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.
Tag: National Football League
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A Skeptic in Football Paradise
The festivities leading up to the Super Bowl are full of fun and feel-good stories. But they obscure the harsh reality of the N.F.L.’s dangerous game.
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One Celebration the Super Bowl Will Lack: The Hiring of Black Coaches
For the first time, the starting quarterbacks are Black. And there has been a surge of Black team executives. But those milestones are overshadowed by a lagging record on hiring Black coaches.
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Hurts and Mahomes Show There’s More Than One Way to a Super Bowl
Philadelphia’s Jalen Hurts and Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes played different styles successfully on the way to becoming the first two Black quarterbacks to face each other in a Super Bowl.
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Joe Klecko’s Hall of Fame Election Recalls Bygone Jets Era
The Jets did not make a single playoff appearance in the 1970s, but Klecko, as part of a defensive foursome called the Sack Exchange, helped the team rise in the 1980s as its leader.