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Jaguars’ Shahid Khan joins players during anthem protest in first game since...
Less than three hours after President #Trump called on NFL owners to suspend or fire players who protest during the national anthem, the #Baltimore Ravens and Jacksonville Jaguars — the first teams to...
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From Freddie Gray through Ray Lewis, Baltimore at the center of NFL anthem...
Sunday morning, football fans here will awake, put on a pot of coffee and don the jersey of their favorite Raven — assuming they haven’t already burned it. As they approach M&T Bank Stadium from......
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Cavaliers’ Dan Gilbert on racist emails after LeBron James’s Trump tweet
Last Saturday, LeBron James pulled no punches after #President Trump said Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors were no longer welcome to celebrate their NBA title at the White House. He called...
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Roger Goodell: NFL to discuss national anthem controversy next week
The NFL will discuss at an upcoming meeting the nationwide dispute over whether players must stand during the national anthem, Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a copy of a memo obtained by CNBC. In...
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Op Ed: Kneeling Protocol –‘For God’s Sake’
by The Reverend Dr. Britt Minshall KNEELING – Man’s Oldest Ceremony The history of kneeling goes back long before written history. We know of verbal accounts from Mesopotamia, clear back to 3000 BC and...
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How Trump hurts America
by Brent Budowsky I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. These......
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Gay fans warned holding hands at Russia World Cup will be dangerous
LGBT fans will be warned about holding hands in public and other outward displays of affection when in Russia for the World Cup next summer. A cautionary guide will be produced by Fare – formerly......
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Russia banned from Winter Olympics over state-sponsored doping
Russia’s Olympic Committee has been banned from next year’s #Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and ordered to pay $15m in costs after making what the International Olympic Committee called an...
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Stylist’s Lawsuit Rocks NFL Network, Leading to 6 Suspensions
Six current and former NFL Network employees, five of them former N.F.L. players, were suspended by their employers after they were named in a lawsuit claiming they had sexually harassed and assaulted...
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Golden State Warriors’ Go-to Guy Doesn’t Play a Minute
NEW ORLEANS — Late in the fourth quarter of the Golden State Warriors’ game against the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday night, Eric Housen sensed that something was amiss as he sorted through gear in......
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Tom Brady’s Midlife Crisis
It is difficult to age gracefully. Ask anyone approaching 40, or well past it. Most of us get to grapple with that milestone before a limited and understanding audience. Professional athletes, of...
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Devastated Steve Smith breaks down during apology for ball tampering scandal...
Steve Smith, struggling to contain his emotions and at one point breaking down completely, faced the cameras for the first time since being stripped of the Australian #cricket captaincy to issue a...
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Cristiano Ronaldo: ‘Playstation goal’ for Real Madrid against Juventus in...
He’d already scored a record 118 Champions League goals but this one was different. Cristiano Ronaldo’s soaring, otherworldly overhead kick from the clouds elicited a standing ovation from the...
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World Cup, and Politics, the Ugly Stain on the Beautiful Game!
by Ahmed Tharwat Every four years, the month of June becomes a month of magic and spectacle around the world. It’s FIFA World Cup time! And for millions of people around the world, and a... Read More
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Boris Becker defends his diplomatic status in passport row
Boris Becker has insisted he takes his duties as a diplomat for the Central African Republic seriously, despite the country’s foreign secretary saying the tennis player’s passport is fake. The German...
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Two women on list of 20 best-paid BBC stars after equality drive
The BBC is facing a backlash after revealing that just two of its top 20 most highest-paid stars are women, despite the corporation’s efforts to address its significant on-air gender pay gap. The BBC...
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Staying Out of the Way
by Denis G. Campbell MLB’s Boston Red Sox Manager Alex Cora is changing baseball management. His team is 68-30 at the All Star break, 4.5 games ahead of their rivals the New York Yankees. They... Read...
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Ben Stokes acted like ‘football hooligan’ in Bristol brawl, court told
England cricketer Ben Stokes was behaving like a “football hooligan” as he punched an Afghanistan war veteran to the floor while the man “had his hands up” during a late-night street brawl in Bristol,...
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Serena Williams is being policed for her blackness
by David A. Love In the 21st century, black people are still subjected to forms of racial discrimination that feel — and should be — things of the past. White standards of beauty still dictate... Read...
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Bloodhound 1,000mph car hits skids as project enters administration
Plans to build a British jet-powered car to speed at more than 1,000mph through the desert have hit quicksand, after the company behind the Bloodhound project entered administration. The dream of an...
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