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In a loathsome act of thievery, someone stole the high school baseball jersey of late Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez during a tribute ceremony held at the late pitcher’s alma mater.

Monday avid golfer and president of the United States Barack Obama paid tribute to Arnold Palmer one day after “The King” of golf passed away at the age of 87.

Seattle Mariners catcher Steve Clevenger tweeted himself into hot water on Thursday by expressing his frustration and outrage at President Obama and the protesters in Charlotte.

Wednesday Time Magazine announced that the most controversial player in the NFL, Colin Kaepernick, will grace its cover for their October 3rd issue.

Monday Tim Tebow tied his cleats for his first workout as a professional baseball player joining 57 other Mets rookies at Port St. Lucie Florida, where they will play in the instructional league.

Inspired by Colin Kaepernick’s ongoing protest of the national anthem, every player of San Francisco’s Mission High School’s varsity football team failed to stand for the playing of “The Star Spangled Banner.”

“Harambe” blazoned jerseys, inspired by the gorilla put to death at the Cincinnati zoo, are back on sale after a brief ban.

Baltimore Orioles All-Star center fielder Adam Jones claims that you don’t see MLB players protesting the national anthem because “baseball is a white man’s sport.’’

The latest NFL player to refuse to stand for America’s national anthem says he doesn’t stand against men and women in uniform by kneeling during the song.

Former NFL quarterback and 2007 Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow signed a minor-league baseball contract with the New York Mets.

As Boston Red Sox first baseman and future Hall-of-Famer David Ortiz begins drawing back the curtain on an exceptional MLB career, the slugger found time to criticize the GOP presidential nominee, Donald Trump, for his stance on illegal immigrants and border security.

Thursday night defiant quarterback Collin Kaepernick, who once again refused to stand for the nation’s national anthem, pledged $1 million to two community organizations.

The Federal Aviation Administration kicked off an investigation to find out why four A-1o Thunderbolt fighter jets flew at extremely low altitudes and buzzed Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees joined the fray and weighed in on Colin Kaepernick’s controversial national anthem sit down. The Super Bowl XLIV Most Valuable Player said that “it was bothering me all day long.”

El Paso’s Cathedral High School disinvited legendary NCAA football coach Lou Holtz as their 90th-anniversary gala guest speaker for describing immigration as an invasion and opining that immigrants need to learn how to assimilate better.

While the Miami Dolphins sharpen their X’s and O’s in a pre-season exhibition game against the Tennessee Titans on Thursday at the newly named Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, the organization will also hone its defense against Zika-carrying mosquitos.

On Thursday the University of Vermont announced the cancellation of its women’s basketball road game against the University of North Carolina on Dec. 28 to protest the Tar Heel State’s bathroom privacy law.

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson and Grammy Award-winning singer Ciara did an end-around on North Carolina due to the state’s transgender bathroom law by moving their destination wedding to London.

Darryl Strawberry decided to call out his friend and former teammate Doc Gooden by publicly announcing that the legendary fireballer battles a serious cocaine problem to not risk waiting until something more drastic transpires.

Ryan Lochte apologized for his conduct last weekend in Rio de Janeiro that precipitated an international scandal involving an alleged robbery and some imbecilic drunken behavior on the part of the 32-year-old gold medalist and three other USA Olympic swimmers.

The past week in Rio, Gabby Douglas failed to achieve the success that she earned four years ago in London after she was shut out from winning any medals for her performance in individual gymnastic events. On top of that, the American 2012 Olympics overall woman’s gymnastic gold medal champion received a thrashing on social media for not putting her hand over her heart, while the national anthem played during the USA team gold medal ceremony.

Despite Wednesday night’s Rio Olympics lineup of top athletes including U.S. beach volleyball stars Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross, superstar American swimmer and multiple gold medal winner Katie Ledecky, and Japanese iconic gymnast Kohei Uchimura, Nielsen ratings saw a drop in prime viewing for NBC, down 14 percent from the comparable night in 2012 at the London Olympic games.

The water in a second Olympic swimming pool mysteriously changed colors on Wednesday much to the chagrin of swimmers and officials at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center in Rio de Janeiro.

The Turkish center for the Oklahoma City Thunder, Enes Kanter, changed his last name to Gülen after his parents disowned him for pledging allegiance to Pennsylvania-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen.

Another Olympic boxer faces allegations of sexual assault for forcing himself on a housekeeper at the Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro.

Just when most Olympic athletes and coaches realize that circumstances surrounding the Rio Games couldn’t get more dangerous and disgusting, on Friday Olympic officials offered a coup de grâce by losing the keys to the Maracana, the site of the opening ceremonies.

Despite supplying the weapons of choice for golf legend Tiger Woods and current number four ranked player in the world, Rory McIlroy, Nike Golf calls it quits on their club-making equipment business.

Andrew Bogut expressed his dismay with the Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro by initiating a sarcastic hashtag on Twitter: #IOCLuxuryLodging.

Scheduled to go on air in 2017 on the Turner News Network, NBA great and current TNT basketball analyst Charles Barkley will host a new show “The Race Card.”

Swedish big mountain skier Matilda Rapaport died after she was swallowed up by an avalanche while filming a video in Chile.

For those wagering in Vegas that the NFL Oakland Raiders are on their way to Sin City anytime soon, they might want to hedge their bets.

Just two weeks before the opening of the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, Australian Olympic Committee officials announced that they would not be moving into the athletes’ village on Sunday due to significant plumbing and electrical concerns.

Commissioner Rob Manfred told ESPN Radio’s Mike & Mike that MLB is considering limiting the number of relief pitchers that can be used in a game and that he favors such a restriction.

Sounding more like Ayn Rand than the third-greatest scorer in NBA history, retired Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant penned a letter to his 17-year-old self, telling him to give relatives tools and opportunities rather than just showering them with money and gifts.

College Football Hall-of Fame coach Lou Holtz showed Monday that endorsing Donald J. Trump and hanging out at the RNC is a perfect excuse to party all night.

A commission appointed by the World Anti-Doping Agency concluded that the Russian Ministry of Sport “directed, controlled and oversaw” state-dictated doping cover-ups. The findings come after an investigation of Russian athletes and officials participating in the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games.