Sports
Kyrie Irving and the Fraught History of Our Collective Liberation. By Dave Zirin / The Nation
Kennedy and Nixon Both Wooed Jackie Robinson. Guess Who Won. By Frederic J. Frommer / Politico
An all-Native American NFL team was founded 100 years ago — to promote a dog kennel. By Dana Hedgpeth / Wash Post
Dusty Baker Laments Lack Of US-Born Black Players In World Series. By Kristie Reiken / HuffPost
A Tough Start in Texas Turned Jimmy Butler Into an N.B.A. All-Star. By Scott Cacciola / NYT
Kyrie Irving Says He’s Not Antisemitic After Tweeting Link To Controversial Movie. By Keith Reed / The Root
Russian court rejects Brittney Griner’s appeal of 9-year sentence. By T.J. Quinn / ESPN
Jeff Pearlman’s new book seeks truth behind Bo Jackson legend. By Michael Grant / Awful Announcing
Bubba Wallace’s one-race suspension another lesson in a season full of them. By Deron Snyder / Andscape
How NFL teams use Black coaches to clean up their messes. By Emily Giambalvo / Wash Post
LeBron James redefined player empowerment – but not the way you think. By Justin Tinsley / Andscape
After winning silver at the Montreal Olympics, two Black women were treated as heroes in their Southern hometowns. By Andrew Maraniss / Andscape
Rest in peace, Tony Brown. By Jerry Bembry / Andscape
Author Jeff Pearlman on how Herschel Walker’s football career shaped his political one. By Ben Jacobs / Vox
Beer and baseball: Yurok Tribe tells its story through landmark sports deal. By Halllie Golden / The Guardian
How Deion Sanders is changing the future of college football at Jackson State. By Jon Wertheim
Simone Biles: How the Olympic gold medalist’s life led to mentorship. By Simone Biles / USA Today
Charles Barkley signs ‘life-altering deal’ to stay with TNT’s NBA show. By Des Bieler / Wash Post
Black women object to National Women’s Soccer League’s treatment of their own. By Tamerra Giffin / Andscape
The Patriotic Propaganda of ‘The Redeem Team.’ By Jordan Calhoun / The Atlantic
Tommy Tuberville made $25m off Black men. God forbid they get anything back. By Andrew Lawrence / The Guardian
A lost generation of Black coaching talent. By Dave Sheinin / Wash Post
Celtics Coach Ime Udoka Rose Fast and Fell Hard. By Scott Cacciola and Sopan Deb / NYT
Long before Serena Williams, there was Ora Washington. Few remember her. By Pamela Grundy / Wash Post
The sanctimonious baseball purists want to elevate Aaron Judge. Don’t let them. By Kevin B. Blackstone / Wash Post
Inside the rise of Victor Wembanyama: ‘When I saw him, I knew he was just special.’ By Marc J. Spears / Andscape
