About

William C. Rhoden
William C. Rhoden, the former award-winning sports columnist for The New York Times and author of Forty Million Dollar Slaves, is a writer-at-large for Andscape and a visiting professor at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Professor Rhoden is also the founder of the Rhoden Fellowship, a training program for the next generation of sports journalists from historically Black colleges and universities.
Latest Columns

Andscape at the Olympics: The best and worst of the 2024 Paris Games
William Rhoden
August 13, 2024

Andscape at the Olympics: Discussing order to gymnast Jordan Chiles to return bronze medal
William Rhoden
August 11, 2024

Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown takes his mother on a surreal trip
William Rhoden
June 24, 2024

Willie Mays and the birth of cool in sports
William Rhoden
June 19, 2024

Steve Wilks, Kyle Shanahan and scapegoating Black NFL coaches
William Rhoden
February 26, 2024

The Fritz Pollard Alliance’s new frontier
William Rhoden
February 14, 2024