Your Silence Is a Knee on My Neck

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June 20, 2024
As we celebrate Juneteenth, a reminder that - following the murder of George Floyd - the WNBA star Natasha Cloud penned the following piece that emphasized the power athletes have to drive social change. A must-read. To [...]
MLB at Rickwood Field in 2024

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June 20, 2024
Major League Baseball is a headed to Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, on 20 June to pay tribute to the Negro Leagues and Willie Mays, the legendary Hall of Famer who died Tuesday.  This game is being played to pay tribute [...]
Warming Up: How Climate Change Is Impacting Sport

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June 19, 2024
Via University of Toronto, a look at how climate change is changing sport: In 2019, a world championship marathon in Doha was scheduled at midnight to avoid the blistering sun. That same year, athletes at the Rugby World [...]
The N.B.A. Sees Its Future in Africa

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June 14, 2024
Courtesy of the New York Times, a report on how the NBA has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to cultivate an immense potential fan base on the continent and develop future stars: On an outdoor [...]

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