Via Andscape, a report on New Orleans Pelicans forward Larry Nance Jr.'s Zero Hunger Challenge which provides high school students opportunity to address hunger in their community:
From its gumbo, fried and boiled seafood and [...]
November
27,
2023
Via Fox News, a report on Minnesota Wild goalie Marc Andre Fleury's decision to wear a Native American celebration mask despite threats of punishment from NHL during the Wild's Native American Heritage Night:
Marc-Andre Fleury [...]
Via The Athletic, a report on the Milwaukee Admirals’ Luke Prokop who became the first openly gay player to appear in AHL game:
Milwaukee Admirals defenseman Luke Prokop made his AHL debut Friday against the Rockford [...]
November
13,
2023
Via Semafor, a look at the NBA's push across Africa:
Victor Williams is the CEO of NBA Africa. In May 2021, he oversaw the launch of NBA Africa as a standalone entity that conducts the league’s business in Africa, including [...]
Via The Washingtonian, a look at how - amid the boiling racial tension and desegregation battles of the late 1960s and early ’70s - a group of young Black women teamed with a DC civil-rights leader to break the color barrier on [...]
November
11,
2023
Via Financial Times, a report on how - as the World Cup enters its concluding stages - India's Prime Minister is shaping a sport in his image:
In recent years, as Hindu nationalists have risen to power in Indian politics, the [...]