Sports
George Flippin, Nebraska’s first Black football player: a hero who white people turned into a pariah. By Paul Putz / Slate
How Trump Lost Sports as a Political Strategy. By Jere Longman / NYT
Election vote count gets boost from sports arenas running up the score. By Josh Peters, Tom Schad and Jeff Zillgitt / USA Today
Tony Dungy’s life lesson about the Tuskegee Airmen and the meaning of humility. By William C. Rhoden / The Undefeated
By opposing Trump, activist athletes helped America rediscover its conscience. By Jerry Brewer / Wash Post
Baseball’s Black managers are celebrating Dave Roberts’ win and calling for change. By Michael Lee / Wash Post
At Augusta National, Not Talking About Race Is Tradition. By Karen Crouse / NYT
A Star of the ‘Raging Rooks,’ He Helped Change the Face of N.Y.C. Chess. By Joe Lemire / NYT
Trump demolished the walls between politics and sports. He might not like the result. By Jerry Brewer / NYT
The challenges of being a Black play-by-play announcer in the NBA. By Marc J. Spears / The Undefeated
Trump basks in chants of ‘LeBron James sucks’ at Pennsylvania rally. By Des Bieler and Cindy Boren / Wash Post
Dave Roberts won the World Series, but will he finally get credit for his success? By William C. Rhoden / The Undefeated
Sports’ biggest names offer up arenas and stadiums to limit minority voter suppression. By Ahiza García-Hodges / NBC News
5 Black Women Who Are Catching Fish and Stares. By Jonathan Abrams / NYT
NFL is confronting racism, but are Black quarterbacks continuing to be stereotyped? By Calum Trenaman / CNN
Jackie Robinson challenged baseball and others to acknowledge, value Black life. By Doug Glanville / The Undefeated
If the Supreme Court tosses Obamacare, football players will feel the loss. By Kevin B. Blackstone / Wash Post
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
