After Jackie Robinson integrated Major League Baseball in 1947, 1950 was the only World Series without Black Americans – until this year. I hope baseball can work to improve its diversity and inclusion. [...]
November
4,
2022
Via Global Sport Matters, a look at the disruptive power of activism by and for women athletes:
Activism by women athletes around the globe dominates sport headlines. From women’s professional surfers advocating for equal [...]
October
27,
2022
All Premier League clubs are demonstrating their ongoing support for LGBTQ+ inclusion by celebrating Stonewall’s Rainbow Laces campaign between 22 and 30 October. But Arsenal players were not just content with laces; they [...]
October
27,
2022
Terrific to see two men’s soccer teams coached by women, New York University and the University of Chicago, squaring off in a game that could help define a new [...]
October
22,
2022
Anti Racist Soccer Club (ARSC) is a nonprofit coalition of athletes, activists, and practitioners organized to fight systemic racism in and through American soccer. Emerging as an organic response to rampant racism in the U.S., [...]
October
22,
2022
Courtesy of Global Sport Matters, commentary on how one athlete activist went from writing an article to leading a movement that changed the landscape of collegiate track and field:
A year ago, fall of 2021, I was sitting [...]