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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.

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.

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.

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.

MSNBC host Joy Reid has declared NBA star LeBron James as “today’s equivalent of Muhammad Ali,” in recognition of his social justice activism.

Seth Jahn, a Paralympian and military veteran, has refused to back down from his criticism of kneeling during the national anthem.

J.J. Watt has agreed to a two-year contract with the Arizona Cardinals.

UT donors have threatened to withhold their money if the school caves to activist students and removes the school song, “The Eyes of Texas.”

As the NBA announces it’s plans to investigate allegations made Thursday by G-league player and NBA veteran Jeremy Lin that he was called an anti-Asian slur “on the court,” Lin has not publicly named the player or the alleged game where the incident happened.

CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. Soccer Federation’s athletes council removed one of its members Sunday, a day after he made a speech at the federation’s annual general meeting against removing an anti-kneeling policy.

No-kneeling Wales defeated England in the Six Nations rugby tournament to claim the competition’s prized Triple Crown.

Former President Trump blasted the Democrat Party on Sunday for endangering women’s sports by allowing transgender athletes to compete against biological women. Trump emphasized that “we must protect the integrity of women’s sports”: https://twitter.com/StokieDrew/status/1366163381292523523?s=20 Trump’s call to protect women’s health

Former President Donald Trump sharply criticized the Democrats’ unified push to get men into women’s sports during his speech at the CPAC conference in Florida. 

A man who tied a knife to the leg of his rooster for an illegal cockfight was killed after the bird panicked and stabbed him in the groin, police in Lothunur village in Telangana state, India, said Sunday.

Female NCAA athlete Linnea Saltz said during a panel at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Saturday that the concept of “inclusion” should not lead to the “exclusion of biological women.”

Vanessa Bryant, the widow of NBA star Kobe Bryant, dragged actress Evan Rachel Wood Saturday for calling her late husband a “rapist” the day he died in January 2020.

For at least the second time in the last two months, dozens of anti-vaccine protesters demonstrated near the entrance to Dodger Stadium.

A college football referee blew a “missed” field-goal call because he was adjusting his mask instead of watching the play.

Former Notre Dame star and Houston Texan Louis Nix III, 29, was found dead in Florida three days after being reported missing by his other.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James responded to Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s criticism of his political activism with a promise that he will never just shut up and dribble.

Kera Birkeland’s personal and professional life gives her a unique perspective on the effort to preserve female sports exclusively for women.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Thursday that no final decision has been made about boycotting the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing over China’s human rights abuses against the Uyghur Muslims of Xinjiang province.

NBA veteran Jeremy Lin says that he has been called “coronavirus” on the court during games.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hulu announced it has ordered a limited series dramatizing the life of boxing great Mike Tyson, who quickly slammed the production as “cultural misappropriation.”

Feb. 25 (UPI) — Golf star Tiger Woods was transferred to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles following the single-vehicle rollover crash Tuesday that left him with serious leg injuries.

In one corner are the 15 leading Olympic sponsors, many household names like Airbnb, Coca-Cola, Visa, Toyota, Samsung and General Electric. Together they pay at least $1 billion to the International Olympic Committee, and in the next four-year Olympic cycle the payments could reach $2 billion.

Soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic says that LeBron James should stick to what he’s “good at” and leave politics alone.

Joe Biden’s DOJ withdrew support for a lawsuit brought by three female high schools athletes over competing against biological men in sports.

Former USA Gymnastics coach John Geddert has been charged on Thursday with 24 counts of criminal misconduct, including human trafficking and sexual assault, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The national anthem would have to be played before all sporting events held at Wisconsin venues that received any public funding, from Green Bay Packers games at Lambeau Field to beer league softball games at local parks, under a bill that a Republican lawmaker introduced Thursday.

Under Armour appears to be the next big corporation to be outed as forcing employees to undergo anti-white training sessions, a report says.