Great to see Marcin Oleksy nominated for the 2022 Puskas Award - FIFA's prize for the best goal scored by anyone, anywhere over the course of the year - becoming the first-ever amputee footballer to be shortlisted for the [...]
As we close out Black History Month and look ahead to Women’s History Month, I am celebrating how 2022 NWSL champ and league MVP Sophia Smith made one of the biggest splashes last year, becoming the first Black woman to ever [...]
February
28,
2023
Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal, a report on how - a year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine got its athletes barred from international sports, there’s renewed attention to the long ban on South Africans:
There was [...]
February
28,
2023
Via Andscape, a look at how Major League Baseball has partnered with ‘The Boondocks’ creator for unique education on Jackie Robinson, Monte Irvin, women of the Negro Leagues and more:
They say baseball is a child’s game. [...]
February
28,
2023
Courtesy of the New York Times, a report that - with five Black presidents hired to lead N.F.L. teams - some hope this influx could provide a blueprint for diversifying leadership even as the league struggles to improve head [...]
February
25,
2023
The MLS season kicks off this weekend, and I’m glad to see the Colorado Rapids tackle the stigma around mental health through this season’s away jersey. [...]