Sports
Thank you, Al Attles. Your legacy will live on. By Marc J. Spears / Andscape
Atlanta Falcons owner gifts HBCUs millions to improve facilities. HBCU Gameday
Why the new Steve McNair Netflix documentary, while informative, feels incomplete. By Jason Jones / The Athletic
Olympic gold medalist Noah Lyles challenged to race by Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill. By Rohan Nadkarni / NBC News
Gabby Williams re-signs with Seattle Storm after stellar Paris Olympics. By AP
Brutal Reality Check Forces Coco Gauff to Accept Defeat and Step on the Backfoot – ‘Put Too Much Pressure..’ By Sayantan Roy / Essentially Sports
NBC’s ‘The Irrational’ Star Maahra Hill Shares Her Great-Grandfather William DeHart Hubbard’s Olympic Legacy. By Brenda Alexander / Blavity
Remembering Florence Griffith-Joyner’s Legendary Career. By Stephanie Holland / The Root
Inside The Business of The Harlem Globetrotters. By Jabari Young / Forbes
The push to strip Jordan Chiles of her Olympic medal smells awfully foul. By Sally Jenkins / Wash Post
Stephen A. Smith’s $25 Million Demand Got Robert Griffin III & Samantha Ponder Fired, Claims Ex-ESPN Employee. By Balraj Singh Babrah / Essentially Sports
Black People: Australian Breaking Prof is A Mockery. By Noah A McGee / The Root
Jordan Chiles’ stripped bronze is biggest gymnastics controversy since Sydney Olympics disaster. By Kaetlyn Liddy / NBC News
At the Paris Olympics, power of Black women displayed at important time. By William C. Rhoden / Andscape
Althea Gibson Let the Racquet Do the Talking. By Alisa Solomon / The Nation
Jim Harbaugh wants to hire Colin Kaepernick as Chargers coach. By Jarrett Bell / USA Today
Duane Thomas, Enigmatic Running Back for the Cowboys, Dies at 77. By Richard Sandomir / NYT
USA basketball wins Olympic gold behind KD, LeBron and Steph Curry. By Jeff Zillgitt / USA Today
U.S. outlasts France to win 8th straight women’s hoops gold. By Michael Voepel and Alexa Phillippou / ESPN
On the night Noah Lyles was to become a legend, he became a reminder. By Jerry Brewer / Wash Post
From Snoop to Flavor Flav and breaking, American hip-hop is winning the Paris Olympics.
Lots of medals. Lots of skin colors. See the connection? By Michele Norris / Wash Post
Noah Lyles gives U.S. sprinting its swag back with Olympic gold in the 100 meters. By William C. Rhoden / Andscape
We came for a mic drop. Simone Biles gave us a fitting final bow. By Jerry Brewer / Wash Post
Charles Barkley not retiring, staying with TNT Sports long term: ‘This is the only place for me.’ By Andrew Marchand / The Athletic
Russia, with its athletes mostly banned, ignores Olympics. By Fred Weir / CS Monitor
