Sports
Simone Manuel’s Olympic Win Is Huge Considering Swimming’s Racist Past – Zeba Blay / Huff Post
The Real Olympic Challenge for American Basketball – Robert O’Connell / The Atlantic
Rio 2016: Simone Biles is unlike any gymnast we’ve ever seen – Alex Abad-Santos / Vox
Atop the Gymnastics World, Simone Biles Can’t Suppress Her Grin – Juliet Macur / NYT
The Arc of the LeBron James Story Reaches Its Climax – Marc Tracy / NYT
Donnell Whittenburg closes in on stardom, one vault at a time – Dave Sheinin / Wash Post
The distressing lack of black leadership in the NBA – Marc J. Spears / The Undefeated
Steph and Ayesha Curry: Pro Sports’ Wholesome, All-American First Family – Amy Zimmerman / The Daily Beast
Stephen Curry Is The First Unanimous MVP In NBA History – Juliet Spies-Gans / Huff Post
Lifted Up by Love, Not Just Basketball – William C. Rhoden / NYT
The three craziest numbers of Warriors’ incredible 73-win season – Josh Planos / Wash Post
The Unbearable Whiteness of Baseball – Jay Caspian King / NYT Magazine
It’s Stephen Curry’s Game Now – Scott Cacciola / NYT
Jack Johnson, world’s first black boxing champion, was jailed under Jim Crow. Will he get a posthumous pardon? Sarah Kaplan / Wash Post
Fear of a Black Quarterback (Cam Newton) – Tommy Craggs / Slate
Here Is How Many Alabama And Clemson Players Got Paid On Monday – Erick Fernandez / Huff Post
College sports exploits unpaid black athletes. But they could force a change – Donald H. Yee / Wash Post
CTE, The Obscure Brain Disease That Could End the NFL Gets the Hollywood Treatment – Lindsay Gibbs / Thinkprogress
Why It Matters That Serena Williams is on the Cover of Sports Illustrated – Michelle Garcia / Vox
Graphite Against a Sharp White Background – Claudia Rankine / Slate
The Astonishing Greatness of Serena Williams – Matt Schiavenza / The Atlantic
Arthur Ashe: 40 Years After His Historic Wimbledon Win, His Legacy Lives Beyond The Tennis Court – Deron Snyder / The Root
