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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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WATCH: Donovan Mitchell Becomes Fourth Player To Score 50 Twice In A Series

In a record-making performance on Sunday night, Jazz star Donavan Mitchell scored 51 points to lead his team to a 129-127 game four win against the Denver Nuggets. With this performance, Mitchell joined an elite…

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WATCH: Luka Doncic Hit Game Winner For Mavericks Against Clippers

In a legend-making performance that caused Twitter to nearly self combust, 21-year-old Dallas Mavericks superstar guard, Luka Doncic had his coming out party by dropping a 43-17-13 on the two seed and presumptive Western Conference Finals…

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Reds Announcer Thom Brennaman Suspended After Using Anti-Gay Slur On Air

During the Red’s second game of a doubleheader against the Kansas City Royals broadcast announcer, Thom Brennaman was caught using a homophobic slur live on air. Brennaman was immediately pulled off the air and the…

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WATCH: Dallas Stars Down Calgary Flames In Six

On Thursday night, the Dallas Stars wrapped up their first-round series against the Calgary Flames in game six with a 7-3 outing behind a four-goal outing from wing Denis Gurianov. After being down three goals…

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Minnesota Timberwolves Win Number One Pick In Draft Lottery

On what has been a dark couple decades for the Timberwolves, having not made the playoffs since the days of Keving Garnett in Minnesota, you cannot ascribe those struggle to lack of draft luck with the…

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Lakers & Bucks Respond After Dropping Game One

It was a historic start for the NBA Playoffs in more ways than one. Despite the fact that this year is unprecedented by default with the bubble situation, the games have actually been interesting as…

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UNC Shuts Down Athletics & Classes One Week Into Return To School

Just one week after returning to class and two days after saying that a COVID-19 outbreak would not affect their plans for restarting athletic programs, the University of North Carolina has announced that they would…

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Astros Rocky Start Continues With Alex Bregman Injury

While the MLB restart has not been the smoothest operation that has ever been executed in sports, the Houston Astros have had a particularly rocky start – they are only behind the two teams which…

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Hornets Suspend Announcer John Focke For Use Of Racial Slur In Tweet

While tweeting about Monday’s game between the Utah Jazz and the Denver Nuggets, Charlotte Hornets announcer John Focke tweeted about his excitement for the game except, in what seemed like a typo, he used the N-word in…

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Former NFL Running Back Derrius Guice Accused Of Rape By Two Women

On Wednesday, former star LSU running back Derrius Guice has been accused of raping two women in 2016 when he was attending LSU. This comes after Guise was cut on August 7 by the Washington…

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