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ESPN broadcaster Mark Jones tweeted that he will tell the police officers assigned to protect him at stadiums to “take the day off,” out of fear that the officer might shoot him due to his “black skin.”

Flames surged in Portland on Wednesday night, after a rioter lit a large Molotov cocktail and threw it at the police.

A police officer on a bicycle was knocked to the ground and then attacked by several rioters as he got to his feet and attempted to get away. Including one rioter, who ran up from behind and cracked the officer in the back of the head with a baseball bat.

LeBron James described himself as “devastated, hurt, sad and mad” when reacting to the Grand Jury indictment of former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison in connection with the shooting death of Breonna Taylor.

Sports were on ESPN Wednesday night, though, as usual, the network found a way to mix in some politics.

A large group of demonstrators set-up a roadblock in Denver on Wednesday night, as part of a wave of protests that swept over the country in wake of the Grand Jury decision in the Breonna Taylor case.

Rioters in Louisville attacked police officers by throwing projectiles at them and even knocked one of them to the ground, as the officers tried to extinguish fires in the city.

After two police officers were shot in the head and face as they sat in their cruiser nearly two weeks ago, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva challenged outspoken social justice advocate and NBA star LeBron James to match the reward for information leading to the arrest of the assailant. On Wednesday, James gave his response to Villanueva’s request.

According to a report, L.A. Lakers star LeBron James is looking to pay the fines, fees, and debts of Florida’s convicted felons, so that they can vote in the 2020 election.

Bubba Wallace turned heads recently, when he surprisingly announced that he was leaving Richard Petty Motorsports at the end of his contract.

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball and the players’ association say they have committed $10 million to fund programs of the new Players Alliance to improve representation of Black Americans in baseball.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was not a supporter of former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s protests during the national anthem.

NBA superstar LeBron James told USA Today on Sunday, that black people’s votes don’t count.

Whoever advised the NFL that turning their games into a showcase for leftist activism was a good idea, should be probably be declared non-essential.

Pittsburgh Steelers lineman Maurkice Pouncey chose to wear the name of fallen Pittsburgh police officer Eric Kelly on the back of his helmet.

Tyron Woodley desperately tried to mock UFC fighter Colby Covington by wearing a fake MAGA hat and constantly injecting “Black Lives Matter” into his pre-fight interview, but Covington got the last laugh.

Matthew Stafford has made a lot of money in the NFL. However, he also comes from a lot of money. A fact which has led the Lions signal-caller to label himself a person of “privilege,” who now wants to get out of his “bubble.”

Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Vince Williams has added his voice to those Steelers turning critical of the NFL’s ongoing social justice demonstrations.

Only one Cowboy has knelt for the national anthem. However, Cowboys legend Emmitt Smith says that if he were still playing, there would be one more.

The Pittsburgh Steelers organization made the decision to put the name of Antwon Rose, an accused drive-by shooter, on their players helmets. That, according to Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick who says putting Rose’s name on the helmets was not the players call.

Pittsburgh Steelers lineman Maurkice Pouncey now says that he regrets joining with his teammates team in putting Antwon Rose, Jr.’s name on his helmet on Monday, saying he didn’t know all the facts in the case beforehand.

Nike has decided to commemorate the four-year anniversary of when Colin Kaepernick first knelt during the national anthem, by releasing a special edition all-black jersey.

The NBA’s ratings continue to plummet as the league moves through its conference finals this year. But the crash isn’t just recent.

NBA champion Bill Russell insisted that America is just as racist and oppressive for blacks today as it was back in the Jim Crow era.

Lifetime has announced it will release its first-ever Christmas movie featuring a gay couple as the film’s lead.

Former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka has reiterated his disgust over NFL players who protest during the national anthem, telling them if they don’t like the U.S.A., they should “go to another country.”

America’s “silent majority” must speak out to protect the nation’s foundation from the left, said Douglas Murray, author of The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity, offering his analysis on Wednesday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow.

Former ESPN talker Jemele Hill slammed Pittsburgh Steelers lineman Alejandro Villanueva for breaking with his team, and placing the name of a fallen American soldier on his helmet instead of the social justice message the rest of the team had agreed to wear.

The ratings for ESPN’s Monday Night Football are in, and they are not going to make the folks in Bristol very happy at all.

We’ve come a very long way from, if we don’t stand, we won’t play.

Pittsburgh Steelers lineman Alejandro Villanueva broke with his team’s plan to push a social justice theme on Monday, by putting a military hero’s name on his helmet instead of a person killed in an altercation with police.

Over 30 players from the Denver Broncos and Tennessee Titans, knelt in protest during the playing of the national anthem prior to their Monday Night Football tilt.

In a continuation of the mass social justice protests that have become commonplace at NFL games in 2020, both the Giants and the Steelers made large social justice statements prior to the first of Monday Night Football’s season-opening double-header.

On Sunday, the Baltimore Ravens all but two players stood during the “black national anthem,” but most either took a knee or sat down as the American national anthem was played.

Concerns have been raised over “identity politics” in the Ministry of Defence after it emerged there were more diversity and equality officers than Britain has warships. There are 44 civil servants in the ministry who have ‘diversity’ and ‘equality’ in

The Sunday Night Football clash between the Rams and the Cowboys was supposed to halt the ratings crash the NFL has experienced so far in the 2020 season.