Courtesy of The Athletic, a look at professional football's efforts to support more diversity in coaching:
With training camp roughly a month away, Anthony Blevins was getting things in order this summer for his sixth [...]
Via SI.com, a report on how Maryland's Coach Mike Locksley has taken a winding road to end up at his dream job surrounded by other Black leaders in a quest to mold men and find gridiron glory:
There’s a poster on the [...]
May
25,
2023
Via CBR, a look at a progressive Peanuts' Charlie Brown comic from 1 October 1979 that focused on equality in sports:
In perhaps Schulz’s most direct confrontation of a political issue, he uses Peppermint Patty as an [...]
Via Andscape, an article on a longtime friend of Jim Brown's on the legacy of Brown's impact on civil rights - ‘He never thought the job was finished’:
On June 4, 1967, the Cleveland Summit, which is also referred to as [...]
Via SI.com, a look at the legacy of Jim Brown's understanding of the potential of his platform to help shape a new generation of players known as much for activism and pursuit of individual passions as for their play:
Saying [...]
May
13,
2023
Via ESPN, a report on how the NFL is striving to bolster girls flag football across all levels:
Jaclyn Johns came across the formation and took the direct snap before tossing it to her quarterback, Julia Geis. Johns kept [...]