Sports
Nike honors Serena Williams with building named after the tennis star. By Jaz Garner / CBS News
Dick Barnett’s efforts have helped preserve Tennessee A&I’s rich basketball history. By Jerry Bembry / Andscape
Trae Young: Your Hair Is an Unsolved Mystery. But a Magnificent One. By Wesley Morris / NYT
‘Winning Time’ Is Not a Documentary, HBO Tells Show’s High-Profile Critics. By Savannah Walsh / Vanity Fair
Sport scholars debate the ‘price’ of athletic success at HBCUs. By Autumn Arnett / Diverse Issues in Higher Education
Kings scout Blake Bolden wants to inspire the next wave of Black women in hockey. By Branson Wright / Andscape
Malik Willis is on the cusp of NFL draft history for Black quarterbacks. By Jason Reid / Andscape
The Nets need a culture reset after their humbling sweep by the Celtics. By Ben Goliver / Wash Post
Every pro team’s Jackie Robinson. By David Sabino / Andscape
Mystery Surrounds Brittney Griner’s Russian Ordeal 2 Months After Her Arrest. By Eric Tucker / HuffPost
Mike Tyson punches man apparently badgering him on flight, video shows. By Timothy Bella / Wash Post
To grow U.S. men’s volleyball, advocates turned to HBCUs. By Jonathan Gold / Wash Post
Jackie Robinson was a Republican until the GOP became the ‘white man’s party.’ By Chris lamb / The Conversation
How Former NBA Star Al Harrington Is Building A $100 Million Team Of Black Cannabis Entrepreneurs. By Will Yakowicz / Forbes
How the NBA got serious about mental health. By Michael Lee / Wash Post
Kyrie Irving vs. Celtics fans: Finger of blame to both in NBA playoffs. By Jeff Zillgitt / USA Today
It’s Been 75 Years, And People Still Don’t Give Jackie Robinson His Respect. By Law Ware / HuffPost
Honoring the Past by Focusing on the Future. By Andrea Williams / NYT
‘This Is American History’: The Hall of Fame Reconsiders Race. By Tyler Kepner / NYT
Ime Udoka brought not only ‘Coach of the Year stuff’ to Celtics, but representation. By Marc J. Spears / Andscape
‘A Magician Up There’: How it Feels to Watch Ja Morant Fly. By Jonathan Abrams / NYT
The ‘father of Black basketball’ transformed a White-dominated sport. By Frederic J. Frommer / Wash Post
Ameshya Williams-Holliday: WNBA drafts its first player from an HBCU in 20 years. By Leah Asmelas / CNN
Two Black Coaches Join Brian Flores’s Lawsuit Against the N.F.L By Ken Belson / NYT
Go Ahead, Count Naomi Osaka Out. By Linsay Crouse / NYT
Tiger Woods’ Masters return a reminder of the Black golf fandom he ignited. By Ferrell Evans / Andscape
Dwayne Haskins, Steelers QB and Former Top Draft Pick, Dies At 24. By Keith Reed / The Root
Magic Johnson on learning to accept his gay son: ‘He changed me.’ By Variety / NBC News
Ebony Magazine, Black Baseball and Identity in America. By Robert Greene II / AAIHS
J.R. Smith, HBCUs and the challenges of golfing while Black. By Kent Babb / Wash Post
