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MLS Understands Need for More Black US Soccer Players

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July 25, 2023

Via Andscape, a look at Major League Soccer's (MLS) efforts to encourage more Black US athletes to play the game: Over the last 20 days I’ve attended the all-star games of two major North American pro sports leagues. Earlier [...]

Jim Brown: A Confounding Knot of Athleticism, Activism and Violence

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July 22, 2023

Via The Washington Post, a look back at Jim Brown - one of the 10 most important athletes ever to put on a jersey - who was an athletic collage of speed, power, agility and fearlessness on the field. Off the field, he leaned hard [...]

Megan Rapinoe: Creating Space On and Off the Field

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July 22, 2023

Courtesy of The Washington Post, a look at how Megan Rapinoe’s incandescent career changed more than women’s soccer: The tattoo, petite and scripted in cursive, reads: “Nature ran her course.” Megan Rapinoe had the [...]

If Shohei Ohtani Gets $600 Million, He Should Thank Satchel Paige

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July 17, 2023

Via Bloomberg, a look at how Black baseball players integrated White leagues and brought with them a different philosophy that helped shift the power dynamics between teams and talent: No matter what happens before Major [...]

‘The League,’ Black Baseball’s Field of Dreams

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July 17, 2023

Via The New York Times, a look at the documentary: ‘The League,’ Black Baseball’s Field of Dreams Sam Pollard’s documentary “The League” introduces audiences to the teams, stars and little-known figures who [...]

Level Playing Field

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July 15, 2023

Via HBO, an important docuseries that examines how multibillion-dollar industries have historically underpaid their most valuable assets, politicized youth-based initiatives, and stifled players’ voices—especially those of [...]

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