Deep dives and horsing around: Heres what a wedding looks like when youre passionate about sports

For sporty couples all over America, the love of the game doesn’t stay in the stadium — it’s infused into every moment of their lives, including their nuptials.Here’s a look at couples that scored the perfect sports-themed wedding ceremony, giddy-up getaways and advice on how to make your “I do” a hole-in-oneThings are going swimmingly for Kim Terrell-Miller and Arthur Miller.Last month, they became the first documented African-American couple to wed while SCUBA-diving.“We’re members of the National Association of Black SCUBA Divers and the oldest black diving club in the world [the Underwater Adventure Seekers],” said Terrell-Miller, 58, an aerospace project manager who is based in D.C., where her new hubby, Miller, 63, works in grants management.

“We researched.We interviewed everybody and said ‘Hey, I think we might be the first to do this.’ Then they did their own research.

Nobody could find another example.We even used AI.”The couple met two-decades ago via the Underwater Adventure Seekers, which was established in 1959 to train black divers.

At the time Miller was married (his first wife passed away in 2007) and Terrell-Miller eventually left the club to focus on a career as an entrepreneur.Then, in 2018, the pair reconnected over social media.“We hadn’t been in touch since 2010 other than the occasional Christmas party for the club,” said Terrell-Miller.

“Arthur has been all over the world diving, but I was trying to start a company, so I hadn’t got much diving in.Our wedding was really our first time diving together.”Long before their wedding Terrell-Miller said that she had wanted to incorporate her love of diving into her wedding ceremony.

So she jumped at the chance to be the first couple to marry in the recently opened Grand Mal Underwater Wedding Chapel in Grenada.“He wore a tuxedo wetsuit and I had on a white and pink wetsuit with a custom-made wedding dress over it,” she said.“I had my hair in bantu kn...

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Publisher: New York Post

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