THE NFL’S RACIAL JUSTICE EFFORTS FALL FAR SHORT. The National Football League’s efforts to recognize the enormity of this generational opportunity for racial justice, punctuated by a… Read more “CNN”
Category: Sports
Esquire
THE SPORTS HERO WAS REDEFINED ON MAY 25, 2020. (T)he day Derek Chauvin neck-kneeled to death George Floyd on camera. Not only did Floyd’s death catalyze the… Read more “Esquire”
ESPN
NAOMI OSAKA MOVED BY MESSAGES FROM FAMILIES OF AHMAUD ARBERY, TRAYVON MARTIN. A postmatch interview with Naomi Osaka on Tuesday featured video messages from the parents of Ahmaud Arbery… Read more “ESPN”
Sportscasting
STEPHEN A SMITH RIPS THE STEVE NASH HIRING: ‘THIS IS WHITE PRIVILEGE.’. On Sept. 3, the Brooklyn Nets announced that they hired Nash to become their next… Read more “Sportscasting”
WSJ
NAOMI OSAKA ON FIGHTING FOR NO. 1 AT THE U.S. OPEN AND WHY SHE’S SPEAKING OUT. This summer, when the eyes of the world were on Minneapolis… Read more “WSJ”
Sports Illustrated
ROGER GOODELL OFFERS APOLOGY TO COLIN KAEPERNICK: ‘I WISH WE HAD LISTENED EARLIER’. “It is not about the flag. The message here, and what our players are… Read more “Sports Illustrated”
Detroit Free Press
‘I WAS WRONG TO CRITICIZE COLIN KAEPERNICK FOR KNEELING FOR NATIONAL ANTHEM’. Three years after she criticized NFL players for kneeling during the national anthem, the wife… Read more “Detroit Free Press”
Washington Post
WASHINGTON HIRES JASON WRIGHT, MAKING HIM FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT OF AN NFL TEAM. Wright, 38, is also the league’s youngest team president. A former running back, Wright… Read more “Washington Post”
ESPN
BLACK COLLEGIATE GYMNASTS DESCRIBE CULTURE OF RACISM, ISOLATION. The often-insular world of college gymnastics is a sport now reckoning with a culture built around white athletes. And… Read more “ESPN”
The Undefeated
EFFA MANLEY FOUGHT FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND THE NEGRO LEAGUES. If you look deep into the history of the Baseball Hall of Fame, you will find one… Read more “The Undefeated”
ESPN
WHY NEW YORK RANGERS GOALIE ALEXANDAR GEORGIEV HAS MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. ON HIS MASK. When the NHL season was paused in March, New York Rangers goalie Alexandar Georgiev went home to… Read more “ESPN”
Wall Street Journal
ESPN ANCHOR SAGE STEELE CLAIMED BLACK COLLEAGUES EXCLUDED HER FROM RACE SPECIAL. ESPN anchor Sage Steele has told management she believes she was excluded from a special… Read more “Wall Street Journal”
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