By Leah Asmelash A bestselling basketball video game will, for the first time ever, feature a woman athlete on its cover. Candace Parker, of the WNBA’s Chicago Sky, will be on the cover of a special edition of “NBA 2K22.” Her appearance
By Tori Mason The MLB All-Star Game exhibits some of the best players in the game, but an artist assured baseball legends will be honored long after the 9th inning. A stunning mural celebrating the Black trailblazers of America’s pastime was unveiled
By Adam Renuart The Olympics have always held significance for USA basketball player Jewell Loyd — and not just as a sporting event. With a mother who used to run track, Loyd says, “We didn’t watch a lot of television growing up,
By Wayne Sterling Paige Bueckers, the star point guard for the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team, was named the best college athlete in women’s sports at the 2021 ESPYS on Saturday night and used her acceptance speech to celebrate and honor
By Sana Noor Haq Naomi Osaka says the press conference format between journalists and athletes is “out of date,” as the Japanese star penned a first-person essay on mental health in TIME magazine’s latest issue. The four-time grand slam champion who withdrew from
By Ben Morse When Nigerian Georgia Oboh began playing golf, she struggled to identify role models in her sport, so she took inspiration from elsewhere — in particular, from tennis greats Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka. “To see someone who looked like
by Rafia Zakaria So many women of color face a terrible, nagging fear every day, at school or at work or in their everyday lives: that the White women who publicly profess their commitment to racial inclusion are only engaging in a
By Steve Almasy and Jill Martin US star sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson was left off the roster for the US track and field team that will compete at the Olympics in Tokyo, according to the team list released Tuesday by USA Track & Field
By George Ramsay Gail Devers’ first Olympic gold medal could hardly have come in more dramatic circumstances, dipping for the line in a blanket finish thought to be the closest ever 100m final. While her time of 10.82 seconds was less than a
By Oliver Darcy The New York Times published its explosive story regarding disparaging comments Rachel Nichols made about colleague Maria Taylor on Sunday. On Tuesday night, the fallout was visible on ABC. Instead of Nichols on the sidelines of the NBA Finals as the
