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Giancarlo Stanton, CC Sabathia Among MLB Stars in Emotional Black Lives Matter Video
In recent weeks, we’ve seen black athletes in nearly every sport use their platforms to speak out against racial inequality and assert that Black Lives Matter, and in their own efforts to “be the change,” we now have MLB stars following suit. In a video featuring familiar faces like Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Andrew McCutchen, Los…
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Dr. Fauci Suggests COVID-19 Could Force Sports Leagues to Skip the Season: 'Safety Trumps Everything'
Dr. Anthony Fauci is kind of a big deal. As the longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who moonlights as the Justin Timberlake of Trump’s coronavirus task force boy band, anything that comes out of his mouth is as good as gold. So if he says there’s no Santa Claus,…
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No Ballparks, No Problem: Jackie Robinson Day Will Be Celebrated Across Every Major League Baseball Platform
For 364 days out of the year, I ignore Major League Baseball entirely. But every April 15, I make it a point to partake in Jackie Robinson Day, which commemorates the historic moment that Robinson became the first black player to integrate the major leagues in 1947. Since officially becoming a thing in 2004, the…
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For God So Loved the World That He Gave Us NBA League Pass, NFL Game Pass for Free During the Coronapocalypse
I believe it was the great poet laureate Talib Kweli who once said, “Life without knowledge is death in disguise.” And while that might hold true, there are plenty of black men scattered throughout Trump’s America and the rest of the world who feel the exact same way without access to professional sports. Thankfully, our…
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March Madness the Latest in Coronavirus Cancellations
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has set off an unprecedented streak of cancellations. The NBA and NHL have all suspended their seasons and now the NCAA is the next sports organization to follow suit. The Detroit Free Press reports that as a result of the ongoing outbreak, the NCAA has cancelled all remaining tournaments for the…
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Thanks to the Coronavirus, We Now Live in a World Without NBA Basketball
Just when we thought things with the coronavirus could not get any worse, the swiftly spreading pandemic has continued its disruptive path through all facets of our everyday life. Businesses are encouraging employees to work from home, major events and conferences are being shut down, and now a basketball fan’s worst nightmare has occurred. That…
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Boston Red Sox Legend David ‘Big Papi’ Ortiz Said to Be Resting After 2nd Surgery in Boston
Legendary Boston Red Sox slugger David “Big Papi” Ortiz was “resting comfortably” Tuesday after undergoing a second surgery in Boston to repair wounds he received after being shot in the back in his native Dominican Republic Sunday night. The retired power hitter was sitting in a nightclub Sunday night when a gunman rode up on…
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Papa John Schnatter Says He Was 'Pushed' To Use the N-Word That Ended His Career
Embattled pizza chain founder John “Papa John” Schnatter says that he used the word “nigger” on a company conference call because he was working with an agency that was “promoting that vocabulary.” In the days since Schnatter admitted to the racist mea culpa, his reputation and that of the Louisville, Ky.,-based company has slid into…
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The Cleveland Indians Are Getting Rid of Racist Logo but Sticking to Racist Name
It is not lost on this writer that the name of the stadium where the Cleveland Indians play is “Progressive.” Why? Because the name of the team that plays there and its mascot are anything but. In fact, the fire-engine-red, big-nosed caricature is … what’s the word that white folks hate again? … oh yeah,…