Via Global Sport Matters, a look at how the NBA has been opening doors for diverse coaches without its own ‘Rooney Rule’:
When Wes Unseld Jr. was hired as the head coach of the Washington Wizards in September 2021, a [...]
Via SI.com, a look at how Bill Russel was a “generational giant” in the sports world, but he will be remembered for much more than his excellence on the court. The Olympic gold medalist was a renowned civil rights advocate [...]
Via SlamOnline, a look at Natasha Cloud's 2020 decision to step back from professional basketball to help foster racial equity in America:
In 1963, hundreds of thousands of Black Americans marched in Washington, DC, with one [...]
Via The Washington Post, an article on athletes’ forceful response to the Uvalde school shooting tragedy:
On the evening of May 26 — two days after the school shooting that claimed 21 lives in Uvalde, Tex., and two days [...]
March
22,
2022
Via YouTube, a TED Talk by point guard Renee Montgomery, winnner of a college national championship at UConn and a pair of WNBA titles with the Minnesota Lynx, who - when racist incidents plagued the country in 2020 - took a step [...]
February
26,
2022
Via The Undefeated, an article on the 55th anniversary of the 1967 Cleveland Summit in which top Black athletes joined together too support boxer Muhammad Ali’s refusal to fight in Vietnam:
NBA All-Star Weekend in Cleveland [...]