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‘Exploding Growth’ of Girls Flag Football

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February 21, 2024

Via SI.com, an article on the exciting growth of girls flag football: Two of the greatest athletes in American sports reminisced for the first time in years, a few miles west of the Las Vegas Strip, which was [...]

Arena Football League Relaunches With First Black Commissioner of Professional Sports in U.S.

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February 18, 2024

Via Business Insider, a report on the first Black commissioner of a professional sports league in the US: On Wednesday, the Arena Football League (AFL) will announce that it is relaunching under new leadership with [...]

Norman Kwong: Canadian Football League Pioneer

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February 14, 2024

Via Historica Canada, a wonderful celebration of Norman Kwong, the first CFL player of Chinese Canadian origin: Born in Calgary in 1929, Norman Kwong’s family ran a grocery store located in the historic Bridgeland-Riverside [...]

Diversity and Equity: NFL Finally Played Fair On The Coaching Carousel

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February 4, 2024

Courtesy of the Washington Post, an article on progress exhibited during this year's NFL coaching carousel: It was the most legitimate hiring process the NFL has had, maybe, ever. As eight franchises jostled to [...]

In Hiring Antonio Pierce, Raiders Spark Progress with Black Head Coaches in NFL

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January 21, 2024

Courtesy of The Athletic, commentary on how the NFL's Raiders - by hiring Antonio Pierce - may help spark progress with Black head coaches in the league: Diversity is nothing new to the Raiders. Literally since the [...]

NFL’s First All-Black Quarterback Room

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December 22, 2023

Via Andscape, a look at the NFL’s first all-Black quarterback room: Not many can go from being an HBCU football player to being on an NFL coaching staff of a Super Bowl contending team, but this is reality for Kerry Dixon, [...]

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