Brown helped Atlanta win a World Series and fostered the careers of other baseball executives. Now he will lead Houston as M.L.B.’s only Black general manager.
The Dallas Mavericks guard is having the best season of his career. Long media-shy, he’s now opening up about life in the N.B.A. spotlight, and his plans for life after.
Black quarterbacks will lead both teams in Sunday’s Super Bowl. But for much of pro football history, Black players were steered away from the position because of racist assumptions.