Via SI.com, an article on the seventieth anniversary of two Black baseball icons meeting in a history-altering mixed race game in one of the most segregated cities in America:
The small room will have to do. The most [...]
Via Vox, a report on public pools, important not just for recreation but also social integration and justice:
My summer Sunday afternoon ritual goes something like this: I wake up, kill time until noon when my local [...]
July
2,
2024
Via NPR, a report on a new documentary that highlights the WNBA's off-court player activism:
Know how you can tell if women’s sports has finally broken into the American mainstream consciousness? When your 82-year-old [...]
Courtesy of The Athletic, a report on France, racial politics, and 'the Mbappe effect' on the upcoming election:
The morning after France’s opening game of Euro 2024, the French Institute of Public Opinion (IFOP) [...]
June
20,
2024
Major League Baseball is a headed to Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, on 20 June to pay tribute to the Negro Leagues and Willie Mays, the legendary Hall of Famer who died Tuesday. This game is being played to pay tribute [...]
Via The Athletic, a report on Vinicius Jr's efforts to battle racism in soccer:
It was no ordinary day at Valdebebas, Real Madrid’s training ground on the outskirts of the Spanish capital.
On Monday, 100 accredited [...]