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Naomi Osaka Won’t Play In W&S Semi In Protest Of The Jacob Blake Shooting

On her Twitter account Wednesday, Naomi Osaka announced that she would be boycotting playing in the Western & Southern Tournament semi-finals to protest police brutality in the wake of the shooting of Jacob Blake, an unarmed…

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Legendary Georgetown Basketball Coach John Thompson Jr. Dies At 78

On Sunday, it was announced that legendary Georgetown basketball coach John Thompson Jr. died at the age of 78. Thompson led the school to a 1984 national championship, a team that featured NBA legend Patrick…

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Nugget’s Jamal Murray Drops 50 To Take Jazz To Game Seven

The first round series between the Jazz and Nuggets has been highlighted by gaudy stat lines and finals scores. There has not been as many highlights on the defensive end of the floor. The series…

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NFL Teams Cancel Practice On Friday And Ravens Release Powerful BLM Statement

Following a week of protests across all major sports, some NFL teams are canceling practice for the second day in a row to protest the shooting of unarmed black man, Jacob Blake. One team among…

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Michael Jordan Acts As Go-Between For Players & Owners

When the NBA shut down on Saturday the restart seemed to be up in the air for a 12-hour period. Players were understandably upset by the shooting of another unarmed black man by police and…

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NFL Teams Cancel Practice In Wake Of Jacob Blake Shooting

In what became a national boycott of sports on Wednesday, spurred on by the Milwaukee Bucks’ boycotting game five of their first-round series against the Orlando Magic, many NFL teams decided to cancel practices for…

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NBA Players Stage Powerful Boycotts In The Wake Of Jacob Blake Shooting

After some confusion before game five between the Orlando Magic and Milwaukee Bucks when the Bucks failed to come out to the court for a shootaround, it was rapidly reported that the team was mulling…

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WATCH: Clippers Coach Doc Rivers Makes Emotional Statement On Jacob Blake Shooting – ‘We’re The Ones Getting Killed’

After the Clippers game five blowout win over the Dallas Mavericks 154-111, Clippers coach Doc Rivers gave emotional post-game comments about the shooting of Jacob Blake that happened earlier this week. “What stands out to me is…

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Clippers’ Paul George Over His ‘Depression’ In Game 5 Against The Mavericks

Let me throw a stat line at you for a currently unnamed player: 19 points, six rebounds, three assists on 37 percent from the field and 27 percent from three. Now imagine that this player…

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Vikings LB Cameron Smith Has Open Heart Surgery After COVID Test Reveals Defect

Earlier this month, Vikings LB Cameron Smith revealed on his Instagram account that a COVID-19 test revealed a dangerous heart condition that caused one of his aortic valves to be very enlarged. This condition likely would…

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LeBron James Calls For Social Change In The Wake Of Jacob Blake Shooting

The NBA bubble has given the league and the players an opportunity to bring issues of social justice and racial discrimination to a national platform. Following the Lakers’ game four win over the Portland Trail…

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76ers Fire Coach Brett Brown Following Sweep

After game four between the Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 78ers ended, it was apparent that changes were coming for Philly. Boston having just swept the Sixers, ended what was a disastrous season for Philly. Instead…

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Patriots Re-Sign Kicker Nick Folk To Compete With Rookie Justin Rohrwasser 

As a Patriots fan one of my most vivid memories of watching them play for the past 15 years (besides the three Super Bowls) is when Stephen Gostkowski went from an incredibly consistent kicker to mediocre almost…

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Ravens Cut Earl Thomas After He Reportedly Punched Chuck Clark, Lamar Jackson Sidelined

Just three weeks before the start of the NFL’s regular-season, the Baltimore Ravens have cut Pro-Bowl talent Earl Thomas for “personal conduct that has adversely affected” the team. Multiple reports said that Thomas punched fellow starting…

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NFL Hall Of Famer Jerome Bettis Files Racial Discrimination Lawsuit

On Thursday, former Pittsburgh Steelers star Jerome Bettis announced he had filed  a racial discrimination lawsuit over a business deal that energy drink EQT backed out of with Bettis and his brother John’s trucking company,…

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