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Pedro Martinez congratulated the Cleveland Indians for sweeping his former club in the ALDS on Monday night. The fun police quickly went on the war path.

Michael Bisping fights Dan Henderson in a rematch seven years in the making Saturday night.

Dallas police concluded in their investigation into Aqib Talib’s bullet wound that the cornerback shot himself.

Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury admits to doing “lots” of cocaine but characterizes his critics looking to strip of his titles as partaking in a “witch hunt” that seeks to destroy him.

Sports journalists jumped on a man in a gorilla suit invading the field at the Lions-Bears game in Chicago on Sunday as a racist. Then the cops unmasked him as something else entirely.

President Obama welcomed the American Olympic and Paralympic teams to the White House in a bizarre ceremony that celebrated athletes for checking a diversity box rather than winning gold.

Bostonians named a tunnel for Ted Williams and a pole for Johnny Pesky. Why not a bridge for Big Papi?

David Ortiz says he loves New York Yankees fans for bringing the best out of him despite a campaign by some Bronx Bombers followers to moon him tonight.

Conor McGregor takes on Eddie Alvarez in the inaugural UFC card in New York in November.

Jose Fernandez, may your fastballs all find the strikezone and your sliders never hang on the field of dreams. Rest in peace.

Seattle Mariners catcher Steve Clevenger tweeted something someone didn’t like. He lost his job because of it. Colin Kaepernick kneels for the national anthem and he pockets $16 million a year for sitting on the bench (He sits for the song for free). Welcome to America, 2016.

Bill Belichick tied Curly Lambeau on the all-time wins list Thursday night. Has he already surpassed Lambeau’s most famous successor in terms of coaching greatness?

If an athlete kneels during the national anthem in an empty arena, does anybody see it?

A Yahoo survey says that 44 percent of Americans report a desire to stop watching NFL games should players continue to kneel for the national anthem.

The Oakland Unified School District’s Honor Band took a knee while playing “The Star Spangled Banner” at O.co Coliseum on Tuesday night.

The NFL sees its ratings going down faster than Colin Kaepernick after hearing “O say can you see.”

Philadelphia Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins touted a dramatic, teamwide protest slated for “Monday Night Football.”

The New England Patriots lost starter Jimmy Garoppolo to injury Sunday after losing starter Tom Brady to suspension before the season. Even the Patriots show that the next-man-up philosophy works better in theory than in practice from time to time.

Megan Rapinoe knelt for “The Star Spangled Banner” Thursday night after standing for Thailand’s national anthem.

Resident assistants at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst termed references to Harambe as illegal, racist “microaggressions.” The University of Massachusetts-Lowell countered by giving away mini-Harambes to fans of their men’s soccer team.

Steph Curry plans to stand for the national anthem but stand by Colin Kaepernick.

The doctor portrayed in the movie “Concussion” believes that poison, not the very real concussion Hillary Clinton suffered or some other malady, may explain the presidential candidate’s health issues.

The crowd remaining at Levi’s Stadium booed Colin Kaepernick and chanted “USA! USA!”

Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem before the San Francisco 49ers home opener at Levi’s Stadium.

A nonprofit organization supporting veterans fired off a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell challenging him to prohibit on-field “unsportsmanlike” protests of “The Star Spangled Banner.”

A Denver Broncos linebacker took a knee during the national anthem before Thursday night’s NFL season kickoff.

The U.S. Women’s National Team soccer coach describes Hope Solo’s sore-loser comments at the Olympics as the straw that broke the camel’s back.

U.S. Women’s National Team member Megan Rapinoe refused to stand during the national anthem before a Seattle Reign game against the Chicago Red Stars in Illinois. The teams played to a 2-2 stalemate.

Police in Santa Clara threaten to boycott working San Francisco 49ers home games because of Colin Kaepernick’s expressed hostility to law enforcement.

Not even an active-duty serviceman singing the national anthem brought Colin Kaepernick to his feet Thursday night in San Diego.

Colin Kaepernick, meet Eric Hoffer.

One of the CBS Sports’s most listened to football talking heads unambiguously condemned Colin Kaepernick’s refusal to stand for the national anthem.

Colin Kaepernick’s first time on the field since sitting for the national anthem comes in the NFL’s #1 military town on a night dubbed a “Salute to the Military.”

Robert Dean Lurie’s “We Can Be Heroes: The Radical Individualism of David Bowie” reads as a very different kind of book about a very different guy. A thin, readable eBook now bound, appropriately enough, by Liberty Island—a self-described “revolt against conformity and groupthink”—We Can Be Heroes explores what made the musician so unique.

The San Francisco Police Officers Association (SFPOA) sent a letter objecting to Colin Kaepernick’s verbal attacks on police to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York calling on the pair to “denounce his foolish statements.”

Colin Kaepernick wants you to think about why he sits for two minutes every Sunday. He does this because he does not want you to think about why he sits for three hours every Sunday.