Sports

NFL coach hiring with the Rooney Rule: Blind résumé analysis
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LeBron James’ promise to Akron gets more ambitious
His I Promise School now includes housing, job training and health care

Stephen ‘Breadman’ Edwards is training pro boxers his way
Edwards’ innovative approach and hunger have earned the trust of contenders such as super middleweight Caleb Plant

Josh Hart is loving life with the New York Knicks
After stints in Los Angeles, New Orleans and Portland, veteran guard is happy to have family closer to home on East Coast

One photo means more for Team USA’s Black baseball contingent
At the World Baseball Classic, players and coaches came together for a moment they hope reaches African American community
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‘They were pioneers’: The oral history of USC women’s 1983 national championship game
Forty years later, Cheryl Miller, Cynthia Cooper and the ‘Women of Troy’ reflect on their title against Louisiana Tech and its impact

Juju Watkins and Sierra Canyon have had a run to remember
The USC-bound national player of the year and her teammates faced a unique schedule at their Los Angeles area prep school

Baltimore Ravens QB Lamar Jackson is asking what his peers haven’t. That’s the point.
In the spirit of Curt Flood, the Ravens quarterback’s free agency is a battle of owners versus inevitable progress

Stephen Curry at 35: ‘I feel like I got a lot left’
Warriors star talks about aging gracefully in the NBA, legacy, Under Armour’s throwback ‘Protect this House’ campaign and more

New Orleans Pelicans coach Willie Green’s son has taken a unique path to the NCAA tournament
After a challenge from Green, Ross Williams went from NAIA to Division II to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

Joakim Noah wants to ‘change the narrative’ about African basketball
Former NBA All-Star with Cameroonian roots has invested in the Basketball Africa League: ‘This is opening up doors that I didn’t know were possible while I was playing’

Frederick Patterson was an Ohio State football and auto pioneer
Buckeyes’ first Black football player also led first Black-owned automotive company in the country

WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson talks her rise to stardom and her life outside the court
Andscape host Sheila Matthews sits down with Wilson to discuss her career and her partnership with Ruffles

A late convert to golf, Fred Perpall is now president of the USGA
He’s the first Black person to lead the sport’s governing body in the U.S.

Kelsey Plum and Under Armour want to sign girls up for ‘Dawg Class’
Skills camp will provide top amateurs with resources Plum didn’t have during her path to the pros