<p>The Oxford Dictionary doesn&#8217;t mince words.</p>
<p>&#8220;<strong>Redskin</strong> — a North American Indian. DATED, OFFENSIVE&#8221;</p>
<p>You never hear anyone use the word now in any other context than identifying a National Football League team, the Washington Redskins.</p>
<p>Soon, you may not even hear that.</p>
<p>“&#8217;We came up with a couple of names — two of them I really like,&#8217; Redskins Coach Ron Rivera said Saturday, one day after the team announced it is undergoing &#8216;a thorough review&#8217; of the name the franchise has had since 1933,&#8221; The <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/07/06/redskins-new-name-redtails-warriors/">Washington Post</a> reported.</p>
<blockquote><p>Rivera declined to reveal the possibilities but said he believes the most important criteria for a new name is that it is respectful of Native American culture and traditions and also is a tribute to the military. He indicated Snyder agrees with that sentiment. Warriors could fit the bill.</p>
<p>On his podcast Friday, The Team 980’s Kevin Sheehan said he had it “on pretty good authority” that the leading contender for the replacement name is Warriors.</p>
<p>“I don’t think that’s a reveal by any stretch,” Sheehan said. “I think people do know that the Redskins have marked Washington Warriors just in case and that this has been the way. … I would bet big money on the Warriors being the new name for the football team.”</p></blockquote>
<p>The Post listed a slew of &#8220;other potential names,&#8221; including:</p>
<p><strong>Redtails</strong> — &#8220;The Redtails nickname was used by the Tuskegee Airmen, the nation’s first African American aerial combat unit, who broke the color barrier during World War II,&#8221; the D.C. paper said.</p>
<p>Dwayne Haskins Jr., the new quarterback for the Washington team, supports the name, writing on Twitter: &#8220;I like the redtails.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I like the redtails 🤔 <a href="https://t.co/DLSWsUcldp">https://t.co/DLSWsUcldp</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Dwayne Haskins, Jr (@dh_simba7) <a href="https://twitter.com/dh_simba7/status/1279186285882728450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 3, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><strong>Pigskins</strong> — A football is sometimes called a &#8220;pigskin&#8221; because they were originally animal bladders covered with leather and then inflated. Additionally, the offensive line of the Washington team has long been called the &#8220;Hogs&#8221; in honor of the huge linemen during the 1980s and early 1990s, who helped the team win three Super Bowl championships.</p>
<p><strong>Americans</strong> — The name would dovetail with Washington&#8217;s Major League Baseball team, the Nationals. “Well, you’ve got the Nationals. What about the Americans?” Kevin Gover, director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian, said in 2013. &#8220;You know in the 17th and 18th centuries when a European writer referred to Americans, they were not talking about the colonialists. They were talking about the Native Americans. And that’s how they were referred to. Even scientific literature at the time comparing the different races said, well, you’ve got Africans, you got Asians, you got Europeans and you’ve got Americans. It’s a much more inclusive term. So if you had a Native American image but the team was called the Americans, that starts to feel like something more like an honor. You’re not being singled out; you’re being included.”</p>
<p>The Post included a list of &#8220;honorable mentions, including names submitted by readers: Rainbows, Dee Cees, Swamp, Red Jackets, Rough Riders, Veterans, Federals, Monuments, Sentinels, Defenders.&#8221;</p>
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Washington Redskins May Have Already Picked Out New Name: Report

Redskins

Sports

Washington D.C.

<p>A 94-year-old Holocaust survivor invited DeSean Jackson to visit Nazi concentration camps after the Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver posted an anti-Semitic quote to Instagram on Monday.</p>
<p>Edward Mosberg penned an open letter to Jackson on Tuesday after Jackson shared a quote alleging a Jewish conspiracy to oppress black people. According to <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29422431/eagles-desean-jackson-says-hate-jewish-community-posting-anti-semitic-messages">ESPN</a>, the since-deleted quote that Jackson wrongly attributed to Adolf Hitler claimed white Jews &#8220;will blackmail America. [They] will extort America, their plan for world domination won&#8217;t work if the Negroes know who they were.&#8221; Jackson also expressed admiration for Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.</p>
<p>Mosberg&#8217;s response was shared by the official Twitter account of From The Depths, a millennial-run organization that &#8220;aims to preserve the memory of the Holocaust and to give a name to those who were brutally murdered,&#8221; according to its website. Mosberg is an honorary chairman of the organization, the name of which is a reference to Psalm 130.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Powerful invite of Holocaust Survivor Edward Mosberg to <a href="https://twitter.com/DeSeanJackson10?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DeSeanJackson10</a> inviting him to visit Auschwitz, after his disgraceful post quoting Hitler. <a href="https://t.co/nqEtxwDlni">pic.twitter.com/nqEtxwDlni</a></p>
<p>— Jonny Daniels (@MrJonnyDaniels) <a href="https://twitter.com/MrJonnyDaniels/status/1280568935428087814?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 7, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;Almost my entire family was murdered by the German Nazis during the Holocaust,&#8221; Mosberg began. &#8220;I survived multiple German Nazi death camps, including the Mauthausen concentration camp, my late wife was a survivor of Auschwitz-Birkenau.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mosberg went on to express gratitude for the opportunity to establish himself in the United States after immigrating &#8220;without a penny to my name,&#8221; and condemned Jackson for using a quote he attributed to Hitler:</p>
<blockquote><p>Your post on Instagram quoting Adolf Hitler, the man behind one of the most evil regimes this world has ever known and responsible for the deaths of over 6 million Jews, including my dear parents and sisters, as well as 2 million ethnic Poles and millions of other nationalities and minorities, is heartbreaking and so deeply wrong. The Allied Forces, including American troops, carrying with them American flags, fought valiantly and suffered unspeakable losses to stop this evil, the same man you quote!</p></blockquote>
<p>Mosberg concluded his letter by inviting Jackson to &#8220;join me at the sites of these German Nazi death camps, to understand what evil truly is, and why sharing quotes of the man behind this evil is so offensive to us all.&#8221;</p>
<p>From The Depths founder Jonny Daniels told <a href="https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/holocaust-survivor-invites-eagles-desean-jackson-to-auschwitz-634227">The Jerusalem Post</a>, &#8220;Education is the key to making the world a better place and I truly hope that DeSean accepts Mr. Mosberg’s invitation. There is nothing more powerful than visiting a such a horrendous site, with someone who survived and hopefully after that he will realize quite how stupid and offensive his fake quote of Hitler was.&#8221;</p>
<p>The official Twitter account of the Auschwitz Memorial Museum echoed Mosberg&#8217;s invitation, urging Jackson to &#8220;consider following <a href="https://twitter.com/AuschwitzMuseum?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AuschwitzMuseum</a> where we commemorate the victims &amp; educate about the tragic history of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Auschwitz?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Auschwitz</a>, a place that became a symbols of Hitler&#8217;s hateful ideology &amp; vision.&#8221;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">.<a href="https://twitter.com/DeSeanJackson10?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DeSeanJackson10</a> Consider following <a href="https://twitter.com/AuschwitzMuseum?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AuschwitzMuseum</a> where we commemorate the victims &amp; educate about the tragic history of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Auschwitz?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Auschwitz</a>, a place that became a symbols of Hitler&#8217;s hateful ideology &amp; vision.</p>
<p>Tour online: <a href="https://t.co/K5ahbXEaOf">https://t.co/K5ahbXEaOf</a><br />
E-lessons: <a href="https://t.co/5GqOAoIj0q">https://t.co/5GqOAoIj0q</a></p>
<p>— Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) <a href="https://twitter.com/AuschwitzMuseum/status/1280585737428238337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 7, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The Philadelphia Eagles released an official statement assuring fans that &#8220;we have spoken with DeSean Jackson about his social media posts,&#8221; and that &#8220;the messages he shared were offensive, harmful, and absolutely appalling.&#8221; A source told <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29422431/eagles-desean-jackson-says-hate-jewish-community-posting-anti-semitic-messages">ESPN</a> that &#8220;no discussion of a suspension or termination has been raised with Jackson to this point.&#8221;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="und"><a href="https://t.co/jNk5g99jgK">pic.twitter.com/jNk5g99jgK</a></p>
<p>— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) <a href="https://twitter.com/Eagles/status/1280528345067896834?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 7, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Jackson posted a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tv/CCWKmvjFTAG/?igshid=keaf51gnn7f0">video</a> to Instagram on Tuesday apologizing for the quote and claiming it &#8220;never was intended to put any race down or any religion down.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I just probably should have never posted anything that Hitler did because Hitler was a bad person and I know that,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I was just trying to uplift, you know, African Americans and slavery and, you know, just enlighten my people.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Related</strong>: <strong><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/colin-kaepernick-signs-deal-with-disney-espn-to-make-docu-series-about-his-own-life-social-justice-films">Colin Kaepernick Signs Deal With Disney/ESPN To Make Docu-Series About His Own Life, Social Justice Films</a></strong></p>
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Desean Jackson

‘Understand What Evil Truly Is’: Holocaust Survivor Urges Eagles Star DeSean Jackson To Visit Nazi Death Camps After Anti-Semitic Quote

Anti-Semitism

Holocaust

Philadelphia Eagles

<p>Instead of NBA players&#8217; last names, athletes will be able to have displayed a &#8220;social justice&#8221; word and phrase, selected from an approved list.</p>
<p>The approved list, released over the weekend, includes &#8220;Anti-Racist,&#8221; &#8220;Ally,&#8221; &#8220;Say Her Name,&#8221; &#8220;I Can&#8217;t Breathe,&#8221; &#8220;Enough,&#8221; &#8220;Black Lives Matter,&#8221; and &#8220;How Many More&#8221; (see full list below).</p>
<p>&#8220;The messages will be displayed for the first four nights of resumed play,&#8221; <a href="https://www.theblaze.com/news/nba-releases-list-of-approved-messages-for-player-jerseys-its-a-social-justice-warriors-dream?utm_content=buffere91ad&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=tw-theblaze">The Blaze</a> reported Sunday. &#8220;After those games, a player can replace the approved word or phrase with their last name. However, if they want to continue displaying the social justice message, their name will be placed below their number.&#8221;</p>
<p>As noted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nba-to-paint-black-lives-matter-on-sides-of-disney-courts-allow-players-to-put-social-justice-messages-on-jerseys">The Daily Wire</a> last month, the NBA also announced that &#8220;Black Lives Matter,&#8221; the name of a far-left anti-cop activist group, will be painted on both sides of the courts in Walt Disney World arenas, where the league has committed to play once the coronavirus-related pause has lifted.</p>
<p>Black Lives Matter has explicitly called for the national defunding of police officers and for the disruption of the nuclear family, as well as a host of other demands tied to left-wing pet causes.</p>
<p>The WNBA is focusing on supposed racially-charged police brutality, too.</p>
<p>According to <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29384944/nba-plans-paint-black-lives-matter-courts-orlando">ESPN</a>, some female athletes are apparently &#8220;in talks with league higher-ups that players wear warm-up shirts with &#8216;Say Her Name&#8217; on them in an attempt to keep attention on female victims of police brutality, including Breonna Taylor, who was shot and killed by police in March in her home in Louisville, Kentucky.&#8221;</p>
<p>The women&#8217;s league is also likely to paint &#8220;Black Lives Matter&#8221; on their court in Bradenton, Florida.</p>
<p>The two social justice-themed moves, however, are apparently not enough for all of the NBA players, as some hoop stars still plan on opting out of playing this season to center their focus on left-wing activism, according to an ESPN report.</p>
<p>The NBA is not the only professional league to embrace social justice and left-wing activism. The NFL has reversed course on their rule against kneeling during the playing of our national anthem while on the football field. Additionally, reports last week said the league will play “Lift Ev’ry Voice And Sing,” dubbed the &#8220;black national anthem,&#8221; before all Week 1 games.</p>
<p>View the full list below (via <a href="https://www.theblaze.com/news/nba-releases-list-of-approved-messages-for-player-jerseys-its-a-social-justice-warriors-dream?utm_content=buffere91ad&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=tw-theblaze">The Blaze</a>):</p>
<ul class="ee-ul">
<li>Black Lives Matter</li>
<li>Say Their Names</li>
<li>Vote</li>
<li>I Can&#8217;t Breathe</li>
<li>Justice</li>
<li>Peace</li>
<li>Equality</li>
<li>Freedom</li>
<li>Enough</li>
<li>Power to the People</li>
<li>Justice Now</li>
<li>Say Her Name</li>
<li>Sí Se Puede (Yes We Can)</li>
<li>Liberation</li>
<li>See Us</li>
<li>Hear Us</li>
<li>Respect Us</li>
<li>Love Us</li>
<li>Listen</li>
<li>Listen to Us</li>
<li>Stand Up</li>
<li>Ally</li>
<li>Anti-Racist</li>
<li>I Am A Man</li>
<li>Speak Up</li>
<li>How Many More</li>
<li>Group Economics</li>
<li>Education Reform</li>
<li>Mentor</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nfl-to-play-black-national-anthem-before-all-week-one-games-report-says">NFL To Play ‘Black National Anthem’ Before All Week One Games, Report Says</a></strong></p>
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Lebron James

NBA Releases List Of Approved ‘Social Justice’ Phrases For Players’ Jerseys

Black Lives Matter

<p>The MLB’s Cleveland Indians are looking to change their name following a similar controversy with the NFL’s Washington Redskins.</p>
<p>“We are committed to making a positive impact in our community and embrace our responsibility to advance social justice and equality,” the team said in a statement posted to Twitter. “Our organization fully recognizes our team name is among the most visible ways in which we connect with the community.&#8221;</p>
<p>“We have had ongoing discussions organizationally on these issues. The recent unrest in our community and our country has only underscored the need for us to keep improving as an organization on issues of social justice,” the statement continued. “With that in mind, we are committed to engaging our community and appropriate stakeholders to determine the best path forward with regard to our team name.”</p>
<p>“While the focus of the baseball world shifts to the excitement of an unprecedented 2020 season, we recognize our unique place in the community and are committed to listening, learning and acting in the manner that can best unite and inspire our city and all those who support our team,” the statement concluded.</p>
<p>The Athletic <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/07/03/cleveland-indians-join-washington-redskins-in-considering-name-change/">reported</a> that the team will consider a new name after consultations with the Native American community,  staff, players, and fans. The team name was changed to the Indians in 1915, The New York Post reported. Previously, they were known as the Bluebirds, Broncos, and the Naps.</p>
<p>As The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cleveland-indians-will-abandon-controversial-chief-emily-zanotti">reported</a> in January 2018, the Indians scrubbed their controversial mascot, Chief Wahoo, from uniforms and merchandise prior to the 2019 MLB season. The mascot had been part of the team since 1948.</p>
<p>“The Indians say the change has been in the works for some time, though they did not meet the deadline to have the mascot removed from the 2018 regulation uniforms, which must go into mass production before Spring Training begins in February. This season, fans will notice a scaled back Chief Wahoo presence, and he’ll be totally scrubbed by the beginning of the 2019 season,” The Daily Wire’s Emily Zanotti reported at the time.</p>
<p>Chief Wahoo had been the subject of numerous complaints prior to that season, but after the team appeared in and lost the 2016 World Series, and then participated in the 2017 playoffs, MLB management started pressuring the team to change the mascot. When the decision to remove Chief Wahoo was made, Rob Manfred, MLB commissioner of baseball, issued a statement saying he was delighted the team “ultimately agreed with my position that the logo is no longer appropriate for on-field use in Major League Baseball.”</p>
<p>The team replaced Chief Wahoo with a block letter “C” instead.</p>
<p>The move to change the team name comes after the Redskins announced a “thorough review” of its name, The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/redskins-cave-announce-thorough-review-of-name-here-are-the-top-suggestions">reported</a>.</p>
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Cleveland Indians

Cleveland Indians Consider Name Change After Redskins Controversy

Baseball

Cleveland

<p>This week, former NFL defensive end Marcellus Wiley, who attended Columbia University and now co-hosts Fox Sports’ “Speak for Yourself,” slammed the idea that the NBA will paint &#8220;Black Lives Matter&#8221; on courts where their games are played, asserting, “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.”</p>
<p>Wiley began, “It’s not a good idea. I do want to give the players credit for their flex to even get this to be more than just an idea, but something that’s gonna be, in reality, I give the players that. But there’s a problem with — when you start to go down this road of &#8216;freedom of expression,&#8217; &#8216;freedom of speech,&#8217; and how much social space is allowed for those who don’t support in that same place. And that’s where I wonder where this is going to go in terms of identity politics.”</p>
<p>He continued, “We know what identity politics does; it divides and it polarizes. No matter how you want to look at it, that’s just the effect of it, no matter how great the intentions are. And we all know, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.  So, it&#8217;s an interesting play right here.”</p>
<p>Wiley then turned to the <a href="https://blacklivesmatter.com/what-we-believe/">mission statement</a> of Black Lives Matter:</p>
<blockquote><p>I don&#8217;t know how many people really look into the mission statement of Black Lives Matter. But I did, and when you look into it, there&#8217;s a couple things that jump out at me. And I&#8217;m a black man who&#8217;s been black and my life has mattered since 1974, and this organization was founded in 2013.  I&#8217;m proud of you, but I&#8217;ve been fighting this fight for me and for others a lot longer.</p>
<p>Two things: my family structure is so vital, important to me.  Not only the one I grew up in but the one I&#8217;m trying to create right now.  Being a father and a husband, that&#8217;s my mission in life right now. How do I reconcile that, what I just told you, with this mission statement that says, &#8220;We dismantle the patriarchal practice, we disrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure requirement.&#8221;</p>
<p>When I know statistics, when I know my reality, forget statistics, I knew this before I even went to Columbia and saw these same statistics that I&#8217;m going to read to you right now.  That children from single parent homes versus two-parent homes, the children from the single-parent homes — this is in 1995 I was reading this — five times more likely to commit suicide, six times more likely to be in poverty, nine times more likely to drop out of high school, ten times more likely to abuse chemical substances, 14 times more likely to commit rape, 20 times more likely to end up in prison, 32 times more likely to run away from home.</p></blockquote>
<p>Wiley added, “I knew that.  You know why I knew it?  ’Cause a lot of my friends didn&#8217;t have family structures that were nuclear like mine and they found themselves outside of their dreams and goals and aspirations.  So when I see that, or as a mission statement for Black Lives Matter, it makes me scratch my head. When I also see their mission is to eradicate white supremacy, in 2020 white supremacy is the mission?  Woo, that&#8217;s a lot of digging through minutiae right there.”</p>
<p>He concluded, “I am on a show that I am hosting along with another black guy who is hosting with me who replaced another black guy.  And that&#8217;s just one example of it.  So I understand; I respect your space; I respect what you&#8217;re protesting for.  But will you respect others who don&#8217;t support that same protest?”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/marcelluswiley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MarcellusWiley</a> breaks down why the NBA’s plan to paint ‘Black Lives Matter’ on courts is a bad idea. <a href="https://t.co/EoCJNf7ho1">pic.twitter.com/EoCJNf7ho1</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Speak For Yourself (@SFY) <a href="https://twitter.com/SFY/status/1278064470435090438?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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WATCH: Sports Commentator Rips NBA Painting ‘Black Lives Matter’ On Courts: ‘The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions’

Marcellus Wiley

Race

<p>On Wednesday, professional women&#8217;s soccer player Rachel Hill, who comes from a military family, posted a lengthy statement to social media explaining why she chose to stand for the playing of the national anthem before the Chicago Red Stars&#8217; most recent game.</p>
<p>The entire Red Stars team wore &#8220;Black Lives Matter&#8221; t-shirts at pre-game; Hill, however, was the lone player to stand during the anthem.</p>
<p>&#8220;When I stood for the national anthem before the Chicago Red Stars’ most recent game, this was a decision that did not come easily or without profound thought,&#8221; she explained. &#8220;Before the game, I was completely torn on what to do. I spoke with friends, family, and teammates — of all races, religions and backgrounds — with the hope of guidance.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I chose to stand because of what the flag inherently means to my military family members and me, but I 100% support my peers,&#8221; Hill said. &#8220;Symbolically, I tried to show this with the placement of my hand on Casey’s shoulder and bowing my head.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Hill&#8217;s statement, which can be read in full below, goes on to underscore her support for &#8220;the black lives matter movement,&#8221; noting that as a &#8220;white athlete&#8221; she needs to step up and fight inequality.</p>
<p>&#8220;What the black community goes through on a daily basis in this country is unacceptable. The pain. The hurt. Facing racism, prejudice, and social injustice — it must change,&#8221; the soccer player&#8217;s statement said, adding, &#8220;I support the black lives matter movement wholeheartedly. I also support and will do my part in fighting against the current inequality. As a white athlete, it is way past due for me to be diligently anti-racist.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>As noted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/entire-rosters-of-two-pro-womens-soccer-teams-kneel-during-national-anthem">The Daily Wire</a> last week, two full rosters of women&#8217;s soccer teams — the Portland Thorns and the North Carolina Courage — took a knee during the playing of our national anthem, as well.</p>
<p>Hill, an open Christian, ended her post by highlighting the call for her to love her neighbors as herself:</p>
<blockquote><p><i>I do the best I can each day to show love and respect towards every human being. Through my faith I’ve been taught that love always works, and the command I follow is to “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Galatians 5:14. I pray for recognition of the dignity and worth of all people. In this moment the black community needs us. I am ready to help with meaningful action that leads to everlasting change. Do I have all the answers to this? No. But we must start somewhere, and that’s my intent.</i><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-style: italic;"> </span></p></blockquote>
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<p>Read the full statement, below:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>What the black community goes through on a daily basis in this country is unacceptable. The pain. The hurt. Facing racism, prejudice, and social injustice — it must change.</em></p>
<p><i>When I stood for the national anthem before the Chicago Red Stars’ most recent game, this was a decision that did not come easily or without profound thought. Before the game, I was completely torn on what to do. I spoke with friends, family, and teammates &#8211; of all races, religions and backgrounds — with the hope of guidance. I chose to stand because of what the flag inherently means to my military family members and me, but I 100% support my peers. Symbolically, I tried to show this with the placement of my hand on Casey’s shoulder and bowing my head. I struggled, but felt that these actions showed my truth, and in the end I wanted to remain true to myself. If this wasn’t clear, let my words and further actions be. I support the black lives matter movement wholeheartedly. I also support and will do my part in fighting against the current inequality. As a white athlete, it is way past due for me to be diligently anti-racist.</i><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-style: italic;"> </span></p>
<p><em>Both before and after the game, I’ve had genuine conversations with many of my teammates, Casey, Julie, and Sarah specifically, who have voices I believe need to be amplified, as well as friends and family. Opinions have been shared, knowledge gained, tears shed, and support shown. I will continue to learn and grow through each of these valuable conversations, with the hope of creating change to someday reach equality.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></em></p>
<p><i>I do the best I can each day to show love and respect towards every human being. Through my faith I’ve been taught that love always works, and the command I follow is to “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Galatians 5:14. I pray for recognition of the dignity and worth of all people. In this moment the black community needs us. I am ready to help with meaningful action that leads to everlasting change. Do I have all the answers to this? No. But we must start somewhere, and that’s my intent.</i><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-style: italic;"> </span></p>
<p><em>With love,</em></p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><em>Rachel</em></p></blockquote>
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Lone Women’s Soccer Player Who Refused To Kneel For Anthem Releases Statement On Why She Stood

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<p>Colorado Rockies outfielder Ian Desmond announced Monday that he will be opting out of the league this year in a lengthy Instagram post that references George Floyd and decries racism in the MLB and his struggles as a mixed-race American.</p>
<p>&#8220;The image of Derek Chauvin&#8217;s knee on the neck of George Floyd, the gruesome murder of a Black man in the streets at the hands of a police officer, broke my coping mechanism,&#8221; Desmond posted via Instagram on Monday. &#8220;Suppressing my feelings became impossible.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;In clubhouses we&#8217;ve got racist, sexist, homophobic jokes or flat-out problems,&#8221; the 11-season player continued. &#8220;We&#8217;ve got cheating. We&#8217;ve got a minority issue from the top down. One African American GM. Two African American managers. Less than 8% Black players. No Black majority team owners.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;If baseball is America&#8217;s pastime, maybe it&#8217;s never been a more fitting one than now,&#8221; the outfielder said. &#8220;The golden rules of baseball&#8211;don&#8217;t have fun, don&#8217;t pimp home runs, don&#8217;t play with character. Those are white rules.&#8221;</p>
<p>“If we didn’t force Black Americans into white America’s box think how much more we could thrive,” he added.</p>
<p>Speaking of his experience as a biracial American, Desmond said he always dreaded &#8220;checking boxes&#8221; with regard to his race, often feeling like he didn&#8217;t totally fit in.</p>
<p>&#8220;The biracial seat is a completely unique experience,&#8221; he wrote, &#8220;and there are so many times you feel like you belong everywhere and nowhere at once. I knew I wasn&#8217;t walking around with the privilege of having white skin, but being raised by a white mother (an incredible mother), I never fully felt immersed in Black culture.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I almost always check Black,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Because I felt the prejudice. That&#8217;s what being Black meant to me: do you feel the hurt? Do you experience racism? Do you feel like you&#8217;re at a slight disadvantage?&#8221;</p>
<p>The 34-year-old cited the risks of COVID-19 and his need to be home to answer his &#8220;three boys&#8217; questions about Coronavirus and Civil Rights and life&#8221; as reasons for opting out this season.</p>
<p>&#8220;The COVID-19 pandemic has made this baseball season one that is a risk I am not comfortable taking,&#8221; Desmond wrote at the end of the post.</p>
<p>&#8220;With a pregnant wife and four young children who have lots of questions about what&#8217;s going on in the world, home is where I need to be right now,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Home for my wife, Chelsey. Home to help. Home to guide. Home to answer my older three boys&#8217; questions about Coronavirus and Civil Rights and life. Home to be their Dad.&#8221;</p>
<p>As noted by <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29385606/rockies-ian-desmond-opting-playing-2020-citing-high-risk-amid-pandemic">ESPN</a>, &#8220;Desmond had been due $5,555,556 for the prorated share of his $15 million salary, part of a $70 million, five-year contract, according to The Associated Press. He is owed $8 million next year, and his deal includes a $15 million team option for 2022 with a $2 million buyout.&#8221;</p>
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Colorado Rockies Photo Day

MLB Player Talks League Racism, Playing By White America’s ‘Rules’ In Post Announcing Departure

George Floyd

Social Justice

<p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>The following is satirical. </strong></em></p>
<p>As the economy continues to open despite widespread panic among journalists and other journalists and the people who believe journalists who are also journalists, professional sports leagues are discussing changes they would like to make to placate angry hate-filled anti-Americans, who are journalists.</p>
<p>The NFL, for instance, has announced that from now on, its games will begin with players lining up for the National Anthem and then baring their buttocks at the American flag, not in a way meant to convey disrespect, of course, but merely as a reminder that this is the worst country on earth and every single person in it is a piece of garbage who should immediately look in the mirror and spit on his own image.</p>
<p>The players will then swagger to the center of the field, lifting their middle fingers and calling people racist if they refuse to enjoy the sight of men making millions of dollars by throwing a ball around, apparently for their own amusement since, at this point, no one will be watching.</p>
<p>NASCAR has decided it will ban the display of the Confederate Flag, as well as drinking beer, reckless driving, the wearing of cowboy hats, and the appearance of Daisy Dukes on women likely to encourage non-inclusive heterosexual thoughts.</p>
<p>Cars will no longer be decorated by the logos of capitalist corporate sponsors but will instead bear declarations that Black Lives Matter and rainbow pride symbols as they travel slowly but safely around in endless circles under empty grandstands because, at this point, no one will be watching.</p>
<p>Baseball, after a long labor dispute, has decided on a season of three games, each lasting seventeen hours, because the players union complained the old games were just too long.</p>
<p>Players will only participate in the games if they should happen to feel like it, and will not be required to tip their hats after a homerun since no one will be watching.</p>
<p>Major League Soccer has announced their games will go on just as before, with no one watching.</p>
<p><em>More satire from Andrew Klavan:</em> <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-polls-shows-americans-trust-news-media-slightly-less-than-make-believe-prince-who-is-holding-their-inheritance-satire"><strong>New Poll Shows Americans Trust News Media Slightly Less Than Make-Believe Prince Who Is Holding Their Inheritance</strong></a></p>


Anthem Protest

Sports Leagues Announce They’ll Change Games To Ensure They Don’t Offend Audience They’ll No Longer Have [Satire]

NASCAR

national anthem

Satire

<p>The U.S. Women’s soccer team won’t be able to immediately appeal a judge’s decision to throw out their pay discrimination claims. The team had wanted the immediate appeal to avoid potentially two trials relating to their gender discrimination claims, one of which was upheld by the same judge now denying their ability to quickly appeal.</p>
<p>U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner ruled in May that the women’s team had not proven their pay discrimination claims, finding that they actually turned down the very equal pay structure they now demand, The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-womens-soccer-team-wants-to-appeal-pay-discrimination-ruling-that-determined-they-rejected-equal-pay">reported</a>.</p>
<p>“The WNT was willing to forgo higher bonuses for benefits, such as greater base compensation and the guarantee of a higher number of contracted players,” Klausner wrote. “Accordingly, plaintiffs cannot now retroactively deem their CBA (collective bargaining agreement) worse than the MNT (men’s national team) CBA by reference to what they would have made had they been paid under the MNT’s pay-to-play terms structure when they themselves rejected such a structure.”</p>
<p>Klausner did, however, uphold the team’s claims that they were treated unfairly by the U.S. Soccer Federation in terms of perks, as less money was spent on their commercial airfare, hotels, medical services, and training than men’s soccer. Klausner also dismissed a claim from the women’s team that they were discriminated against because they played more games on artificial turf.</p>
<p>After Klausner’s ruling, the women’s team asked him to enter a final judgement so they could appeal the case to the 9<sup>th</sup> U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco and delay a trial that previously was set for June 16. The Associated Press has now <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/judge-denies-american-womens-soccer-immediate-appeal">reported</a> that Klausner has denied the team’s request that would allow them to immediately appeal his decision. He has now scheduled the trial for their discriminatory working conditions claim for September 15.</p>
<p>“The granting of an immediate appeal will not eliminate the possibility of two trials or the possibility of successive appeals involving interlocking facts,” Klausner wrote Tuesday. “The court has declined the parties&#8217; request to stay trial pending the resolution of any appeal. And should a jury render a verdict unfavorable to plaintiffs on their remaining claims, there is no reason to think plaintiffs will not appeal that decision.”</p>
<p>The women’s team sued in March 2018 claiming they were denied equal pay by the USSF. The USSF later released a “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/us-soccer-releases-fact-sheet-showing-womens-team-ashe-schow">fact sheet</a>” explaining that the women’s team lost the federation millions of dollars and yet they still out-earned their male counterparts. The women’s team, while claiming unequal treatment, collectively bargained for their pay structure, just like the men’s team. The women receive a base salary of $100,000 each year and an additional salary of $67,500 to $72,500 for playing in the National Women’s Soccer League. The men’s team does not have this agreement, they only receive bonuses. The women’s team also receives bonuses at a higher percentage of what the men’s team earns, yet because women’s soccer brings in less money, they receive less in bonuses. The women’s team also has benefits like a retirement plan and health insurance. The men’s team does not receive any benefits.</p>
<p>Because the women team rejected a pay structure equal to the men’s team and then claimed discrimination after they agreed to their current pay structure, the pay discrimination claims were dismissed. The team said it plans to appeal no matter how long it takes.</p>
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Megan Rapinoe

U.S. Women’s Soccer Denied Immediate Appeal Over Equal Pay Claims That Were Thrown Out In Court

Gender Wage Gap

<p>Oklahoma State head football coach Mike Gundy faced an outrage mob this week on Twitter that was led by one of his top players who disapproved of a t-shirt that he wore while fishing that said &#8220;OAN,&#8221; which stands for One America News Network — a conservative publication that some have <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/article/oann-trump.html">criticized</a> for airing controversial segments.</p>
<p>Chuba Hubbard, a running back from Canada, saw a picture of Gundy wearing the shirt on Twitter and responded by writing on Monday: &#8220;I will not stand for this.. This is completely insensitive to everything going on in society, and it’s unacceptable. I will not be doing anything with Oklahoma State until things CHANGE.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I will not stand for this.. This is completely insensitive to everything going on in society, and it’s unacceptable. I will not be doing anything with Oklahoma State until things CHANGE. <a href="https://t.co/psxPn4Khoq">https://t.co/psxPn4Khoq</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Chuba Hubbard (@Hubbard_RMN) <a href="https://twitter.com/Hubbard_RMN/status/1272601786449264642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The tweet was retweeted tens of thousands of times and quickly generated headlines that Gundy attempted to quell by releasing a <a href="https://twitter.com/Hubbard_RMN/status/1272673812795084801">video</a> with Hubbard, which didn&#8217;t do much.</p>
<p>Gundy later released a video late on Tuesday in which he apologized for wearing the t-shirt.</p>
<p>“I had a great meeting with our team today. Our players expressed their feelings as individuals and as team members,” Gundy said. “They helped me see through their eyes how the t-shirt effected their hearts. Once I learned how that network felt about Black Lives Matter, I was disgusted and knew it was completely unacceptable to me.”</p>
<p>“I want to apologize to all members of our team, former players, and their families for the pain and discomfort that has been caused over the last two days,” Gundy continued. “Black lives matter to me, our players matter to me. These meetings with our team have been eye-opening and will result in positive changes for Oklahoma State football. I sincerely hope the Oklahoma State family near and far will accept my humble apology as we move forward.”</p>
<p>WATCH:</p>
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<p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/x4mjK6v3UV">pic.twitter.com/x4mjK6v3UV</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Mike Gundy (@CoachGundy) <a href="https://twitter.com/CoachGundy/status/1273002885283020809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 16, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Gundy was widely mocked on social media for backing down to the outrage mob over the t-shirt. Below are some of the reactions.</p>
<p>Activist Brandon Tatum: &#8220;You punked out!! It&#8217;s a shirt dude! BLM doesn&#8217;t even support black lives. NOW, WHAT?&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">You punked out!! It&#39;s a shirt dude! BLM doesn&#39;t even support black lives. NOW, WHAT? <a href="https://t.co/8V9INKDonx">https://t.co/8V9INKDonx</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Brandon Tatum (@TheOfficerTatum) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheOfficerTatum/status/1273053651217465346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>YouTuber Tim Pool: &#8220;When Mike Gundy took off his OAN shirt it snagged his spine and pulled it out. How pathetic. It was a shirt bro. How does it feel to live on your knees?&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">When Mike Gundy took off his OAN shirt it snagged his spine and pulled it out</p>
<p>How pathetic</p>
<p>It was a shirt bro</p>
<p>How does it feel to live on your knees? <a href="https://t.co/jxvHPrkmEI">https://t.co/jxvHPrkmEI</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Tim Pool (@Timcast) <a href="https://twitter.com/Timcast/status/1273036914896121858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 16, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Bomani Jones: &#8220;i&#8217;m sorry, but this is hilarious. it couldn&#8217;t sound more forced. AND HE&#8217;S STILL TALKING ABOUT THAT DAMN SHIRT AND NOT THE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS MENTIONED BY HIS PLAYERS.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">i&#39;m sorry, but this is hilarious. it couldn&#39;t sound more forced. </p>
<p>AND HE&#39;S STILL TALKING ABOUT THAT DAMN SHIRT AND NOT THE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS MENTIONED BY HIS PLAYERS. <a href="https://t.co/BTty9hnxYI">https://t.co/BTty9hnxYI</a></p>
<p>&mdash; bomani (@bomani_jones) <a href="https://twitter.com/bomani_jones/status/1273009395706875904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 16, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Daily Wire columnist Matt Walsh: &#8220;Mike Gundy apologizes for the &#8216;pain and discomfort&#8217; caused by the t-shirt he wore while fishing. We are surrounded by morons and cowards. Completely overrun.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mike Gundy apologizes for the &quot;pain and discomfort&quot; caused by the t-shirt he wore while fishing. We are surrounded by morons and cowards. Completely overrun. <a href="https://t.co/uj4bvsSD8F">https://t.co/uj4bvsSD8F</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1273060014056448000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Australian journalist Rita Panahi: &#8220;Cowardly.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Cowardly.</p>
<p>&mdash; Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) <a href="https://twitter.com/RitaPanahi/status/1273069691284553728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Political strategist Arthur Schwartz: &#8220;Shame on you. Coward.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Shame on you. Coward.</p>
<p>&mdash; Arthur Schwartz (@ArthurSchwartz) <a href="https://twitter.com/ArthurSchwartz/status/1273024654907670531?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 16, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Political commentator Jesse Kelly: &#8220;This is why y’all give up 50 points a game.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is why y’all give up 50 points a game.</p>
<p>&mdash; Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) <a href="https://twitter.com/JesseKellyDC/status/1273069103117451265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: JUL 18 Big 12 Media Day

Oklahoma State Player Protests Mike Gundy T-Shirt, Gundy Backs Down In Apology. Now He’s Being Brutally Mocked.

Football

<p>ESPN continues to hemorrhage viewers, not due to a lack of sports amid the coronavirus pandemic, but because the network has become almost entirely political over the past few weeks.</p>
<p>Sports journalist and Fox Sports Radio host Clay Travis recently <a href="https://outkick.com/espn-hits-all-time-41-year-ratings-low-as-wokecenter-on-steroids-takes-over/">wrote</a> that the network’s 41-year ratings low was not due to the coronavirus lockdown, but the network’s pivot to “24/7” politics. Writing as his website Outkick the Coverage, Travis explained that in the past several weeks, ESPN has become “more left wing than MSNBC and CNN combined” and “completely abandoned sports coverage.” He wrote that the network’s studio programming, which he called “WokeCenter on steroids 24/7,” reached “full on crisis mode level awfulness”:</p>
<blockquote><p>“First Take” was the highest rated ESPN studio show all day, posting just 211,000 viewers. That was the 93rd highest rated program on all of cable. <a href="http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-6-10-2020.html">Putting those numbers into context compared to other shows airing the same day on cable</a>: “Nick Cannon Wild and Out 15” on VH1 had 50% more viewers than ESPN’s top show. “Smuggler: Secret Stash” on National Geographic doubled First Take. Not to be outdone, “Craig of the Creek” on the Cartoon Network posted 200,000 more viewers.</p>
<p>Hell, even “Jay Leno’s Garage” on CNBC soundly defeated First Take.</p>
<p>Jay. Leno’s. Garage.</p>
<p>So did something called “Ant Anstead Master Mechanic” on a channel called Motor Trend, which I didn’t even know was a cable channel, much less a show.</p></blockquote>
<p>In addition to “First Take,” other shows appeared to hit lows last Wednesday. “Get Up” had 136,000 viewers on June 10. Travis explained that the show has had terrible ratings days in the past, but that was the lowest he could find in the program’s history. Even SportsCenter viewership cratered last week, the highest rated show all day had 168,000 viewers. Travis wrote this was the lowest rating he had ever seen for that program as well.</p>
<p>Even “The Jump” suffered last week, with only 112,000 viewers despite the announcement that the NBA was returning. “Highly Questionable” brought in just 151,000 viewers, while “Around the Horn” had just 175,000 viewers, both of which were the lowest ratings Travis had seen.</p>
<p>As Travis explained, even though sports viewing is down all around from a lack of sports, ESPN’s ratings lows are something worse.</p>
<p>“There are many serious things going on in our country right now and the vast majority of sports fans know where to find news about serious things going on in the world. That’s why cable news ratings have skyrocketed. But sports fans don’t want their sports commentators to be weighing in on non-sports news on sports networks,” Travis wrote. “The ratings are clear about that. And the ratings are clear that sports fans just want to watch games as well. Twitter gets happy when athletes and sports commentators weigh in on non-sports topics, but Twitter, as always, isn’t the real world. It’s a distorted funhouse mirror carnival version of the real world. The data is clear: sports fans want sports.”</p>
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ESPN

ESPN Hits Ratings Low, Sports Journalist Blames ‘Wokecenter On Steroids’ Not Coronavirus

Clay Travis

Woke

<p class="speakable">One day after New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees reaffirmed his stance on Wednesday that Americans <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nfl-quarterback-drew-brees-dragged-for-anthem-kneeling-remarks">should not disrespect our flag</a>, the NFL star, amid strong backlash, including from fellow athletes, issued an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/drew-brees-caves-asks-for-forgiveness-for-saying-americans-should-respect-the-flag">apology</a> for his racially “insensitive” comments.</p>
<p>Brees didn&#8217;t stop there. The athlete has since issued additional apologies and clarifications, and even publicly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/drew-brees-to-president-trump-we-can-no-longer-use-the-flag-to-turn-people-away-or-distract-them-from-the-real-issues?%3Futm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=062316-podcast&amp;utm_campaign=andrewklavan">responded</a> to President Donald Trump after he called Brees out for backing down.</p>
<p>Now, Brittany Brees, wife of the QB, is issuing apologies, too, claiming it&#8217;s people like herself and her husband, and other Americans not on board with the hyper-political national anthem protest, who are &#8220;the problem.&#8221;</p>
<p class="speakable">In an <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CBEUyDDF12C/?utm_source=ig_embed">Instagram post</a> on the “Brees Dream Foundation” page, Brittany posted a lengthy message captioning two quotes from Martin Luther King Jr., starting with: “WE ARE THE PROBLEM.”</p>
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<p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CBEUyDDF12C/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">WE ARE THE PROBLEM .  I write this with tears in my eyes and I hope you all hear our hearts.  I have read these quotes and scripture 1000 times and every time I read it and the words sink into my heart.  I think yes this is what it’s all about&#8230;Only until the last few days ,until we experienced the death threats we experienced the hate… Did I realize that these words were speaking directly to us.. how could anyone who knows us or has had interactions with us think that Drew or I have a racist bone in our body? But that’s the whole point .  Somehow we as white America,  we can feel good about not being racist,  feel good about loving one an another as God loves us.  We can feel good about educating our children about the horrors of slavery and history.  We can read books to our children about Martin Luther King, Malcolm X., Hank Aaron, Barack Obama, Rosa parks, Harriet Tubman.. and feel like we are doing our part to raise our children to love , be unbiased and with no prejudice.  To teach them about all of the African Americans that have fought for and risked their lives against racial injustice.  Somehow as white Americans we feel like that checks the box of doing the right thing.  Not until this week did Drew and I realize THAT THIS IS THE PROBLEM. To say “I don’t agree with disrespecting the flag “.. I now understand was also saying I don’t understand what the problem really is, I don’t understand what you’re fighting for, and I’m not willing to hear you because of our preconceived notion‘s of what that flag means to us.  That’s the problem we are not listening, white America is not hearing. We’re not actively LOOKING for racial prejudice. We have heard stories from men and women we have known and loved for years about the racism that occurred in their lives .. stories that were never shared or talked about because somehow they were considered normal.  To all of our friends and anyone we hurt &#8230;we will do better.. We want to do better , we want to HEAR you, and we will fight for you because thinking we are not part of the problem&#8230;is checking the box it means we are are not doing enough. It’s our job to educate ourselves.  We are sorry 🙏🏻 -Brittany Brees</a></p>
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<p>“I write this with tears in my eyes and I hope you all hear our hearts,” Brittany said (formatting adjusted). “I have read these quotes and scripture 1000 times and every time I read it and the words sink into my heart. I think yes this is what it’s all about&#8230; Only until the last few days, until we experienced the death threats we experienced the hate… Did I realize that these words were speaking directly to us&#8230; how could anyone who knows us or has had interactions with us think that Drew or I have a racist bone in our body? But that’s the whole point. Somehow we as white America, we can feel good about not being racist, feel good about loving one another as God loves us.&#8221;</p>
<p>“We can feel good about educating our children about the horrors of slavery and history,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;We can read books to our children about Martin Luther King, Malcolm X., Hank Aaron, Barack Obama, Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman&#8230; and feel like we are doing our part to raise our children to love , be unbiased and with no prejudice. To teach them about all of the African Americans that have fought for and risked their lives against racial injustice. Somehow as white Americans we feel like that checks the box of doing the right thing. Not until this week did Drew and I realize THAT THIS IS THE PROBLEM. To say &#8216;I don’t agree with disrespecting the flag&#8217; &#8230; I now understand was also saying I don’t understand what the problem really is, I don’t understand what you’re fighting for, and I’m not willing to hear you because of our preconceived notions of what that flag means to us.&#8221;</p>
<p>“That’s the problem we are not listening, white America is not hearing. We’re not actively LOOKING for racial prejudice,&#8221; Brittany added. &#8220;We have heard stories from men and women we have known and loved for years about the racism that occurred in their lives &#8230; stories that were never shared or talked about because somehow they were considered normal. To all of our friends and anyone we hurt &#8230; we will do better. We want to do better, we want to HEAR you, and we will fight for you because thinking we are not part of the problem &#8230; is checking the box it means we are are not doing enough.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;It’s our job to educate ourselves,&#8221; she closed the post. &#8220;We are sorry.”</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/drew-brees-caves-asks-for-forgiveness-for-saying-americans-should-respect-the-flag">Drew Brees Caves, Asks For ‘Forgiveness’ For Saying Americans Should Respect The Flag</a></strong></p>
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NFL Honors &#8211; Arrivals

Now Drew Brees’ Wife Is Apologizing: ‘WE ARE THE PROBLEM’

Drew Brees

Law Enforcement

<p>A sports writer who covers the NBA appeared to cheer the violent riots in Minneapolis earlier this week, but quickly changed his tune when the riots started hitting too close to home.</p>
<p>On Thursday night, Chris Martin Palmer responded to a photo of a burning building in Minneapolis by writing, &#8220;Burn that s**t down. Burn it all down.&#8221;</p>
<p>Shortly after the attack on the building happened, reports surfaced indicating that the building was an affordable housing unit that was being built for those living in poverty.</p>
<p>&#8220;The under-construction affordable housing development that burned in the widespread violence in south Minneapolis late Wednesday and early Thursday was to be a six-story rental building with 189 apartments for low-income renters, including more than three dozen for very low-income tenants,&#8221; <a href="https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-vandalism-targets-include-189-unit-affordable-housing-development/570836742/">Star Tribune</a> reported. &#8220;Construction began last fall on Midtown Corner, which was expected to be completed and ready for occupancy this year.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chris Martin Palmer deleted this tweet. Don&#39;t let him forget what he said. <a href="https://t.co/fvDncRTMsM">pic.twitter.com/fvDncRTMsM</a></p>
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<p>Palmer&#8217;s tone about the riots began to change as the week continued to progress and the riots apparently ended up getting somewhat close to where he is located.</p>
<p>On Friday, Palmer tweeted: &#8220;Yo! There&#8217;s gonna be a rally near my house tomorrow. They never have rallies in rich neighborhoods. I&#8217;m scared to go! I don&#8217;t want to be around people.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Nah, I gotta walk the walk,&#8221; Palmer continued. &#8220;If I do it on Twitter I gotta do it in real life. Wouldn’t miss it for the world. An historical event. I will try to capture plenty images.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nah, I gotta walk the walk. If I do it on Twitter I gotta do it in real life. Wouldn’t miss it for the world. An historical event. I will try to capture plenty images.</p>
<p>&mdash; Chris Martin Palmer (@ChrisPalmerNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisPalmerNBA/status/1266613372377681921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>On Saturday, Palmer became much more aggressive in voicing his opposition to the riots.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m as down for the cause as anybody. Any of you clowns thinking you&#8217;re gonna loot The Grove or Rodeo Drive. It will not work out well for you,&#8221; Palmer wrote. &#8220;Trying to loot Rodeo Drive is probably the worst idea in the history of bad ideas. I&#8217;m as angry as everyone else. But keep that shit in DTLA.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trying to loot Rodeo Drive is probably the worst idea in the history of bad ideas. I&#39;m as angry as everyone else. But keep that shit in DTLA.</p>
<p>&mdash; Chris Martin Palmer (@ChrisPalmerNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisPalmerNBA/status/1266656710011150336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;You bring that shit to our neighborhood and I&#8217;m gonna have a real problem with it. There&#8217;s a lot of people up here who care and are angry. Attacking our neighborhood kills the movement and disgraces George Floyd,&#8221; Palmer continued, later <a href="http://archive.is/a9ijH">adding</a>, &#8220;Are Beverly Hills Cops jerks? Some are. Sure they&#8217;ll write you a ticket for having loud exhaust on an exotic car. Or for cruising. But they will protect the community. You should definitely know that before you get any bright &#8216;protest&#8217; ideas.&#8221;</p>
<p>Late on Saturday night, Palmer continued, &#8220;They just attacked our sister community down the street. It’s a gated community and they tried to climb the gates. They had to beat them back. Then destroyed a Starbucks and are now in front of my building. Get these animals TF out of my neighborhood. Go back to where you live.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Welp. They&#8217;re gone. Security called the cops and they swarmed,&#8221; Palmer concluded. &#8220;Some scattered, others were arrested. (You hate to see it.) Tense moments. There&#8217;s graffiti everywhere. We live in a beautiful, safe community and have pride. These people had no pride and weren&#8217;t protesters.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Welp. They&#39;re gone. Security called the cops and they swarmed. Some scattered, others were arrested. (You hate to see it.) Tense moments. There&#39;s graffiti everywhere. We live in a beautiful, safe community and have pride. These people had no pride and weren&#39;t protesters.</p>
<p>&mdash; Chris Martin Palmer (@ChrisPalmerNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisPalmerNBA/status/1266952657857474561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 31, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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Protests in Minneapolis in aftermath of George Floyd&#8217;s death

Sports Writer Seemingly Cheers Minneapolis Burning During Riots. Now He’s Panicking As Riots Hit Close To Home.

Riots

<p>Major League Baseball and the players’ union are at a standoff over proposed pay for the 2020 season with days to go until their informal deadline of June 1.</p>
<p>The MLB initially <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mlb-teams-reach-consensus-on-july-season-opener-but-face-major-hurdle-with-players-union">offered</a> to split revenue for the 2020 season 50-50 between the teams and players on May 11. The organization has changed its stance since then to propose what it says are more viable options for the MLB and players for the 2020 season.</p>
<p>The teams presented their latest offer to the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) on Tuesday, but it was met with widespread disappointment among the league’s athletes, according to The <a href="https://apnews.com/7ea330800b6886f0396d3b000680584e">Associated Press</a>. The organization offered a regressive pay system where lower salaries would earn most of what they were promised, but players’ pay would drop by larger percentages in larger pay brackets.</p>
<p>“We made a proposal to the union that is completely consistent with the economic realities facing our sport,” MLB said in a statement. “We look forward to a responsive proposal from the MLBPA.”</p>
<p>Under the new offer, the regressive pay structure would hit players with the highest salaries the hardest. Players making the league minimum of $563,500 would keep 90% of their salary. Players in the highest bracket would keep 20% of their salary above $20 million. Finally, salaries would then be prorated for a season shortened from 162 games to 82 games, a nearly 50% cut.</p>
<p>According to league calculations, a player making $35 million would instead make about $7.8 million. A player making the league minimum would make $262,217.</p>
<p>The union has not approved any offer yet made by the MLB. Union officials have discussed deferring pay until 2021, but team owners worry that deferred salaries would just push off the financial strain for another year, not solve it, according to <a href="https://theathletic.com/1839004/2020/05/27/rosenthal-and-drellich-with-proposal-made-players-now-have-say-over-restart/">The Athletic</a>.</p>
<p>“We want to play baseball. This pandemic is going to have a profound impact on all of us. Players are willing to make sacrifices and surely will to get back on the field. However, we will not sacrifice our principles or the future generations of players to do so,” said Andrew Miller, a pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and a player representative on the union’s executive board. “While I’m disappointed in where MLB is starting the discussion, if this is truly about getting the game to our fans, I have confidence we will find common ground. I know that our players will do their part.”</p>
<p>The league and the players’ union have set an unofficial deadline of June 1 to wrap up negotiations so that teams can go through their second spring training and start the season in early July.</p>
<p>The union has <a href="https://theathletic.com/1834388/2020/05/24/mlb-plans-to-offer-an-alternative-proposal-to-players-on-salaries/">signaled</a> it may need more time. The MLB has turned over financial documents and projects for the 2020 season at the union’s request to prove financial hardship. Union officials have said that the documents are incomplete and that more time is needed to check the MLB’s claims.</p>
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Fenway Park

MLB And Players’ Union Are Still Haggling Over Pay Days Ahead Of Deadline

Coronavirus

<p data-words="33">An ugly battle has broken out between the Oakland A&#8217;s and the team&#8217;s landlord, the Coliseum Authority, over a sizable rent payment amid the coronavirus pandemic and the state-imposed &#8220;lockdowns.&#8221;</p>
<p data-words="33">The Major League Baseball team has failed to deliver a $1.2 million rent check due on April 1, citing the state&#8217;s &#8220;stay-at-home&#8221; order and sports world-devastating social distancing orders. The league, like others, has been shut down since mid-March and is furiously working on a plan to start a truncated season, potentially in early July.</p>
<p data-words="33">The team&#8217;s general counsel D&#8217;Lonra Ellis informed Coliseum Authority in a March 31 letter that the team would be deferring the rent payment, citing the landlord inability &#8220;to make the Coliseum available for our use&#8221; due to mandates imposed by the state and Alameda County, where the stadium is located.</p>
<p data-words="33">&#8220;The A’s had also learned the Coliseum complex was being evaluated as a potential &#8216;surge site&#8217; for treating COVID-19 patients, the letter stated, and would defer the payment &#8216;until we have a better understanding of when the Coliseum will be available for our use,'&#8221; the <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/athletics/article/1-2-million-rent-dispute-erupts-between-A-s-and-15282202.php">San Francisco Chronicle</a> reported Tuesday.</p>
<p data-words="33">Ellis said in the letter that the team &#8220;support[s]&#8221; the use of the facility for that purpose and &#8220;trust[s] that you understand and agree with our position in the interest of public health and safety.&#8221;</p>
<p data-words="33">Indeed, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) &#8212; who announced this week that some sporting events could reopen by early June, though without fans &#8212;  recently named the Coliseum as a potential &#8220;surge site.&#8221;</p>
<p data-words="33">But Coliseum Authority officials say the Oakland A&#8217;s are &#8220;full of it&#8221; and exploiting the &#8220;surge site&#8221; reference in an attempt to get out of holding up their end of the lease.</p>
<p data-words="33">&#8220;They are using the excuse that the Coliseum was being looked at by the governor as a possible coronavirus patient site … but there was never anything official,” said Coliseum Authority member and former Oakland city councilmen Ignacio De La Fuente, the Chronicle reports. “Now, they are saying that the Coliseum was not available. It’s bull.”</p>
<p data-words="33">The crisis is &#8220;not the city’s fault, not the county’s fault or the state’s fault,&#8221; said De La Fuente, a former member of the Oakland City Council. &#8220;I’m going to make sure we do whatever we can to make them pay,&#8221; he said, as reported by <a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/05/19/oakland-as-skip-coliseum-rent-payment/">Mercury News</a>.</p>
<p data-words="33">Coliseum Authority interim executive director Henry Gardner addressed the issue in more measured terms Tuesday, but made clear, like De La Fuente, that Ellis&#8217;s deferment letter will not be the final word on the issue.</p>
<p data-words="33">“They said because they haven’t used it, they were not able to generate revenue and they have no ability to pay,” said Gardner. “We recognize that we’ve all been upended in a number of ways. Maybe there are some things we are willing to negotiate and waive, but we can’t just say no rent.”</p>
<p data-words="33">Gardner emphasized that the team simply paying nothing &#8220;is not going to work.&#8221;</p>
<p data-words="33">&#8220;[W]e need it, we expect it,&#8221; said Gardner in reference to some form of rent payment, explaining that the agency is &#8220;trying to close the gaps that we’re going to have to deal with.&#8221;</p>
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Oakland A&#8217;s

Oakland A’s Say They Can’t Pay Rent Due To Lockdowns; Landlord Says They’re ‘Full Of It’

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<p>Major League Baseball has drafted a plan to restart the season in July as long as the teams can sell it to the players’ union on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Team representatives are holding a virtual meeting with MLB Players’ Union officials to propose a shortened season with radical changes to the way games are played to restart the sport in the wake of the coronavirus, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/11/sports/baseball/coronavirus-baseball-mlb-restart.html">The New York Times</a>. The current proposal has some difficult hurdles to overcome, perhaps the biggest being how players will be paid.</p>
<p>Team owners are proposing to hold a truncated 82-game season. Games will be played in team stadiums without fans, unless local rules prevent teams from using their home arenas, in which case teams will be allowed to move games to their practice and spring training facilities, instead. Travel will be limited and teams will play within their geographic area.</p>
<p>Some rules will be changed, such as the National League’s prohibition against a designated hitter, to create a more uniform system of play since teams will largely be playing within their own divisions. Before every game, players and staff will be tested for the coronavirus, and team rosters will be expanded to 50 players with about 30 players active for each game.</p>
<p>If the union agrees to those changes and others, the MLB must still convince the union representatives to sign on to pay structure that they have criticized as an attempt at installing a salary cap, according to <a href="https://theathletic.com/1806964/2020/05/11/mlb-revenue-sharing-plan-is-a-nonstarter-for-the-players-association/">The Athletic</a>. The players’ union has advocated against a salary cap system, such as what is used in the NFL, for years.</p>
<p>The proposal would link player’s salaries for the 2020 season to the amount of revenue generated this year. In March, the union agreed to cut player salaries on a prorated game-by-game basis, but says the direct tie to league revenues is effectively the salary cap system that union officials have fought against for years.</p>
<p>“We lose money on every single game (without fans),” one league official told The Athletic. “We have to propose that they take something less than they already negotiated. We thought the most persuasive way to make that proposal was to explain: here’s what we’re going to make in revenue and we’ll split it with you and here’s how it turns into player salaries.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;You take everything, tell ’em this is everything we’re going to make, we’ll give you half of it,&#8221; the official said. &#8220;If we do better, we’re not going to ask you to rely on our projections. We’ll give you this as a minimum, if we make more, we’ll give you half of what the more is.&#8221;</p>
<p>Players’ union executive director Tony Clark slammed the proposed 2020 pay structure, accusing the MLB of &#8220;trying to take advantage of a global health crisis.&#8221;</p>
<p>“A system that restricts player pay based on revenues is a salary cap, period. This is not the first salary cap proposal our union has received. It probably won’t be the last,” Clark said. “None of this is beneficial to the process of finding a way for us to safely get back on the field and resume the 2020 season — which continues to be our sole focus.”</p>
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<p>A story <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/read-it-judge-scolds-bars-attorneys-for-high-school-girls-from-describing-trans-athletes-as-male-attorneys-take-action">reported</a> by The Daily Wire this morning shows just what we&#8217;re up against in the fight for truth and sanity in our culture. Three high school girls in Connecticut are embroiled in a legal dispute over the state&#8217;s decision to allow males who identify as &#8220;transgender&#8221; to compete on girls&#8217; sports teams. Two boys in particular, Andraya Yearwood and Terry Miller, have been dominating the female circuit for a couple of years. Although they would be middling athletes if they competed against other boys, against the girls they have raked in the wins, together taking the <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/24/terry-miller-andraya-yearwood-transgender-sprinter/">first and second place</a> trophies in some races. The lawsuit filed by Selina Soule, Alanna Smith, and Chelsea Mitchell &#8212; real girls, all &#8212; seeks to put a stop to this abject madness. But just as the track races are rigged against them, so, it seems, is the courtroom.</p>
<p>District Judge Robert Chatigny, presiding over the case, recently instructed lawyers for the plaintiffs that they may not refer to trans athletes as &#8220;males.&#8221; <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/attorneys-for-connecticut-high-school-runners-ask-judge-to-recuse-after-he-forbids-them-from-describing-trans-athletes-as-male/?taid=5eb931101e86350001b65250&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter">National Review has the full quote</a> from an April 16 conference call:</p>
<blockquote><p>What I’m saying is you must refer to them as “transgender females” rather than as “males.” Again, that’s the more accurate terminology, and I think that it fully protects your client’s legitimate interests. Referring to these individuals as “transgender females” is consistent with science, common practice and perhaps human decency. To refer to them as “males,” period, is not accurate, certainly not as accurate, and I think it’s needlessly provocative. I don’t think that you surrender any legitimate interest or position if you refer to them as transgender females. That is what the case is about. This isn’t a case involving males who have decided that they want to run in girls’ events. This is a case about girls who say that transgender girls should not be allowed to run in girls’ events. So going forward, we will not refer to the proposed intervenors as “males”; understood?</p></blockquote>
<p>They were then told that they may need to take their case to the Court of Appeals if they cannot &#8220;comply&#8221; with Chatigny&#8217;s order to refrain from calling males male. The lawyers are now calling for Chatigny to recuse himself, correctly pointing out that the judge had &#8220;destroyed the appearance of impartiality in this proceeding.&#8221; Indeed, the judge came out as not only a believer in left-wing gender theory, but one of its more radical proponents. Calling &#8220;trans girls&#8221; female is a step beyond what even many defenders of Yearwood and Miller and other trans athletes would say. The usual line is that there&#8217;s some kind of vague distinction between &#8220;girl&#8221; and &#8220;female,&#8221; so that a girl might be a girl but not necessarily a female. This is crazy and incoherent enough as it is, but not as crazy and incoherent as to flat out claim that individuals with XY chromosomes and functioning male reproductive organs are female. And that &#8212; the craziest and most incoherent version of the pro-trans argument &#8212; is the one that this judge is trying to impose on the girls and their lawyers.</p>
<p>The problem, of course, is that the fact that the trans athletes are male is <em>the whole point of the lawsuit</em>. The girls&#8217; entire case is that males and females are biologically different and those differences grant males inherent advantages in most athletic competitions. If they cannot make that case, then they cannot make any case. If they have to pretend for the sake of the lawsuit that boys are female, then they lose the very basis for the lawsuit itself. This is a point that Judge Chatigny pretends not to understand. Review this part of his lecture again: &#8220;This isn’t a case involving males who have decided that they want to run in girls’ events.&#8221;</p>
<p>On the contrary, Your Honor, that is exactly what the case involves. If these were females competing against other females, there would be no reason for a lawsuit. But they are not female, and that&#8217;s why there is a lawsuit. I wish that the lawyers for the girls had thought to ask the judge to provide a definition of the word &#8220;female.&#8221; He apparently thinks that a female is someone with XX chromosomes or someone with XY chromosomes. As that pretty much covers the whole gamut of human possibilities, it would seem that the judge actually thinks the word female means nothing at all. If he has a definition for the word that would allow it to retain some kind of distinct and objective meaning while also permitting penis-wielding XYs to fall under its umbrella, I&#8217;d really like to hear what it is. I doubt he can provide one. But that hasn&#8217;t stopped him from imposing his confused ideology onto the proceedings.</p>


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<p>With Americans growing increasingly desperate to see some form of organized sports on their flatscreen TVs, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a lead voice on the White House Coronavirus Task Force, offered some discouraging comments for all those hoping that America&#8217;s most popular sport is coming back in full force in fall. Football presents &#8220;the perfect set up for spreading,&#8221; says Fauci. But the infectious disease expert is also throwing fans a little hope, suggesting that it might be possible not only to have some version of a football season, but some games might even feature fans in stadiums.</p>
<p>In an <a href="https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/05/11/nfl-season-dr-fauci-coronavirus-fmia-peter-king/">interview</a> with NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Football Morning in America&#8221; published Monday, Fauci told Peter King that as much as America is clamoring for football to return as scheduled, in the end, &#8220;The virus will make the decision for us.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Suppose you test a team of 53 players on a Saturday night and four are positive,&#8221; King asked Fauci. &#8220;Is there a level at which—&#8221;</p>
<p>But before King could even finish the question, Fauci interjected, &#8220;You got a problem there.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;You know why? Because it is likely that if four of them are positive and they’ve been hanging around together, that the other ones that are negative are really positive,&#8221; the infectious disease expert explained. &#8220;So I mean, if you have one outlier [only one player testing positive], I think you might get away. But once you wind up having a situation where it looks like it’s spread within a team, you got a real problem. You gotta shut it down.&#8221;</p>
<p>What exactly does he mean by &#8220;shut it down&#8221;? &#8220;Quarantine the team,&#8221; King writes. &#8220;The next two games for that team? Cancelled or postponed. That could be life in the NFL in 2020.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I think it’s feasible that negative testing players could play to an empty stadium,&#8221; Fauci told King later. &#8220;Is it guaranteed? No way &#8230; There will be virus out there and you will know your players are negative at the time they step onto the field.&#8221;</p>
<p>Not exactly what the football-loving nation wants to hear.</p>
<p>And, unlike some other sports, where the real problem would be all the fans, thus fan-less events would mostly do the trick, the close-contact nature of football makes it particularly problematic, suggested Fauci.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is a respiratory virus, so it’s going to be spread by shedding virus,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The problem with virus shedding is that if I have it in my nasal pharynx, and it sheds and I wipe my hand against my nose — now it’s on my hand. You see, then I touch my chest or my thigh, then it’s on my chest or my thigh for at least a few hours. Sweat as such won’t transmit it. But if people are in such close contact as football players are on every single play, then that’s the perfect set up for spreading. I would think that if there is an infected football player on the field — a middle linebacker, a tackle, whoever it is it—as soon as they hit the next guy, the chances are that they will be shedding virus all over that person. If you really want to be in a situation where you want to be absolutely certain, you’d test all the players before the game. And you say, &#8216;Those who are infected: Sorry, you’re sidelined. Those who are free: Get in there and play.'&#8221;</p>
<p>Fauci also addressed the question of how many fans, if any, we might see during the season. There&#8217;s some good news there: we might be able to get some fans back in those venues at some point in the season, Fauci suggested.</p>
<p>&#8220;[I]f the virus is so low that even in the general community the risk is low, then I could see filling a third of the stadium or half the stadium so people could be six feet apart,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I mean, that’s something that is again feasible depending on the level of infection. I keep getting back to that: It’s going to depend. Like, right now, if you fast forward, and it is now September. The season starts. I say you can’t have a season—it’s impossible. There’s too much infection out there. It doesn’t matter what you do. But I would hope that by the time you get to September it’s not gonna be the way it is right now.&#8221;</p>
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<p>In the smash hit documentary about the Chicago Bulls&#8217; championship run in the 1990s, &#8220;The Last Dance,&#8221; Michael Jordan, the breakaway star of the championship team, is forced to explain why, at the height of his popularity, he did not use his star status to press for political change.</p>
<p>Jordan has been widely criticized &#8212; at least by Democrats &#8212; for failing to get involved in heated political races in the 1990s, particularly in the North Carolina Senate race between Harvey Gantt and incumbent Republican Jesse Helms, a noted segregationist.</p>
<p>According to Jordan lore, when asked why he wouldn&#8217;t openly endorse Gantt, despite being a North Carolina hero, Jordan reportedly said that &#8220;Republicans buy sneakers, too&#8221; &#8212; a quip routinely used to chastize Jordan for maintaining the veneer of an all-American hero in order to make a maximum profit.</p>
<p>In Sunday night&#8217;s episode of &#8220;The Last Dance,&#8221; which featured commentary from no less than former President Barack Obama about Jordan&#8217;s cultural legacy, Jordan finally admitted to the statement, but countered that it was a joke, not a jab at other players who chose to be involved in political causes.</p>
<p>“I do commend Muhammad Ali for standing up for what he believed in. But I never thought of myself as an activist. I thought of myself as a basketball player,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I wasn&#8217;t a politician when I was playing my sport. I was focused on my craft. Was that selfish? Probably. But that was my energy. That&#8217;s where my energy was.”</p>
<p>He also added that he gave privately to Gantt, but simply refused to publicly endorse him because he was unfamiliar with Gantt as a candidate.</p>
<p>“I don&#8217;t think that statement needs to be corrected because I said it in jest on a bus with Horace Grant and Scottie Pippen,” Jordan said in his interview “It was thrown off the cuff. My mother asked to do a PSA for Harvey Gantt, and I said, &#8216;Look, Mom, I&#8217;m not speaking out of pocket about someone that I don&#8217;t know. But I will send a contribution to support him.&#8217; Which is what I did.”</p>
<p>Jordan also admitted that he found living up to people&#8217;s impressions of him impossible and, early in his career, he came to terms with the idea that no matter what he did or how much he contributed on and off the basketball court, it is “never going to be enough for everybody.&#8221;</p>
<p>“The way I go about my life is I set examples. If it inspires you? Great, I will continue to do that. If it doesn&#8217;t? Then maybe I&#8217;m not the person you should be following,” he said.</p>
<p>Jordan got involved in politics only later in life, openly endorsing then-presidential candidate Obama who, in his own interview, said he wished Jordan had gotten more deeply involved in politics, largely proving Jordan&#8217;s point about not pleasing everyone.</p>
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<p>USA Gymnastics has suspended former U.S. Olympic coach Maggie Haney following an investigation into her alleged verbal and emotional abuse of the athletes she coached, including Olympic champion Laurie Hernandez and world champion Riley McCusker.</p>
<p>The Associated Press <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/04/30/us-olympic-gymnastics-coach-maggie-haney-suspended-for-8-years/">reported</a> Thursday that the penalty was confirmed on Wednesday following two months of hearings in an investigation that was opened in August 2019. Hernandez testified against her former coach in February 2020.</p>
<p>It was actually three-and-a-half years ago that allegations against Haney first surfaced, the Orange County Register <a href="https://www.ocregister.com/2019/08/19/maggie-haney-coach-of-olympic-and-world-champion-gymnasts-under-investigation/">reported</a> last year. At the time the investigation was opened, Haney was still coaching McCusker, who later wrote a letter blasting Haney as part of the investigation.</p>
<p>“The independent hearing panel — comprised of three members of the gymnastics community, including an attorney, a club owner, and a former national team athlete — found that Ms. Haney violated the USA Gymnastics Code of Ethical Conduct, Safe Sport Policy, and other policies,” USA Gymnastics said a statement released Wednesday.</p>
<p>As punishment, Haney has had her membership with USA Gymnastics suspended and will not be able to coach any of the organization’s athletes, nor will she be able to visit any of their clubs. Her suspension will last eight years followed by a two-year probationary period, the AP reported. She can reapply for membership with USA Gymnastics after submitting proof that she completed “Safe Sport courses.”</p>
<p>Haney’s attorney, Russel Prince, blasted the decision and said the process to punish his client was unfair.</p>
<p>“The ruling is regrettable but in no way surprising considering the heavy-handed nature of the investigative and hearing process,” Prince told the Southern California News Group. “There is no fundamental fairness to the manner in which these matters are resolved. Clearly, I would anticipate an arbitration.”</p>
<p>Judie Saunters, who represented Hernandez and other gymnasts, called the eight-year suspension and two-year probation “a micro step in the right direction for how athletes are treated in the hypercompetitive world of sports.”</p>
<p>Haney was accused of bullying and threatening multiple gymnasts, the Asbury Park Press <a href="https://www.app.com/story/sports/2019/08/20/maggie-haney-jersey-shore-based-coach-olympic-gymnasts-under-investigation-report/2060945001/">reported</a> last August. She also allegedly told injured gymnasts to take off their walking boots and keep training and competing.</p>
<p>Haney, according to the APP, has coached gymnastics in New Jersey since 2000. She has coached her MG Elite team since 2007 out of Monmouth Gymnastics. Hernandez won a gold medal in the 2016 Olympics and McCusker won a gold medal at the 2018 World Championships.</p>
<p>The APP reported last year that even though USA Gymnastics president and CEO Li Li Leung said at the time that she was aware of the allegations against Haney, several parents suggested the organization did not take the accusations seriously enough.</p>
<p>The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/29/sports/gymnastics-coach-banned-maggie-haney.html">reported</a> that at least six families accused Haney of abuse</p>
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