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Eric Thayer / Reuters What the Right Doesn’t Understand About Black Colleges
Historically African American institutions serve a vital purpose, and it’s not segregationist to urge black athletes to attend them.
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Oliver Munday; photo rendering by Patrick White It’s Time for Black Athletes to Leave White Colleges
They attract money and attention to the predominantly white universities that showcase them, while HBCUs struggle. What would happen if they collectively decided to go to black schools?
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Bobby Ellis / Getty NFL Players Are Evolving. Fans Aren’t Keeping Up.
The Colts quarterback’s sudden retirement is a harbinger. Fame, fortune, and team spirit are no longer enough to make star players endure crippling injuries.
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USA Today Sports / Reuters Jay-Z Helped the NFL Banish Colin Kaepernick
The former quarterback caused a problem for the league—which turned to the celebrated rapper for assistance.
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Gregory Payan / AP The NCAA Doesn’t Speak for College Athletes
A new generation of African American agents wants basketball players to get a better deal. The college-sports organization moved to exclude new blood.
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Mike Blake / Reuters ESPN Backs Itself Into a Corner
Sports take place in the real world, not an alternative universe where Trump’s bigotry doesn’t exist.
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Gerald Herbert / AP Harris Gains Momentum With Democrats’ Most Important Voter Base
The senator from California is surging just as black women are sensing their political power. That may not be a coincidence.
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Benoit Tessier / Reuters Megan Rapinoe Is On to Him, and Trump Can’t Stand It
In his rambling screed against the soccer star, the president revealed a lot about his worldview.
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Christian Hartmann / Reuters They Gave America 13 Goals—And Got a Lecture in Return
After a lopsided World Cup game, the focus was once again on how female athletes behave, not on what they’ve achieved.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters Trump Has Killed Democrats’ Sense of the Possible
Biden’s elevation to front-runner is a testament to how much the president has shaken Democrats’ faith.
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Amanda Westcott / SHOWTIME The Turbulent Journey of Metta World Peace
A new documentary about the athlete formerly known as Ron Artest moves beyond his—and the NBA’s—most notorious moment: 2004’s “Malice at the Palace” brawl.
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Mark J. Rebilas / USA Today Sports via ... Why Don’t White Athletes Understand What’s Wrong With Trump?
The Red Sox players who visit the White House owe their black and brown teammates an explanation.
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Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP It Hurts to See Nipsey Hussle’s Life Not Mattering
After a celebrated rapper is murdered, some admirers turn to wild theories, because the reality is too hard to face.
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Charles LeClaire / USA Today Sports / Reuters In Praise of Selfish NFL Players
Stars like Antonio Brown are supposed to sacrifice for their team’s sake, but teams don’t repay the favor.
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Loren Elliott / Reuters Kaepernick Won. The NFL Lost.
It doesn’t matter how much he made from the settlement announced on Friday; he bested the league.
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Leah Millis / Reuters Kamala Harris’s Blackness Isn’t Up for Debate
Her identity and motives are being unfairly challenged on all sides.
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Mike Segar / Reuters The NFL’s Truce With Trump Wasn’t Worth It
The league sacrificed its decency to buy the president’s silence, only to discover that with Trump, loyalty is a one-way street.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters The Conversation the Press Isn’t Having
Even when people of color do very American things, they still aren’t seen as being members of American culture.
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Michael Zagaris / San Francisco 49ers / Getty The War on Black Athletes
Trump isn’t the first president to show such overt interest in sports, but he’s the only president in recent memory to attack athletes for their politics.
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M. Spencer Green / AP / Katie Martin ... R. Kelly and the Cost of Black Protectionism
A Lifetime series that examines long-standing abuse allegations against the singer—and the continued support he has received despite them—contains an uncomfortable truth.
