Sports
How the NFL blocks Black coaches. By Dave Sheinin, Michael Lee, Emily Giambalvo , Artur Galocha and Clara Ence Morse / Wash Post
Coach Leonard Hamilton: ‘The Worse the Program, the More I Became Interested.’ By Billy Witz / NYT
Maury Wills, Master of the Stolen Base, Is Dead at 89. By Richard Goldstein / NYT
Las Vegas Aces Win First W.N.B.A. Championship. By Kris Rhim / NYT
Howard blanks Morehouse College, 31-0 in New York Classic. By AP
Michael Jordan jersey becomes priciest game-worn memorabilia ever sold. By Michael Charles / Wash Post
Baseball honors Roberto Clemente, who broke barriers for Latino players. By Frederic J. Frommer / Wash Post
Martín Dihigo was Shohei Ohtani decades before Angels’ MVP candidate. By Cesar Brioso / USA Today
Rachel Richardson Duke volleyball: Why BYU reacted the way it did to this story. By Max Perry Mueller / Slate
Why Tiafoe is probably not a symbol of things to come in tennis. By Harry Edwards / CNN
Phoenix Suns team owner Robert Sarver suspended for 1 year, fined $10M after NBA investigation. By Duane Rankin / AZ Central
Stephen Curry Is Putting It All on the Line. By Matt Sullivan / Rollling Stone
The Man Who Keeps Baseball’s Union Moving. By Scott Miller / NYT
Cultural taxidermy, not appropriation: the trophies in sports no one wants to talk about. By Tim Thompson / Salon
Looking for More Frances Tiafoes. By Matthew Futterman / NYT
Two Barbers, a YouTube Channel and the Truth About Race at the Racetrack. By Joe Drape / NYT
Deshaun Watson must undergo treatment and have clinicians say ‘he’s on right path’ for suspension to be lifted. By Jonathan Jones / CBS Sports
Frances Tiafoe: The story behind tennis’ unlikely hero. By Jerry Bembry / Andscape
The Inside Football Story of the Kaepernick Saga. By Pamela Rafalow Grossman / The Progressive Magazine
Arthur Ashe, athlete and activist. By Jim Brown / CBS News
Earnie Shavers, Hard-Punching Heavyweight, Is Dead at 78. By Richard Goldstein / NYT
What Brittney Griner’s Income Says About Women’s Basketball. By Mary Pilon / NYT
Lewis Hamilton: The F1 Superstar on Controversies, Racism, and His Future. By Chris Heath / Vanity Fair
In Jackson, Miss., football goes on despite the water crisis. By Stephan Bisaha / NPR
Marcus Freeman is 36. He’s Also in Charge at Notre Dame. By Alan Blinder / NYT
Why LeBron James Is Worth $100 Million to the Lakers, Win or Lose. By Sopan Deb / NYT
