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Packers star Aaron Rodgers took a swipe Thursday at the business-destroying coronavirus rules slammed onto California’s small businesses.

The NBA’s All-Star Game will kick off on Sunday with a chat between Vice President Kamala Harris and actor Michael B. Jordon.

ATLANTA — A shooting on Interstate 85 in suburban Atlanta has claimed the life of a rising Texas rap artist, one of three interstate shootings in the metro area in two days, authorities said Saturday.

The World Uyghur Congress (WUC), a human rights and advocacy organization for the ethnic group, has asked the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s ethics commission chair to review its call for the 2022 Winter Games not to be held in Beijing, China, citing allegations of “crimes against humanity” by China against Uyghurs.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Mark Pavelich, the speedy center from the Iron Range who played on the “Miracle on Ice” Olympic hockey team, has died at a treatment center for mental illness. He was 63.

UFC boss Dana White told fans, “I want to get to Texas ASAP” after Lone Star Governor Greg Abbott announced an end to COVID restrictions.

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves will sign a bill into law protecting female athletes in high schools and colleges from competing against men.

L.A. Lakers star LeBron James said he intends to use the All-Star Game weekend to fight “voter suppression” as the NBA comes to Atlanta’s State Farm Arena on Sunday.

The National Football League (NFL) has announced the hire of the first black female official in league history.

Creighton’ Greg McDermott has been suspended after a post-game speech in which he told his players they needed to “stay on the plantation.”

The Penguins suffered a backlash after posting a social media message in which masks were photoshopped onto the faces of several fans.

Few of the nearly 800 pro athletes who tested positive for the coronavirus were found with any serious heart problems despite worries.

Wisconsin Democrats are mobilizing against a GOP state bill that would protect young Americans from the intrusion of transgender ideology into their sports and games.

Senator Marsha Blackburn sent a letter asking the NBA what its deal with the oppressive Chinese government means for players and the U.S.

The NBA’s drive to promote personal hygiene and cleanliness during the pandemic has truly taken a turn for the bizarre.

The NFL will consider a rule change that will allow roughing the passer penalties to become subject to replay review, NFL Media reports.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Former NFL player Kellen Winslow II was sentenced Wednesday to 14 years in prison for multiple rapes and other sexual offenses against five women in Southern California, including one who was homeless when he attacked her in 2018.

A group of high school senior baseball players in California found themselves in hot water after posing for a photo without masks.

ESPN’s Dan Dakich is being investigated after a college professor said she felt “violated” by Dakich’s words during a Twitter spat.

March 3 (UPI) — The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has executed a search warrant to obtain the “black box” event recorder that was inside Tiger Woods’ vehicle, as part of its investigation into the crash last week that seriously injured the golf star.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi House voted Wednesday to ban transgender athletes from competing on girls’ or women’s sports teams in the state’s schools and universities. The bill heads to Republican Gov. Tate Reeves in the next several days, and he is expected to sign it into law.

The majority of Americans appear to disagree with the left’s vehement pursuit of overhauling school sports, rejecting the prospect of allowing transgender students to participate on sports teams of the gender they identify with rather than their biological gender, a Rasmussen Reports survey released Tuesday found.

The National Basketball League has yet to comment after a Chinese court ruled that homosexuality is a “psychological disorder.”

Florida health officias formally shot down claims by the left that Super Bowl 55 would be a coronavirus super spreading event.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Racist emails sent to the University of Texas amid a debate over the school song “The Eyes of Texas” were “abhorrent and hateful” but don’t truly represent the Longhorns’ alumni and fans, university President Jay Hartzell said Tuesday.

TOKYO (AP) — The new president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee stopped short of saying there would be no foreign fans at this year’s games, but she certainly hinted at it Wednesday after online talks with IOC President Thomas Bach and others.

Former sportscaster Keith Olbermann says that Texas’ decision to lift their mask mandate should cause them to lose access to Covid vaccines.

San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich rcalled Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s lifting of the state’s mask mandate, “ignorant.”

In order to embrace “inclusivity,” the Washington Football Team has opted to replace their cheerleading squad with a co-ed dance team.

A college basketball coach is apologizing after using an analogy in which he told his players that they needed to “stay on the plantation.”

Nike’s vice president and general manager of its North America division stepped down Monday after reports saying she was allegedly tied to her son’s resale business.

An Irish jockey has sparked controversy after a four-year-old video of him climbing atop a dead horse recently emerged.

March 2 (UPI) — Ariel Young, the 5-year-old girl who was hurt in the Feb. 4 car crash that involved former Kansas City Chiefs outside linebackers coach Britt Reid, likely has permanent brain injuries and still can’t walk, her family said.

Despite LeBron James’ insistence that he is “more than an athlete,” soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic renewed his call for James to stop talking politics and stick to sports. Over the weekend, James responded to Ibrahimovic’s initial call for him to

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) isn’t currently requiring athletes to take the Covid vaccine. However, if they try, Gold Medalist Yohan Blake will be having none of it.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has donated more than $1 million over the last month to small businesses impacted by COVID-19 in and around his hometown of Chico, Calif.