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• Race and Background Contribute to a Sports Gender Gap, Study Finds

  A study found that girls who are nonwhite, from immigrant backgrounds or live in urban areas are less likely to be physically active than boys, unlike children in suburban areas. Posted Wednesday, October 08, 2008 8:51 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Athletics and Sports, Women, Children and Youth, Immigration and Refugees, Race, Urban Areas

• From Segregated Seats to the Debate Stage

  A recent visit to the Ole Miss campus is contrasted with one made in 1970, at the height of the hawk/dove Vietnam era. Posted Saturday, October 04, 2008 12:34 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: College Athletics, Football, Colleges and Universities, Race, University of Mississippi

• Don Ultang, Pioneer in Aerial Photography, Dies at 91

  Mr. Ultang won the 1952 Pulitzer Prize for photography for documenting an egregious, seemingly racially motivated assault on the field during a football game. Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2008 10:50 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: College Athletics, Deaths (Obituaries), Drake University, Photography, Race, Oklahoma State University, Assaults, Des Moines Register, Robinson, John

• A Public Slur in 1938 Bared a Game’s Racism

  Yankees outfielder Jake Powell’s racist comment 70 years ago broke the conspiracy of silence that protected segregated baseball. Posted Saturday, July 26, 2008 2:54 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, Major League Baseball, Race, Discrimination, Powell, Jake

• Football Talk Soon Turns to Race on Imus’s Show

  Don Imus waded into racially treacherous waters again on his new radio program in a brief exchange about a suspended professional football player, Adam Jones. Posted Monday, June 23, 2008 11:23 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Race, Radio, Jones, Adam, Imus, Don

• Mad Dash by Bikers Turns Island Into Indy

  To see the motorcycle Tourist Trophy races on the idyllically lovely but quirky Isle of Man is to watch men operating at the edge of physics, and of reason. Posted Sunday, June 22, 2008 11:21 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Race, Great Britain, Accidents and Safety, Travel and Vacations, Isle of Man, Motorcycles, Motor Bikes and Motorscooters

• Sports of The Times: Diversity, or Double Standard?

  The baseball clubhouse is a laboratory, a daily model of pulling together, finding common ground to achieve a common cause: winning. But there continues to be a cultural divide. Posted Saturday, May 31, 2008 1:49 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Mets, Randolph, Willie, Race, Chicago White Sox, Guillen, Ozzie

• Sports of The Times: Addressing a Problem No Longer Discussed

  Last week, Willie Randolph, the embattled manager of the Mets, ignited a controversy when he discussed racism, double standards and perception. Posted Saturday, May 24, 2008 3:03 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Mets, Randolph, Willie, Race

• Mets Notebook: Randolph’s Comments Add Another Distraction

  The Mets manager was asked to clarify remarks in which he wondered whether he was held to a different standard than some of his white counterparts. Posted Tuesday, May 20, 2008 10:00 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Mets, Coaches and Managers, Randolph, Willie, Race

• Baseball Gets Top Grade for Diversity in Hiring

  Major League Baseball received its best grade for racial diversity in hiring, even as the percentage of black players dropped again last year. Posted Tuesday, April 15, 2008 10:02 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Major League Baseball, Selig, Bud, Race, Robinson, Jackie

• N.C.A.A. Men's Tournament: Recalling Forward Thinking at Western Kentucky

  Western Kentucky broke racial barriers in the 1960s with its willingness to integrate the team when it was still taboo. Posted Thursday, March 27, 2008 9:51 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Kentucky, NCAA Basketball Tournament, Western Kentucky University, Race

• Recalling Forward Thinking

  Western Kentucky broke racial barriers in the 1960s with their willingness to integrate their team when such a policy was still taboo. Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2008 6:42 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Kentucky, NCAA Basketball Tournament, Western Kentucky University, Race