‘The athletes, with their hair hanging freely and dressed in special tunics that cut just above the knee and bared their right shoulder and breast, competed in footraces.’
The baseball players of colour of the Jim Crow era
‘Later, Cuban players began making their mark in the sport, aided by what Laliberte calls an ‘ambiguous racial position in United States society and sport.”
Shakeia Taylor on Marcus Stroman's durag/pitch success rate
Stuntin’ with his durag on/By the ocean/Let it flap in the wind/In slow motion.
Surena Chande's 20 facts about the Paralympics
Did you know that Tokyo is the first city to host the Paralympic Games twice?
That time Lewis Hamilton went snowboarding in Japan in 2018
Could we see Lewis entering the world of snowboarding after he retires from F1? Probably not but let’s imagine he did!
British Black Golfers is hoping to bring young Black talent into the game
BBG is a growing platform for Black golfers to come together on the green.
THE ROGER Centre Court tennis shoe
Swiss engineering in shoe form thanks to On and Roger Federer.
Black Sand Surf: an LA collective dedicated to surf culture
Black Sand is all about community, peace, and respect through surfing and the crash of the waves.
Roger Federer to have third knee surgery and miss 'many months'
Someone give this man a bionic knee!
Black surfers in the Rockaways
‘There’s no racism out there’, says Harris of the ocean. ‘When you come out of that water, of course you go back to your life. But you lose yourself when you get into the waves.’
How Patrick Savile made Yuto Horigome's Olympic gold medal-winning skateboard
‘It’s a mad one. I’m so blessed to be involved somehow! But mainly I’m so glad Yuto got it, just because of how humble and deserving he was, and I love how perfect it was for him.’
Darren Campbell on how sprinting saved him from gang life
From the estates to the podium, Darren Campbell’s life changed when he moved from Manchester to basically stay alive.
Why are Olympic swimming pools so fast?
Slight variations in water temperature or pool structure could be the difference between a podium finish or 4th place or missing out on a world record.