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(Sport Illustrated) – Jamal Crawford, a 21-year NBA veteran and three-time Sixth Man of the Year, announced his retirement from the game of basketball on his personal Twitter account on Monday morning. “’Goodbye to the game, all the spoils the adrenaline rush.’ Thank you basketball, I owe you everything,” Crawford wrote in the tweet. Crawford […]
(Yahoo Sports) – The 2022 Major League Baseball season will not start on time, according to commissioner Rob Manfred. “I had hoped against hope that I would not have to have this particular press conference in which I am going to cancel some regular-season games,” Manfred said Tuesday afternoon. MLB players association executive director Tony […]
Rise is coming to Disney+ in 2022, and the streaming platform just announced some more details surrounding the film. Uche and Ral Agada play Giannis and Thanasis Antetokounmpo in the movie. The Milwaukee Bucks recently won the NBA Championship and received their rings. Hot on the heels of that tremendous run, Disney has shown the world what this emotional story […]
(AP) – “Masaka” — or, in English, “No way.” That’s how an incredulous Japan reacted Tuesday to the unexpectedly early loss of Naomi Osaka at the Tokyo Olympics, erasing her chances for gold. And people quickly turned to an outpouring of sympathy. “Watching you gave me courage. You don’t have to win a medal. Watching […]
(Yahoo Sports) – Simone Biles was pulled from the team competition here Tuesday after an awkward, low-scoring attempt on vault, leaving the United States without its biggest star in what ultimately proved to be a silver-medal finish behind Russia’s gold. Biles bailed out on her expected vault, attempting just a Yurchenko 1.5. She still needed a […]
(Today) – Sha’Carri Richardson can’t be with Team USA at the Olympic Games this week, but that doesn’t mean fans of the track star won’t be able to see her shine. Just as the competition kicks off in Tokyo, Richardson is taking part in a new campaign, nearly three weeks after a failed drug test left her out of the […]
(Yahoo) – ESPN and Maria Taylor, an up-and-coming on-air personality, have parted ways in the wake of an internal controversy that spilled into the public arena and drew new scrutiny of diversity policies at the Disney-owned sports-media giant. “There is no doubt we will miss Maria, but we remain determined to continue to build a deep and […]
(NBC News) – “Ted Lasso” star Jason Sudeikis showed solidarity with three English soccer players who have been targeted by racist abuse on social media, arriving at a premiere event Thursday in a black sweatshirt bearing their first names. The three players — Bukayo Saka, Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho — were hit by a wave […]
(Fox News) – U.S. Olympian Gwen Berry tweeted her support for a handful of England’s soccer stars after they were racially abused online following their loss to Italy at the European Championship. Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka were on the receiving end of racist taunts on Facebook, Instagram and other social media platforms. Berry, the […]
(NBC News) – ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith apologized overnight after receiving backlash for his remarks about Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani’s use of an interpreter. “I never intend to offend ANY COMMUNITY, particularly the Asian Community — and especially SHOHEI Ohtani, himself,” Smith wrote in an apology late Monday. “As an African-American, keenly aware of […]
