Via Bloomberg, a look at how Black baseball players integrated White leagues and brought with them a different philosophy that helped shift the power dynamics between teams and talent:
No matter what happens before Major [...]
July
17,
2023
Via Yahoo! Sports, commentary that the influx of Middle Eastern investment in sports isn't about image cleansing. It's about building a new economy.
Only a few minutes after he began laying out his vision for how to grow [...]
Via SI.com, an article on the upcoming Women’s World Cup, and the host countries are eager to show themes of progress and evolution—a stark contrast to the tournament held in Qatar.
The final match of the 2023 FIFA [...]
Via The New York Times, a look at Billie Jean King, the tennis champion whose activism won equal pay for women at the 1973 U.S. Open and, now 79, she is still leading the fight for equity — in sports and beyond:
The more [...]
July
17,
2023
Via The New York Times, a look at the documentary: ‘The League,’ Black Baseball’s Field of Dreams
Sam Pollard’s documentary “The League” introduces audiences to the teams, stars and little-known figures who [...]
July
15,
2023
Via HBO, an important docuseries that examines how multibillion-dollar industries have historically underpaid their most valuable assets, politicized youth-based initiatives, and stifled players’ voices—especially those of [...]