Via The Athletic, a look at the importance of the Negro Leagues in terms of leadership:
In 1990, Buck O’Neil founded the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City near 18th & Vine, a once-vibrant neighborhood [...]
Via Vanity Fair, a look at how - by playing host to champions, doing a lap at the Daytona 500, and targeting transgender athletes - Trump has seized on sports to satisfy his base and cement his brand. But his policies and antics [...]
April
21,
2025
Via The Ringer, commentary on how - as baseball celebrates the trailblazer’s legacy - it’s also placating a president who wants to dismantle everything Jackie stood for:
Play a stupid game, get a stupid prize. This is true [...]
Via Esquire, a look at the Cavaliers’ All-Star shooting guard's efforts to quietly give opportunities to Black and brown athletes:
It’s early March—the dog days of the NBA schedule—and the Cleveland Cavaliers are [...]
April
11,
2025
Via The Washington Post, an article on how - fifty years ago - Lee Elder broke one of last color lines in U.S. sports at the Masters:
It was shortly after 2 p.m. when the red limousine passed under the canopy of [...]
Via The Athletic, a look at how - before the NHL - an all-Black hockey team helped to innovate the modern game:
Jean-Marie Guerrier was surprised when he first learned about the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes [...]