A Minneapolis High School Football Team and Its Coach Move On

By BY KURT STREETER from NYT Sports Charles Adams, a former police officer, and the Minneapolis North team are warily moving forward after the Derek Chauvin verdict offered a rebuke to one police killing in their community.https://nyti.ms/3aEtFKo

Minnesota Sports Teams Postpone Games After Shooting

By BY TYLER KEPNER AND SOPAN DEB from NYT Sports With the Minneapolis area on edge, M.L.B., N.B.A. and N.H.L. teams decided they could not play on Monday following the shooting of Daunte Wright.https://nyti.ms/3wMNV5U

Protests Rise After Officer in Tamir Rice Shooting Plays on Football Team

By BY JOHN ELIGON from NYT Sports Timothy Loehmann, who was fired from the Cleveland police force after the shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, has quietly played with a semipro team in Ohio.https://nyti.ms/3pVKJRP

Protests Rise After Officer in Tamir Rice Shooting Plays on Football Team

By BY JOHN ELIGON from NYT Sports Timothy Loehmann, who was fired from the Cleveland police force after the shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, has quietly played with a semipro team in Ohio.https://nyti.ms/2YBI17V

As a Coach and a Cop in Minneapolis, Where Would He Draw the Line?

By BY KURT STREETER AND TIM GRUBER from NYT Sports While his city struggles with the pandemic and wounds laid bare by George Floyd’s killing, Charles Adams embodies the everyday people trying to make change.https://nyti.ms/2Hxf2Nk

Naomi Osaka Pulls Out of French Open

By BY CHRISTOPHER CLAREY from NYT Sports The U.S. Open winner cited a sore hamstring in announcing her decision on Thursday.https://nyti.ms/3kt2aFT

Naomi Osaka Pulls Out of French Open

By BY CHRISTOPHER CLAREY from NYT Sports The U.S. Open winner cited a sore hamstring in announcing her decision on Thursday.https://nyti.ms/3kt2aFT

Naomi Osaka Pulls Out of French Open

By BY AZI PAYBARAH from NYT Sports The U.S. Open winner cited a sore hamstring in announcing her decision on Thursday.https://nyti.ms/3c9TOQz

N.F.L. Season Kicks Off With Protests

By BY KEN BELSON from NYT Sports After an off-season of social turmoil, the Houston Texans chose not to be on the field for the playing of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” and “The Star-Spangled Banner” before the league’s season opener in Kansas City, Mo.https://nyti.ms/2DOGILX

The N.F.L. Pledged to Start on Time. These Changes Made It Happen.

By BY BEN SHPIGEL from NYT Sports The league stuck to plans to open its season on Sept. 10 even as pandemic spikes, player opt-outs and racial unrest forced alterations.https://nyti.ms/35mzbzf

Naomi Osaka Is Steadfast in Winning, and Her Message

By BY BEN ROTHENBERG from NYT Sports After some upsets elsewhere, Osaka has asserted herself as the clear favorite in the top half of the United States Open women’s singles draw.https://nyti.ms/32UHvmW

A Basketball Friendship Became a Tag Team for Social Justice

By BY DOROTHY J. GENTRY from NYT Sports Natasha Cloud of the Mystics and Bradley Beal of the Wizards are leading their teams in a joint push against racism in Washington, D.C.https://nyti.ms/31S9N2k

Bria Hartley Found the Right Fit With the Phoenix Mercury

By BY GINA MIZELL from NYT Sports Hartley, a seventh-year guard, was having a career year for Phoenix before a season-ending injury cut it short. But this year has given her something to build on, even beyond basketball.https://nyti.ms/3be3Srm

‘It Was Challenging’: Bucks Return, Balancing Basketball and Activism

By BY MARC STEIN from NYT Sports “This group wants to do both,” Coach Mike Budenholzer said of pursuing a championship without abandoning the team’s efforts to combat police brutality and systemic racism.https://nyti.ms/2YLAXpK

Why Does the W.N.B.A. #SayHerName? Ask Angel McCoughtry

By BY GINA MIZELL from NYT Sports McCoughtry, a star veteran on the Las Vegas Aces, has been praised for suggesting that the W.N.B.A. include Breonna Taylor’s name on its jerseys.https://nyti.ms/34IG2CV

The Day They Didn’t Play

By BY THE NEW YORK TIMES from NYT Sports A walkout by pro athletes brought several sports to a halt on Wednesday night, and raised the volume on a conversation they were eager to have.https://nyti.ms/2D66knl

The Day They Didn’t Play.

By BY THE NEW YORK TIMES from NYT Sports A walkout by pro athletes brought several sports to a halt on Wednesday night, and raised the volume on a conversation they were eager to have.https://nyti.ms/31zdQQX

N.B.A. Players Will Return to Playoffs After Walkout

By BY MARC STEIN from NYT Sports A protest walkout by the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday triggered similar actions by other N.B.A. and W.N.B.A. teams and across professional baseball, soccer and tennis.https://nyti.ms/2QItgfH

N.B.A. Postpones Playoff Games After Milwaukee Bucks Boycott

By BY MARC STEIN AND SOPAN DEB from NYT Sports N.B.A. players have been speaking out against racism and police brutality, but athletes have wondered whether that would be enough.https://nyti.ms/32xiGO5

Carmelo Anthony Calls Push for Social Justice a ‘Lifelong Fight’

By BY SOPAN DEB from NYT Sports Anthony’s career seemed to be over not long ago. But he has reclaimed the spotlight with the Portland Trail Blazers, and he’s using it for something personal: speaking out about police brutality.https://nyti.ms/30NjgYn