Sports
Noose comment by Penn State basketball coach points to larger NCAA problem. By Jesse Washington / The Undefeated
Simone Manuel on Olympic gold, being first and finding joy amid a pandemic and social reckoning. By Ericka N. Goodman-Hughley / ESPN
Baseball’s Race Problem. By Gene Seymour / The Nation
Black former football players at Iowa demand $20 million and the firing of Coach Kirk Ferentz. By Cindy Boren / Wash Post
Clippers Are Hiring Tyron Lue as Their New Coach. By Marc Stein / NYT
How baseball’s first commissioner led a conspiracy of silence to preserve baseball’s color line. By Chris Lamb / The Conversation
It’s time to end the LeBron James-Michael Jordan debate. By William C. Rhoden / The Undefeated
Joe Morgan loved baseball but also challenged its outdated practices. By Claire Smith / The Undefeated
Families of Jackie Robinson and Martin Luther King Jr. condemn Trump for using images of civil rights icons in ad. By Christopher Brito / CBS News
Serena Williams talks body image, says she’s been ‘undervalued’ and ‘underpaid’ in tennis. By Rachel George / GMA
Remembering Wilma Rudolph, the “Queen of the Olympics.” By Scott N. Brooks & Aram Goudsouzian / AAIHS
Why Black Athletes’ Political Activism Matters. By Christopher C. Towler, Nyron N. Crawford and Robert A Bennett III. / Politico
Adam Silver addresses NBA’s efforts toward diversity among coaches and social justice. By Marc J. Spears / The Undefeated
NFL week 3: Why didn’t the Denver Broncos sign Colin Kaepernick? By Cecil Harris / NBC News
LeBron James lifts the Lakers to the NBA finals with the power of his mind. By Ben Golliver / Wash Post
On Louisville, Breonna Taylor, and Muhammad Ali. By David Zirin / The Nation
The Kansas City Chiefs game will be played on a field that says ‘End Racism.’ So why don’t they? By Simon Moya-Smith / NBC News
Black athletes were exhausted with bearing the dead on their shoulders. By Roger Reeves / The Undefeated
Michael Jordan hires Bubba Wallace to drive for new NASCAR team. By Steve Gardner / USA Today
U.S. Open women’s final features Naomi Osaka’s masks, Black hair and a bold cultural statement. By Robyn Autry / NBC News
Colin Kaepernick Calls Out Hypocrisy In NFL’s Racial Justice ‘Propaganda.’ By Sanjana Karanth / HuffPost
Naomi Osaka made sure Black lives mattered at the US Open. By Soraya Nadia McDonald / The Undefeated
Kansas City Chiefs fans booed players during a moment of unity against racism. By Allen Kim / CNN
Affluent White student-athletes are profiting from the labor of their poor Black peers, study says. By Alisha Ebrahimji / CNN
Basketball and Social Justice: Bucks Admit ‘It’s Harder to Do Both.’ By Scott Cacciola / NYT
Lou Brock, Cardinals great and MLB Hall of Famer, dies at 81. By Michael Errigo / Wash Post
