“Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing,” a song also known as the Black national anthem, will be performed live or played prior to “The Star Spangled Banner” at each of the NFL’s Week 1 games in 2020, according to the Associated Press, which adds that the league is also considering memorializing victims of police brutality with […]
There have been highs and lows since Mikel Arteta replaced Unai Emery on the Arsenal bench in December. There have been good periods, more difficult ones, positive results and negative ones. The consistency, though, was always missing. Consistency in the performances, in the style of play and of course in the results. Finally, it feels like the […]
The family of Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Andrew Toles was glad he was arrested last week because that meant they knew where he was. Toles, who has struggled with mental illness, was charged in Key West, Florida, with trespassing property after he was found sleeping behind a Federal Express building at the airport and refused to move. “When the […]
LONDON — Ben Chilwell won’t fix Chelsea‘s defending by himself. Frank Lampard has serious designs on a Premier League title challenge next season, but the Blues must surely target further reinforcements at the back for that to become a reality. That’s not to say Chilwell isn’t a fine player. He is valued in excess of £60 million as a result […]
Colorado Rockies outfielder Ian Desmond, who is opting out of playing this season, says baseball is “failing” in helping minorities, especially children, to play and advance in the sport. In a series of Instagram posts Monday, Desmond said he has been sharing more of his thoughts and experiences as a biracial man since George Floyd’s death on […]
Emoni Bates, widely considered the best high school prospect in more than a decade, announced his commitment to Michigan State on Monday. Bates also announced his plans for his final two years of high school; he will attend a new prep school that his father, Elgin, is opening this fall. “Coach [Tom] Izzo and Coach [Mike] Garland […]
Cam Newton is reportedly signing a one-year deal with New England, worth up to $7.5 million The New England Patriots have reportedly reached an agreement with former National Football League MVP Cam Newton, according to multiple reports Sunday night. The former Carolina Panthers quarterback will now step into the mix to compete for the chance […]
The tour honors George Floyd with a moment of silence as pro golf returns at the Charles Schwab Challenge. FORT WORTH, Texas — The start was even more quiet than usual for a Thursday morning on the PGA Tour, only the silence never left over the next 12 hours as golf was back to business […]
It’s far from a novel concept these days to bring attention to oneself in combat sports by calling out pay-per-view king Conor McGregor and challenging him to a fight. Whether you are UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman or even Hall of Fame boxer Oscar De La Hoya, the mere mention of the brash Irishman’s name […]
Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns has become the latest public face in the fight against the coronavirus after revealing in an emotional video late Tuesday night that his mother has been hospitalized for the past week and is dealing with health complications from what he believes to be COVID-19. Towns did not say in the […]