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NFL Makes Progress in Hiring More Minority Head Coaches

The NFL sees a record number of minority head coaches hired for the 2024 season, signaling progress in addressing diversity and equality in coaching positions.

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Phillips, Cargill make statement about Black team ownership by winning professional softball title

Former Major League Baseball star Brandon Phillips and current women's pro wrestler Jade Cargill took on professional sports franchise ownership together less than a year ago

The Independent UK

Lapchick lauds NBA's hiring practices, initiatives in annual TIDES diversity report

The National Basketball Association set a league record for most head coaches of color in the past year, helping it earn high grades in an annual diversity report

The Independent UK

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Number of Black MLB players falls to record low

Black players represented just 6.2% of players on Opening Day rosters, down from last year’s previous record low of 7.2%.

Chicago Sun-Times

High school football incidents spark racism talks, programs

Several racist incidents targeting Black people occurred this high school football season around the nation

The Independent UK

The World Series begins with upstart Philly taking on Houston, the tainted juggernaut

It's the fourth World Series for the Houston Astros since 2017. They're tangling with the Philadelphia Phillies who made an unlikely playoff run to reach their first Series since 2009.

WEKU

No Black players expected in World Series, a 1st since 1950

No U.S.-born Black players are projected to be on World Series rosters when the Philadelphia Phillies and Houston Astros meet this week

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Mike Bianchi: Michael Jordan? Puh-leeze! Bill Russell is the NBA’s G.O.A.T.

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Orlando Sentinel

A new NCAA report show the stark gap in funding for women's sports

A newly released report shows men's college athletic programs received more than double that of women's programs in allocated resources in 2020.

WEKU

Title IX: NCAA report shows stark gap in funding for women

The number of women competing at the highest level of college athletics continues to rise along with an increasing funding gap for men’s and women’s sports programs

The Independent UK

'A movement not a moment': NHL focuses on racial diversity

The National Hockey League has taken significant strides in recent years to improve diversity in a sport that has long been predominantly white

The Independent UK

Charece Williams Gee Is Inspiring Change on the Court, in the Boardroom and Beyond

The Under Armour executive is driving change as the company celebrates 25 successful years and goes into overdrive for a booming future.

Sports Illustrated

NBA at 75: 2010s featured seismic shifts on, off the court

Two of the NBA’s most significant dynasties emerged in the second decade of the 2000s

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