The Oakland Athletics have decided not to play their series finale at Texas to show support for calls for racial justice.
Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff said Thursday that NBA protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, are “absurd and silly” when compared with the league’s relative silence about human rights violations in China, where U.S. pro basketball has a large audience.
A person with knowledge of the situation says NBA players decided Thursday that they want to continue the season, coming to that consensus one day after three postseason games were postponed in a protest of racial injustice.
The Phoenix City Council agreed Wednesday to pay a settlement to a Black couple who had police officers point guns at them in front…
ABC Columbia interview- image Columbia, SC (Associated Press) –Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin is part of a group of Mayors that are suing the federal government over what they are calling a ‘public safety threat’. Wednesday Mayor Benjamin joined the Mayors of San Jose California as well as Syracuse, new York to announce the new lawsuit aimed at seeking a court…
The WNBA will not play its three games Wednesday night following the shooting of Jacob Blake over the weekend.
Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Mackensie Alexander was jailed Wednesday on a charge of misdemeanor battery after deputies say he beat up a man shortly after returning to Florida to help search for his missing father.
The jokes write themselves: The Jacksonville Jaguars are going to play home games in front of a significantly reduced number of fans this season.
Weather officials say Hurricane Laura is forecast to rapidly power up into a “catastrophic” Category 4 hurricane.
Two people died and one person was injured as shots were fired late Tuesday in Kenosha after Jacob Blake shooting.
