Sports
Janet Hill, with a Hall of Fame son and an all-pro husband, was a selfless star. By Kevin B. Blackstone / Wash Post
Vanessa Bryant Is Suing L.A. County Over Kobe Bryant Crash Photos: What to Know. By Jonathan Abrams / NYT
LeBron James Agrees To New Contract That Will Him Make Highest-Paid NBA Player Ever. AP and HuffPost
Byron Allen’s HBCU Go streamer strikes deal with CBS stations to air HBCU football games. By Variety and NBC News
Watson Suspended 11 Games, Fined $5 Million in Sexual Misconduct Case. By Jenny Vrentas and Ken Belson / NYT
NBA Won’t Host Election Day Games In Effort To Increase Voter Turnout. By Lydia O’Connor / HuffPost
In His Football Return, Deshaun Watson Tries a New Move — Contrition. By Jenny Vrentas / NYT
Bill Russell’s No. 6 is being retired across the NBA. By AP and NPR
More Black Former N.F.L. Players Eligible for Concussion Payouts. By Ken Belson / NYT
A Philly Basketball Reunion Draws N.B.A. Stars Back Home. By Kris Rhim / NYT
Serena Williams Forced Her Way Into the Tennis History Books. By Christopher Clarey / NYT
Fisk University’s first-ever gymnastics practice goes viral on TikTok. By Claretta Bellamy / NBC News
Serena Williams Leaves Tennis Just as She Played: On Her Own Terms. Kurt Streeter / NYT
It’s been 50 years since Josh Gibson and Buck Leonard made Hall of Fame history. By Frederic J. Frommer / Wash Post
Mike Tyson Takes Shots At Hulu For Stealing His Story In New Series: ‘Heads Will Roll For This.’ By Jazmin Tolliver / HuffPost
Why Do I Have to Work Twice as Hard Just to Get Noticed?’ By Kurt Streeter / NYT
Brittney Griner sentenced to 9 years on drug charges in Russian court. By Charles Maynes, Bill Chappell and Rachel Treisman / NPR
Processing Deshaun Watson — past, present and future. By Martenzie Johnson / Andscape
Keyshawn Johnson Wants the N.F.L. to Remember Its ‘Forgotten Four.’ By Ken Belson / NYT
Jemele Hill opens up about leaving ESPN’s ‘conservative culture.’ By Cydney Henderson / USA Today
Tennis has become an outlet for Black people during the pandemic. By Andscape Staff / Andscape
Bill Russell, Who Transformed Pro Basketball, Dies at 88. By Richard Goldstein / NYT
Jackie Robinson Museum opens in New York after 14 years of planning. By CBS News
By Attacking Brittney Griner, Trump Signals to His Base: “I’m Still Racist.” By Dave Zirin / The Nation
Where things stand in the racial discrimination lawsuit filed by Brian Flores against the NFL. By Jason Reid / Andscape
Black NFL quarterbacks still face undue criticism — ask Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson and Kyler Murray. By Jason Reid / Andscape
