Sports
Super Bowl LVII a Black victory regardless of the result. By William C. Rhoden / Andscape
Which LeBron James would the NBA get as a team owner? By Matenzie Johnson / Andscape
How to improve the Rooney Rule. By Janelle Moore / Andscape
Roberto Clemente book removed from Florida public schools. By Nicole Acevedo / NBC News
Church at the Super Bowl: Football, Jesus and fascism. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
On Super Bowl weekend, can we see players as workers with dignity? By Mike Jordan Laskey / NCR
Pioneering quarterback Jimmy Raye sees Super Bowl as a culmination of a ‘life of denials.’ By William C. Rhoden / Andscape
CTE found in 92 percent of ex-NFL players analyzed in updated report. By Victoria Hernandez / USA Today.
The Chiefs proudly broke racial barriers. Kansas City erected them. By Mark Dent / Wash Post
How Sports Betting Upended the Economies of Native American Tribes. By David W. Chen, Mark Walker and Kenneth P. Vogel / NYT
What the sports world says about LeBron James, NBA’s new scoring leader: ‘An iconic figure.’ By The Athletic Staff
A Milestone for Black N.F.L. Hires, but Not on the Sidelines. By Emmanuel Morgan / NYT
Kyrie Irving Says He Wants to Change His Narrative in Dallas. By Scott Cacciola / NYT
‘MLB The Show 23’ introduces new game mode featuring Negro League legends. By Scott Allen / Wash Post
The modern NFL didn’t have a Black head coach until 1989. Here’s his story. By Frederic J. Frommer / Wash Post
Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts to make history as first-ever Black starting quarterbacks to face off in Super Bowl. By Christopher Brito / CBS News
Doug Williams: The real MVP. By Jason Reid / Andscape
In ‘Stand’ documentary, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf wants to leave ‘something for them to think about.’ By Marc J. Spears / Andscape
Deion Sanders massively reshapes Colorado football roster in 2 months. By Brent Schrotenboer / USA Today
Student. Athlete. Mogul? By Bruce Schoenfeld / NYT
Inside Patrick Mahomes’ ability to recover quickly: ‘He’s wired differently.’ By Rustin Dodd and Nate Talor / The Atheletic
LeBron James scoring tracker: Lakers star less than 120 points away from record, on pace to break it Feb. 4. By Brad Botkin / CBS
Exclusive: Gary Bettman not interested in ‘debate’ with Ron DeSantis over discrimination claim. By Matthew Fairburn / The Athletic
Tony Dungy shows the regressive and intolerant worst in sports. By Kevin B. Blackstone / Wash Post
Ben Shelton is adding his name to America’s Black tennis talent to watch. By Andrew Jones / Andscape
Baseball’s first plan for Negro League stars: A separate Hall of Fame wing. By Frederic J. Frommer / Wash Post
Bomani Jones Calls an Audible. By Jason Zinoman / NYT
DeMeco Ryans may be the NFL’s next Black coach. Should he want to be? By Kent Babb / Wash Post
On MLK Day, Malcolm Brogdon has a personal civil rights leader to look up to. By Marc J. Spears / Andscape
I Saw Horrific Things When I Played in the NFL. By Nate Jackson / The Atlantic
