She Thought the Grizzlies Wanted Hiring Advice. They Wanted Her.

By BY SCOTT CACCIOLA from NYT Sports Sonia Raman had spent years studying N.B.A. games as she coached Division III women’s basketball at M.I.T. Then the Memphis Grizzlies called about an opening for an assistant coach.https://nyti.ms/38QXAyr

In 30 Years, Little Progress for U.S. Sports Leagues on Leadership Diversity

By BY GILLIAN R. BRASSIL AND ELEANOR LUTZ from NYT Sports There are rules, initiatives and eager proclamations throughout North American sports leagues when it comes to hiring more nonwhite leaders. Then there are actual hiring numbers.https://nyti.ms/2WD4SyX

‘They Just Get It’: How Women in M.L.B. Found Support in a Group Text

By BY JAMES WAGNER from NYT Sports In 2019, Jen Wolf felt a lack of support for women like her trying to find work in professional baseball. The group chat she started has become a rare place for mentoring and understanding.https://nyti.ms/3m43Bf1

Why Steve Nash’s Hiring Is About Relationships, Not Race

By BY MARC STEIN from NYT Sports In this week’s newsletter, Marc Stein dives into the debate over the Nets’ hiring of Nash as their new head coach and explores the costs of living inside the N.B.A. bubble.https://nyti.ms/3hkthRT

N.B.A.’s Head Coaching Diversity Under Scrutiny as Vacancies Loom

By BY SOPAN DEB from NYT Sports Steve Nash, who is white, landed a head coaching job this week despite his inexperience, renewing discussions about how few posts are filled by Black people in a league where most players are Black.https://nyti.ms/3hYym3p

ESPN Employees Say Racism Endures Behind the Camera

By BY KEVIN DRAPER from NYT Sports In meetings and conversations among colleagues, ESPN employees have criticized the career pipeline and diversity of top leadership, eliciting a promise from executives to do better.https://nyti.ms/3eptv8u

Knicks Add a Well-Connected Player to Their Front Office

By BY SOPAN DEB from NYT Sports William Wesley, better known as World Wide Wes, has long been an hugely influential, if largely unofficial, figure in college and pro basketball.https://nyti.ms/31cUcun

N.F.L. Owners Will Review Incentives to Boost Racial Diversity

By BY KEN BELSON from NYT Sports The league’s owners will meet virtually on Tuesday and vote on measures which would grant competitive advantages to teams that hire nonwhite coaches and general managers.https://nyti.ms/2Z6Koks

In Competition for Top Jobs, in the N.F.L. and Beyond, It Pays to be a White Man

By BY KEN BELSON from NYT Sports Only one of five head coach openings in the N.F.L. this off-season has been filled by a person of color, which is how it often goes at the country’s elite organizations.https://nyti.ms/2R7HCGa

Carlos Beltran Says He Welcomes the Challenges of Managing the Mets

By BY DANIELLE ALLENTUCK from NYT Sports Beltran, a nine-time All-Star who played almost seven seasons with the Mets, has never coached or managed. But he has a reputation for establishing a strong rapport with other players.https://nyti.ms/2NjUNTL

Steeped in Astros’ and Yankees’ Ways, Joe Espada Is a Hot Commodity

By BY JOE LEMIRE from NYT Sports Espada, the 44-year-old bench coach for Houston, has impressed in roles with both American League juggernauts, and now his name is popping up in M.L.B. manager searches.https://nyti.ms/2J3dzfs

Countable on One Hand: The Women Leading Power Five Athletic Departments

By BY ALAN BLINDER from NYT Sports Women make up close to half of college athletes. But only a few are athletic directors in America’s wealthiest and most powerful sports conferences.https://nyti.ms/2ZXpl5I

Rangers on Verge of a Coaching Deal With Boston University’s David Quinn

By NEAL E. BOUDETTE from NYT Sports Quinn, 51, would come to the Rangers after five years as the head coach at B.U., where his teams made the N.C.A.A. tournament four times and lost in the national title game in 2015.https://nyti.ms/2ItBKpb

Jon Gruden to Be Introduced as the Raiders’ Coach on Tuesday, Reports Say

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports Gruden, 54, has been out of coaching for nine years, serving as the lead analyst for ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” telecast.for more