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Stephen Jackson 'embracing' new role as vocal leader after friend George Floyd's death When NBA journeyman Stephen Jackson met George Floyd -- a 6-foot-6 former basketball player himself -- for the first time, the resemblance between the two was so striking that both figured they might be related. "The first thing we both say: 'Man, who's your ...
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Cowboys Franchise Five: Cowboys greats who rank atop the legends who've walked the halls in Dallas Allow me to set the scene. You're Tom Cruise, and the only way to save the world is to rappel downward from a ventilation shaft into a room with heat and pressure sensors to acquire data from one of the most secure servers on the planet. His mission was as ...
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MAQB: Rookies Are Way Behind on Signing; Justyn Ross's Surgery Is Big NFL News; More With more important matters ongoing in our world, here's some football for you guys … joe-burrow-replay-review-justyn-ross. Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports; Scott R. Galvin-USA TODAY Sports; Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports. • Want a motivator ...
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Atlanta Hawks' Trae Young speaks at peaceful protest in Oklahoma NORMAN, Okla. -- NBA All-Star Trae Young spoke at a peaceful protest of racial injustice and police brutality in his hometown on Monday. Young, the former University of Oklahoma star who now plays for the Atlanta Hawks, briefly addressed several hundred ...
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Updated: MW Speaks Out Against Racial Injustice, Acts of Violence From the desk of Javan Hedlund/MW Conference. The Mountain West Conference Board of Directors issued a statement concerning recent unrest in cities around the United States: mwstatement. The Mountain West Board of Directors (BOD) wrapped up its ...
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Ex-Kings call suspended announcer Grant Napear clown, 'closet racist,' after 'all lives matter' tweet Sacramento Kings announcer Grant Napear has been suspended from his radio show after a Twitter confrontation with DeMarcus Cousins over the "Black Lives Matter" movement. The trouble started for Napear when he responded to a prompt from former ...
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MLB could shrink season to 50 games if no deal reached with players How short a baseball season is too short a baseball season? Latest White Sox Talk. Tim Anderson: 'This problem is bigger than baseball' · Is a 50-game baseball season too short a baseball season? Tim Anderson: 'You have to show the good, the bad and ...
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The MLB Season Hangs in the Balance Amid Critical Week of Negotiations The calendar has now rolled over from May to June, the month that could possibly see the first organized baseball activity since mid-March. However, there is a lot to accomplish—and fast. It took five days, but the Players Association finally sent an official ...
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Knicks owner James Dolan defends not releasing statement after George Floyd's death, widespread protests Countless players, coaches, teams and organizations across the sports world have released statements in recent days following the death of George Floyd and the massive protests that have ensued in cities across the country. The New York Knicks, however, ...
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Does the Best Path to a Title For the Nuggets Mean Breaking Up the Core? Long time readers of Sports Illustrated who are also weirdly devoted to what I have to say will know the Nuggets are my team. I've picked them to make the Finals two years in a row. Their superstar center Nikola Jokic was rocking a quarantine body way ...
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Mitchell Trubisky Has Taken Bears QB Competition 'Head-On,' Says HC Matt Nagy Chicago Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky is not intimidated by a quarterback competition with Nick Foles, head coach Matt Nagy said on Monday's episode of NFL Network's Good Morning Football. "(Trubisky) has been really, really good in the fact that ...
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READ: Saints, Pelicans owner Gayle Benson issues George Floyd statement New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner Gayle Benson became the latest high-profile member of the professional sports community to condemn the actions of police officers that resulted in the death of George Floyd last week. Benson opened her public ...
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Players skip training after union impasse with MLS Players from several Major League Soccer teams skipped voluntary workouts Monday after the league and the players' association hit an impasse on an agreement that would clear the way for a tournament this summer in Florida. A person with knowledge of ...
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What sports can't do for America's reckoning with racial injustice A week ago, a black man died after a white police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes. Bystanders took video of the assault, which was both shocking and familiar in how it fits a pattern of often fatal police brutality against black civilians. Over the ...
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Scott Boras to pay salaries of released minor league clients Across the league, scores of minor leaguers have been released in recent days. Already overworked and underpaid, these players are now left without any kind of reliable income during a pandemic, and during a time of civil unrest. Jon Heyman reports that ...
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North Carolina Courage will face Portland Thorns to kick off NWSL Challenge Cup on June 27 Two-time defending champion North Carolina Courage will play former two-time champion Portland Thorns on the opening day of the National Women's Soccer League Challenge Cup, highlighting the June 27 return of professional team sports in the United ...
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Hamilton slams F1 silence on racial injustice, drivers react By Alan Baldwin. LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One drivers followed Lewis Hamilton's lead on Monday after the six-times world champion criticised his sport's silence over the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died after a white U.S. police ...
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LSU Football Set to Play Host to Southern, Grambling in 2022, 2023 Seasons The 2022 and 2023 seasons for LSU football will continue to add some Louisiana flair as the program announced Monday the Tigers would be hosting Southern in 2022 and Grambling in 2023. LSU will take on Southern in Death Valley on Sept. 10, 2022 with ...
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NY Jets' Jamal Adams on 'injustices in America,' death of George Floyd: 'Stop killing us' New York Jets star Jamal Adams issued a statement Monday night, reacting to the murder of George Floyd and the continuing protests and unrest throughout the country. "It's disgusting that we don't have time to deal with our trauma before the next tragedy," ...
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Xavier Worthy Names Top 6, Includes Georgia Football The Georgia Bulldogs have made the final group of six for one of their main receiver targets in the class of 2021 Xavier Worthy. Xavier Worthy is a 4-Star receiver out of Fresno, California and Georgia will be fighting off Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Michigan, and ...
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Messi is right: Soccer will never be the same again after COVID-19 It's plain to see that the world of soccer has changed: fans are no longer in stadiums, teams are taking extra precautions while training and some leagues have not formulated a return to action. These may seem like temporary adjustments for the pandemic, but ...
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Boxer Floyd Mayweather to pay for George Floyd's funeral Former boxing champion Floyd Mayweather has offered to pay for George Floyd's funeral and memorial services, and the family has accepted the offer. Mayweather personally has been in touch with the family, according to Leonard Ellerbe, the CEO of ...
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Chargers' Damion Square: Re-signs with Chargers Square re-signed with the Chargers on Monday, Daniel Popper of The Athletic reports. Despite suffering a back injury midway through the 2019 season, Square managed to appear in all 16 games for Los Angeles. The defensive tackle recorded 27 tackles ...
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Rangers release 37 minor league players, including journeyman Austin Bibens-Dirkx ARLINGTON — The Rangers joined the trend of clubs releasing waves of minor league players on Monday. In truth, though, it was pretty much business as usual. The Rangers released 37 players Monday, their first moves since mid-March. A year ago, the ...
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Sancho Not Booked for Floyd Protest, Slogans Being Reviewed, Says DFB (Reuters) - Borussia Dortmund winger Jadon Sancho was not booked for his protest against the death of American George Floyd by a policeman but because he removed his shirt during the game, the German Football Association (DFB) clarified on Monday.
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Coutinho wants Premier League return, claims agent Philippe Coutinho is aiming to return to the Premier League, according to his agent Kia Joorabchian. Coutinho was a star at Liverpool, yet failed to establish himself at Barcelona following a €145million move in January 2018. The Brazil playmaker ...
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STEVE DeSHAZO: "Complicated" Armstrong documentary takes us on a wild ride Documentaries that chronicle the careers of relentless, unapologetic former superstar athletes didn't end with the final episode of "The Last Dance." For the past two Sunday nights, ESPN followed the conclusion of the look back at Michael Jordan's final ...
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Wright: Jon Jones continues to show love for Albuquerque With apologies to "Casablanca:" A difficult customer, this Jon "Bones" Jones. One never knows what he'll do, or why. Sometimes, though, the why doesn't matter — only the what. Monday, Jones, an Albuquerque resident and arguably the greatest MMA fighter ...
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NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar defends nationwide protests in op-ed In a powerful op-ed in Saturday's Los Angeles Times, former NBA star and social activist Kareem Abdul-Jabbar writes about racism and being black in America. In it, he says what the country is seeing is people pushed to the edge and he urges everyone to ...
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USC men's basketball assistant coach Perry Clark to retire COLUMBIA, S.C. — University of South Carolina men's basketball assistant Perry Clark announced on Monday that he will be retiring. Clark coached at USC for the past seven seasons, including the 2016-2017 season where the Gamecocks advanced to the ...
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Report: XFL bidder 'very capable' of restarting league Last week, ESPN's Kevin Seifert and other outlets confirmed that WWE chairman and former XFL owner Vince McMahon would not try to repurchase the failed football league in bankruptcy court. It appears the XFL may still find a third life via new ownership.
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Sancho nets hat-trick, joins US killing protest as Dortmund cruise England winger Jadon Sancho scored a hat-trick and revealed a "Justice for George Floyd" protest message in Borussia Dortmund's 6-1 rout of bottom side Paderborn on Sunday that trimmed Bayern Munich's lead at the top of the Bundesliga to seven points.
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Cash-strapped clubs set to beg stars to take huge pay cuts next season over coronavirus losses FOOTBALL stars throughout the English game face the prospect of being asked to take mass pay cuts next season. Clubs in all four divisions will ask players to do their bit as the financial disaster bites even harder.
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George Floyd death: Liverpool players take knee in picture at Anfield Liverpool players took a knee around the centre circle at Anfield in a message of support following the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd in Minneapolis. The picture featuring 29 Reds players came with the caption "Unity is strength.
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