The Dodgers Made It to the Top. They Want to Stay There

By BY KEVIN DRAPER AND KATHERINE ROSMAN from NYT Sports As most teams look for ways to scale back, Los Angeles wants to get bigger and better. To do so, the fan base needs to grow.https://nyti.ms/3cC3XaS

Hailed as a Trailblazer, Kim Ng Stands Alone

By BY JAMES WAGNER from NYT Sports Major League Baseball celebrated the hiring of a woman as a sign of progress on diversity in its executive ranks. Every comparable hire over the last two years has been a white man.https://nyti.ms/3t2klaC

Reeling Texans Set to Hire David Culley as Head Coach

By BY GILLIAN R. BRASSIL from NYT Sports Culley, who is Black, is one of only two nonwhite N.F.L. head coaches hired in this cycle. His task: leading a Houston franchise that has alienated its star players.https://nyti.ms/2Yrx8p7

A Washington Coach Reaches a First for Black Women in the N.F.L.

By BY VICTOR MATHER AND BEN SHPIGEL from NYT Sports Washington promoted Jennifer King to assistant running backs coach, making her the first Black woman with a full-time N.F.L. coaching job, amid increasing scrutiny on the diversity of the league’s hiring.https://nyti.ms/3pmDdis

A Washington Coach Reaches a First for Black Women in the N.F.L.

By BY VICTOR MATHER AND BEN SHPIGEL from NYT Sports Washington promoted Jennifer King to assistant running backs coach, making her the first Black woman with a full-time N.F.L. coaching job, amid increasing scrutiny on the diversity of the league’s hiring.https://nyti.ms/36eWVoQ

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

Larry Fitzgerald Jr.: This Is Not the Minneapolis of My Youth

By Unknown Author from NYT Sports The Arizona Cardinals star wide receiver writes of present-day unrest and recalls a more peaceful time in his hometown. ‘We are not listening to one another.’https://nyti.ms/3h1OOQk

N.F.L. Team Owners Enhance Rooney Rule, but Stop Short of Incentives

By BY KEN BELSON from NYT Sports Tuesday’s vote prevents teams from blocking assistant coaches and executives from interviewing for new jobs. Team owners also rejected a measure to reward teams who hire nonwhite candidates with better draft position.https://nyti.ms/2WJSYnC

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

The Real Cost of Diversifying College Rosters

By BY BILL PENNINGTON from NYT Sports College coaches struggle to find athletes who can’t pay to play elite youth sports. So Amherst College administrators have reconsidered what it takes to recruit.https://nyti.ms/2WWDStE

The N.F.L.’s Minority Head Coaching Ranks are Thinning

By KEN BELSON from NYT Sports Despite the Rooney Rule, enacted in 2003 to enhance opportunities for minority head coaches, white coaches have gotten nearly every job this year.https://nyti.ms/2Rzeqel