LZ Granderson

Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy wants to be an NFL head coach, but teams keep giving those jobs to less-qualified white coaches over him.

Harris’ breakthrough is so desperately needed because this country has worked tirelessly to break Black women.

Some white Republican House members said, absurdly, that the social justice protests gave rise to the Capitol attack that forced lawmakers to run for their lives.

New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick draws a line in the sand by turning down the Presidential Medal of Freedom from an embattled President Trump.

The storming of the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob and the failed response by law enforcement spoke again to a nation cleaved into two different Americas.

In spite of the Rooney Rule requiring NFL teams to interview minority coaching candidates, the league still has a problem with too few Black head coaches.

Two basketball bubbles in Orlando brought global attention to issues of social justice. Once again, the WNBA was a step ahead.

The sham of amateurism in NCAA sports is a settled moral argument, Times columnist LZ Granderson writes. Sometime in 2021 the Supreme Court will address where the question falls legally.

Disingenuous choruses of ‘stick to sports’ — as if race and sports have ever been separate issues — rang particularly hollow this year.

‘It’s not a championship or bust year for us,’ the Clippers coach tells The Times. Others might see the coming season differently.