‘I Got Them Off the Hook by Winning’

By BY KURT STREETER from NYT Sports Lee Elder forced golf forward by winning his way into the Masters tournament in 1975, the first Black player to do so, laying a path for Tiger Woods and others.https://nyti.ms/3lrWwa6

Lee Evans, Olympic Runner Who Protested Racism, Dies at 74

By BY ROBERT D. MCFADDEN from NYT Sports One of several Black athletes who had threatened to boycott the 1968 Summer Games, he won two gold medals, then raised his fist at the presentation ceremony.https://nyti.ms/3yqZRLy

The Old Knicks Made Basketball Games the ‘Hippest Place’ in New York

By BY HARVEY ARATON from NYT Sports The 1969-70 Knicks played basketball worthy of the bright lights of Broadway, winning a championship that still matters to New York, 50 years later.https://nyti.ms/3duiFho