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Mookie Betts Newest Baseball Star To Ink $300+ Million Contract
Recently acquired star outfielder Mookie Betts inked a 12-year $365 million extension with the LA Dodgers on Wednesday. Betts having been traded to the Dodgers by the Boston Red Sox in February for what felt…
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Business Owners Speak Out On Impact Of No Fans In Stadiums
With the MLB and NBA seasons preparing to restart in the next few weeks with no fans in attendance, many team owners have started to speak out about the financial impacts having no ticket sales…
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Widespread Kneeling Seen Across MLB On Opening Day
With the 2020 MLB season starting on Thursday the league kicked things off with two games between the New York and Yankees and the Washington Nationals followed by a west coast matchup between the Los…
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Antonio Brown Shows Frustration With NFL Investigation Contradicting Monday’s “Retirement”
On his Instagram account Wednesday, NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown blasted the NFL calling for them to wrap up an investigation they were conducting into the sexual assault allegations levied against him by Brown’s former…
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NBA Installs Timeout Chairs For Games In Orlando
In the newest of a series of stringent moves that the NBA has made in order to enforce social distancing in the NBA Orlando bubble, the league has installed movable timeout chairs so that the…
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NBA To Have Black Lives Matter Printed On Orlando Courts
Displays of solidarity from the NBA for the Black Lives Matter Movement continue. When the league unveiled the courts that games will be played on during the Orlando restart, the words “Black Lives Matter” were…
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Giannis Antetokounmpo Reveals He Had Access To A Hoop During Quarantine, Despite Comments
Bucks forward, and presumptive 2020 NBA MVP, Giannis Antetokounmpo revealed after Tuesday’s practice in Orlando that he did in fact have access to a hoop during the months-long quarantine that the country went through earlier this year.…
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NBA Reports Zero Positive Tests In Bubble
The NBA and NBAPA said on Monday that the last week of tests, starting July 13, have yielded zero positive tests of the 346 players tested. This is encouraging news since the first scrimmages of…
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Mark Cuban Goes After ‘National Anthem Police’ & Sen. Ted Cruz
Over the course of Sunday and Monday, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban went after, as he put them, the “National Anthem Police” who have been criticizing the NBA for kneeling during the national anthem. This,…
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Texans’ Kenny Stills Has Charges Dropped After Protest
Kenny Stills had his felony charges dropped on Friday after participating in a protest on Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron‘s lawn, to get him to charge the officers who shot Breonna Taylor after barging into…
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Las Vegas Raiders Owner Mark Davis Says All Fans Or No Fans
In comments that he made to ESPN, Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis, expressed frustration with the NFL’s lax approach to the COVID-19 crisis. The NFL has had several issues to iron out including player…
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Several San Francisco Giants Kneel During National Anthem
San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler along with four other players took a knee and put their hands on each other’s shoulders during the national anthem before a preseason game against the Oakland Athletics. This does…
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NFL Offers Zero Preseason Games to NFLPA
Over the past week, the NFL has gained momentum in negotiations over policies regarding the league’s return to play for the 2020 NFL season. One of the biggest points of contention has been between the…
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Antonio Brown Announces Retirement on Twitter
In what has been a frankly bizarre past 12 months for Antonio Brown that has seen him wear out his welcome in Oakland before playing a single game, getting cut from the Patriots after criticizing owner Robert…
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72 Positive COVID-19 Tests Recorded Among NFL Players
As of July 10, an NFLPA database shows that 72 NFL players have tested positive for COVID-19. The NFLPA is now making this sort of information available. It also includes which cities the “hot-spots” in…
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