All-Star Game

President Joe Biden has opted for a “diplomatic” boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, but not a full boycott that would affect the athletes. Yet he backed a boycott of Atlanta by Major League Baseball, which withdrew the All-Star Game.

Major League Baseball’s decision to move its All-Star Game from Atlanta to Denver was a “slap in the face” to “black entrepreneurs and business owners,” said Ken Blackwell.

Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) filed legislation on Wednesday to strip Major League Baseball (MLB) of its immunity from antitrust law after commissioner Rob Manfred’s decision to remove the All-Star Game from Atlanta over a new election integrity law.

Job Creators Network president and CEO Alfredo Ortiz appeared on the Fox News Channel on Saturday to highlight the estimated $100 million loss businesses in Georgia will face due to Major League Baseball’s decision to pull the All-Star game out of Atlanta.

Joe Biden and Stacey Abrams’ racial demagoguery and lies have cost the Democrat-run city of Atlanta $100 million. LOL.

MLB is expected to announce that they will move their All-Star Game from Atlanta, Georgia, to Denver, Colorado, according to a report.

The decision by the MLB was announced Friday, prompting vocal criticism from Republicans and supporters of the law.

Major League Baseball is building a more significant presence in communist China with a new deal with CCP streaming platform Tencent Video.

Since the Georgia law actually expands voting access, MLB is arguably opposing the rights of voters — which, Democrats have argued elsewhere, is racist.

News of Major League Baseball’s decision to pull this summer’s All-Star Game from Georgia over its sweeping new voting law reverberated among fans Saturday, while Gov. Brian Kemp vowed to defend the measure, saying “free and fair elections” are worth any threats, boycotts or lawsuits.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves looked a little patchwork in their second game of the season.

Former President Barack Obama Saturday congratulated Major League Baseball (MLB) on their decision to move the All-Star game out of Atlanta after the Georgia legislature passed legislation on election integrity.

Over 100 companies joined to condemn the law, including Facebook, Google, Bank of America, Apple, Microsoft, Coca-Cola, American Express, Delta, and the Home Depot.

Former professional basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said Friday on MSNBC’s “The Beat” that Major League Baseball moving the All-Star Game from Atlanta, GA following the passage of a new voter law “means something to everybody.”

Major League Baseball is moving its All-Star Game from Atlanta in response to a recently passed voting reform law in Georgia, ESPN reports.

Two ESPN personalities were picked to coach the annual NBA All-Star Celebrity Game. Along with Rachel Nichols, ESPNer Katie Nolan was handed the honor even after breaking the network’s rules against controversial political social media posts.

After making a big show of punishing North Carolina for its transgender bathroom bill, the National Basketball Leagues has returned its All-Star Game to Charlotte. But some argue that in doing so, the NBA has sold out the LGBTQ community.

A popular group sports blog cut an anonymous hockey blogger’s page from their site after it suggested that the NHL only added black players to the All-Star Game to attract black fans.

After coming back strong from injuries, Philadelphia 76ers Center Joel Embiid is in the hunt for a slot in the upcoming All-Star Game. As a way to gain votes, he cleverly used a fake Donald Trump tweet to convince fans to vote for him.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver citing the league’s “business judgment,” rather than a high-minded civic purpose, as the reason he pulled the All-Star Game from Charlotte provoked a rebuke Thursday from 17 House members.

A Canadian quartet-turned-trio suspended a member of their singing group after changing the lyrics of the Canadian national anthem during the All-Star Game.

As Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game commences Tuesday night in San Diego, starting pitcher Chris Sale says the cancer death of Tony “Mr. Padre” Gwynn made him quit smokeless tobacco forever.

The All-Star ballots have been counted, and the votes of Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox fans really added up.

The city of San Diego installed sharp rocks set in concrete underneath and alongside a freeway underpass close to Petco Park. At the time, city officials told residents they put the rocks there to chase away the homeless because locals complained of feeling unsafe walking in the area. Now a different story has emerged.

The NBA announced its All-Star Game starters, and Kobe Bryant led the balloting to win a spot playing in his 18th such midseason exhibition.

The first returns in voting for the All-Star Game indicate that a player making his last appearance figures to start.

Pop singer Demi Lovato headlined Major League Baseball’s All Star Concert at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio last Saturday, and many are asking the question: Did she throw some shade at Ariana Grande?

Pop star Ariana Grande issued a statement of apology Wednesday after she was caught on video saying she “hates Americans” and “hates America” while licking donuts she hadn’t purchased.

The All-Star teams leave Alex Rodriguez and other prominent players off the rosters.

Major League Baseball may have just found out how easy it is to game an electronic, online election after its All-Star Game voting erupted with tens of millions of ballots for players for the Kansas City Royals. Now the league is canceling up to 65 million of those votes.

Fans of the Kansas City Royals have voted so assiduously for the team’s players for the All-Star game that Royals players currently lead the balloting at every position except second base and one spot in the outfield.

Memphis Grizzlies center Marc Gasol will make his first NBA All-Star Game start this weekend. The big man’s appearance in the Big Apple may foreshadow the free agent’s future.

Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin really wanted to win a car at the NHL All-Star game.