Bogus research on discrimination in NY Times

My latest op-ed is out in today's Washington Times:

The NBA has the best record in professional sports in hiring black coaches. But the New York Times got that record wrong late last March in a 2,200-word front-page story.

The Times' study of the past 15 years found evidence of discrimination against black coaches. A white coach, the paper claimed, typically gets to coach "50 percent longer [than a black coach] and has most of an extra season to prove himself." Discrimination is abhorrent, and the Times' evidence of discrimination caused real, understandable anger in sports pages across the nation.

Yet there are serious problems with the evidence. . . .