July 2024 - Page 4 of 5 - More Than A Game

A Not So Secret Love For Hockey In Moose Jaw

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July 6, 2024

Via The Hockey News, a report on the Moose Jaw Wildcats who were arguably Canada's most dominant women's hockey team in the 1940s and 1950s, forming a not so secret love for the game and at times for each other: Following the [...]

Few Black Americans Play Baseball. MLB Doesn’t Seem to Care.

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July 5, 2024

Courtesy of Esquire, an article on why major league baseball has so few Black American players: Baseball is the hurrah game of the republic . . . America’s game: has the snap, go, fling, of the American [...]

Historic Hire: Seattle Kraken Hire Jessica Campbell As NHL’s 1st Woman Coach

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July 4, 2024

Via Forbes, a report on the NHL's first woman coach: The Seattle Kraken have shattered another glass ceiling. On Wednesday, the club announced that Jessica Campbell and Bob Woods have been added to the staff of new [...]

After Fleeing the Taliban, She’ll Breakdance on the Refugee Team in Paris

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July 4, 2024

Courtesy of The Washington Post, an article on an Afghan woman who will breakdance on the Refugee Team at the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris: When Manizha Talash finds the beat, something grabs hold of her. Her arms [...]

Eritrea’s Biniam Girmay First Black Cyclist to Win Tour de France Stage

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July 3, 2024

Via CBC, a report on the pioneering achievement of Eritrea's Biniam Girmay - the first Black cyclist to win a Tour de France stage: Biniam Girmay grew up in Eritrea watching the Tour de France on TV each July with his [...]

Global Warming: Changing The Game

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July 3, 2024

Via PBS, a report on how climate extremes are changing the world of sports: Organizers of the Paris Olympics have set a lofty goal to generate less than half the greenhouse gas emissions of the last two summer games. The [...]

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