1. MLS’s Black Players for Change are just getting started By Luis Miguel Echegaray (SI.com) 2. CBS begins its UEFA Champions League coverage with Clive Tyldesley, Kate Abdo, andEuropean soccer stars By Jonathan Tannenwald (Philadelphia Inquirer) 3. Collegesports embraced reckless greed. With the coronavirus crisis, the bill has come due. By Sally Jenkins (Washington Post)
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Wednesday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. MLS close to finalizing plans to resume season in home markets By Steven Goff (WashingtonPost) 2. FC Cincinnati stadium construction resumes after training to address racist incidents By Jeffrey Carlisle(ESPN) 3. It’s time for college sports to tell athletes take it or leave it ByMark Zeigler (San Diego Union Tribune)
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Thursday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. Why the NWSL’s celebrity-backed Los Angeles franchise is the type of splash the league’s been looking for By Caitlin Murray(Yahoo Sports) 2. ‘It was shocking to the system’: How racism drove JustinMorrow toward activism By Joshua Kloke (The Athletic) 3. Risky play encouragesresilience By Christina Caron (New York Times)
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Monday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. High school sports face many obstacles as school year nears By Tim Booth and Schuyler Dixon (AP) 2. Bundesliga issues guidelines for return of fans, Health Ministry warns of ‘great risk’By Michael Da Silva (Deutsche Welle) 3. Michael Emenalo: ‘The narrative thatwhite is good has to change’ By Donald McRae (The Observer)
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Tweet du jour: Justin Morrow
“My opportunities as a black man today are a product of your courage & perseverance. We will find a way #RIPJohnLewis.” — Toronto FC defender Justin Morrow, the executivedirector of the new Black Players Coalition of MLS, on the passing Georgia congressman John Lewis, one of the organizers of the 1963 March on Washington and […]
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MLS is Back: The Week 1 verdict
MLS in Back completed its first week on Tuesday. How did it do? Probably the best way to put it — it survived. Low point. Following the removal of FC Dallas andNashville SC for a rash of Covid-19 cases and confirmed positive cases for one player each from the Columbus Crew and Sporting KC, the low […]
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What They're Saying: Sarah Gorden
“The interviews that I’m doing are going to be about this movement. Obviously, I can talk on soccer, but everything is centered on this movement right now. That’s what I want to be talking about. Itis draining and I think that that’s the biggest difference between being a white athlete and a Black athlete, is […]
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Thursday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. As restarts show inherent flaws, USL’s plan could prove exceedingly dangerous By Jeff Reuter (The Athletic) 2. Juninho Pernambucano: ‘There are thousands of George Floyds in Brazil’ ByThiago Rabelo (Guardian) 3. As colleges ponder cutting sports, tennis proves vulnerable By Steve Megargee (AP)
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Casey Short, Julie Ertz and Rachel Hill on Saturday's anthem ceremonies, hard conversations and faith
Chicago Red Stars players Casey Short and Rachel Hill, at the center of the emotional moment along with teammate Julie Ertz before their opening match at the NWSL Challenge Cup,issued statements via their Twitter accounts on Tuesday for what was going through their minds on Saturday night. When the national anthem was played, Short and […]
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Wednesday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. How Lisa Baird and NWSL players arrived at a new national anthem policy By Meg Linehan (TheAthletic) 2. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins calls for suspension of group youth sports amid record coronavirus count ByCallie Caplan and Greg Riddle (Dallas Morning News) 3. After cuts, Minnesota Unitedseeing youth academy players exit By Andy Greder […]