Via The Athletic, a look at how - before the NHL - an all-Black hockey team helped to innovate the modern game:
Jean-Marie Guerrier was surprised when he first learned about the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes [...]
February
24,
2025
Via Medium, commentary on how the Hank Aaron may be underrated both in his ability to play baseball but what he achieved for civil rights and equality:
So let's take care of the elephant in the room from the outset. I [...]
February
14,
2025
Via CNN, a look at how Jaylen Brown is redefining the role of sports by tackling the problem of wealth disparity:
Fifteen minutes into an interview, as Jaylen Brown is deep into an explanation on the ways that sports [...]
February
14,
2025
Via The Athletic, a report on how the NFL’s progress with diversity in coaching ranks has yet to translate to offensive coordinator:
Chris Beatty didn’t know the number was zero.
Until the Chicago Bears promoted [...]
February
10,
2025
Via The New Yorker, commentary on the NFL's decision to remove its "End Racism" logo from the Super Bowl field:
Racism has ended! Have you heard? Or maybe ending racism has ended. On Tuesday, it [...]
January
20,
2025
Via NBC News, a report on Marcus Freeman, the first Black and first Asian American coach to reach NCAA football finals:
Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman has scored a historical first.
Freeman, whose [...]