Sports
The W.N.B.A. Is Putting On Some of the Best Pro Basketball in America. Why aren’t more fans showing up? By Kim Tingley / NYT
Welcome to the Year of the Black Quarterback. By Jason Reid / The Undefeated
The NBA”s Richest Shoe Deals: LeBron, Kobe and Durant Are Still No Match For Michael Jordan. By Kurt Bandenhausen / Forbes
New Statue At U.S. Open Honors African American Tennis Pioneer Althea Gibson. By Richard Gonzales / NPR
Coco Gauff: The Girl Who Would Be GOAT. By Jerry Bembry / The Undefeated
Stephen Curry to Bankroll Golf’s Return to Howard University. By Sopan Deb / NYT
Ice Cube ready for BIG3 story to shift to players. By Maya A. Jones / The Undefeated
The Highest-Paid Female Athletes 2019: Serena and Osaka Dominate. By Kurt Badenhausen / Forbes
Jay-Z Helped the NFL Banish Colin Kaepernick. By Jemele Hill / The Atlantic
Simone Biles Has Changed Gymnastics Forever. By Rebecca Schuman / Slate
The NCAA doesn’t have a Rich Paul problem. It has a problem with black men. By Justin Tinsley / The Undefeated
Kenny Stills isn’t backing down against Trump supporters, even his own boss. By Jason Reid / The Undefeated
Muhammad Ali, like you’ve never seen him before. By Kyle Almond / CNN
LeBron James again shows us his greatness, this time as a father. By Ken Martin / The Undefeated
‘I want my father in the Hall of Fame’: Curt Flood’s heroic legacy. By William C. Rhoden / The Undefeated
Bill Russell, activist for the ages. By Martenzie Johnson / The Undefeated
Are Kawhi Leonard, Kevin Durant and LeBron James Too Powerful? By Marc Stein / NYT
Fitness to finesse: the reasons behind Coco Gauff’s stunning Wimbledon rise. By Simon Cambers / The Guardian
Venus Williams Blazed a Trail for Coco Gauff, Who Looks Like the Future of Tennis. By Gerald Marzorati / The New Yorker
Everyone in the NBA Just Changed Teams. By Josh Levin / Slate
Frances Tiafoe: The story behind tennis’ unlikely hero. By Jerry Bembry / The Undefeated
Another win for Serena: She’s the new face of Wheaties cereal. By Deja Harrison / The Undefeated
The NBA has an ‘owner mentality’ problem. By Martenzie Johnson / The Undefeated
The N.B.A.’s Draft Show Goes On, With Style — Even if It Shouldn’t. By Wesley Morris / NYT
Kevin Durant and the dehumanization of black athletes. By Martenzie Johnson / The Undefeated
Which shooting star will join Lakers with Anthony Davis: Kyrie, Kemba or who? By Dan Woike / LA Times
