kristi) was Bonnie on Jericho, and a prominent figure in the first season of Weeds.

- UFC Fighter Rich Franklin who plays one of Matt's wrestling coaches, actually fought and beat Matt Hamill IN 2008.

- Mark Hamill (of Luke Skywalker fame) is not in the movie.

For showtimes and more information go to: https://thehammerpremiere.com.

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