M.L.B. Commissioner Can’t Hear Native Voices Over Atlanta’s Chop

By BY KURT STREETER from NYT Sports Asked about the Atlanta team’s longstanding use of a faux war chant, Rob Manfred claimed Native Americans in the area are “wholly supportive” of it. That’s not what our columnist found.https://nyti.ms/3GAtwpt

In Campaign Against Racism, Team Names Get New Scrutiny

By BY GILLIAN R. BRASSIL, GIULIA MCDONNELL NIETO DEL RIO, BILLY WITZ AND DAVID WALDSTEIN from NYT Sports It is not just the N.F.L.’s Washington team that could get a name change. A number of schools are also reconsidering nicknames, though some are resisting any switch.https://nyti.ms/2OffHmE