Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Kerry Davis, the first black woman to play …
This article is part of The Athletic’s series celebrating UK Black History Month. And I think we have to be uncomfortable about it.” Leon Mann Elliott, a former Chelsea and Celtic defender, calls this “the next generation’s challenge”; that having seen football pay attention to how under-represented Black people are in coaching circles — albeit without making anywhere near enough …
USC kicker Denis Lynch hits a field goal in the game against the Fresno State at the Coliseum on Sept. 17. “I’m Dennis doing Dennis things.” With his meme-able fashion statements and consistent kicking, Lynch has grown into an unexpected favorite on a championship-contending team. As his home game outfits become appointment posting for USC’s social media team, Lynch accepts …
The graduation gap between white and Black and football players on bowl-bound teams is increasing. No team in the newest study graduated less than half of its white football players among those eligible to graduate, Lapchick said. Of the four teams in this year College Football Playoff competing for the national championship, the survey found that Alabama, Clemson and Notre …
LONDON — English soccer’s efforts to increase gender and ethnic diversity in coaching and senior leadership positions intensified Tuesday with targets set for recruitment. When men’s professional clubs are hiring new coaches, the English Football Association wants a quarter of the positions to be filled by Black, Asian or mixed-heritage candidates and at least 10% of senior roles. “So I …
