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L.A. Lakers star LeBron James went on a post-game rant on Thursday, demanding that the police officers involved in the death of Breonna Taylor be arrested.

It’s Opening Day for the Tampa Bay Rays, and the organization used their first social media post of this all-important day to call for the arrest of the officers who killed Breonna Taylor.

It was expected that several players from the Yankees and Nationals would take a knee during or prior to the national anthem on Opening Day. Though, it wasn’t widely expected that every player and coach from both teams would do it.

According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the football team formerly known as the Washington Redskins will instead refer to itself as the Washington Football Team, until a new name is chosen.

Major League Baseball has announced plans to stencil “Black Lives Matter” on the pitcher’s mound during opening week, beginning with the Washington Nationals and New York Yankees game on Thursday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball players have the option of having a patch with “Black Lives Matter” or “United For Change” on a jersey sleeve on opening day of the pandemic-delayed season.

The Boston Red Sox have placed a huge, team-branded Black Lives Matter billboard along the Massachusetts Turnpike next to Fenway Park.

Cincinnati Reds players took part in the anthem protests that have become common during baseball’s return to play. And when they did, their team’s official social media accounts backed them up.

“Democrats have created Frankenstein’s monster,” said Lt. Col. Allen West (Ret.), newly-elected chairman of the Texas Republican Party, in reference to Antifa and Black Lives Matter.

ESPN anchor Sage Steele believes that two of her black colleagues at ESPN conspired to keep her out of a recent social justice documentary, because they felt like she wouldn’t speak with an authentic black voice, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Weeks ago, the NBA decided to display their social justice activism on their courts. On Tuesday, the league unveiled proof that they made good on that pledge.

Saying that these protests have “never been about the flag,” Major League Baseball became the most recent pro sport to condone protests during the national anthem.

For the first time, the NFL will allow players to display the names or initials of people killed in altercations with the police on their helmets.

There was much speculation that the return of sports would bring with it a return of protesting during the national anthem.

Until recent months, Major League Baseball has generally eschewed mixing politics with baseball. However, now the league is working with players on how to make “social justice” issues a part of the league’s restart.

On Sunday, the Atlanta Braves quietly removed their “Chop On” statue from near the third-base entrance at Truist Park.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Cleveland Indians took three separate buses to PNC Park before Saturday’s exhibition against the Pittsburgh Pirates, a move designed to maintain proper social distancing while also trying to pull off a Major League Baseball season during the COVID-19 pandemic.

It seems as though the Washington Redskins won’t be the only North American professional football team changing their name in the near future.

Houston Rockets guard James Harden is facing significant backlash on the Internet after a picture of him wearing a ‘Thin Blue Line’ mask was tweeted from the Rockets account.

The Women’s National Basketball Association has decided not to try and force out U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler after her open letter asking the league to approve pro-America slogans along with its social justice agenda.

Atlantic writer and former ESPN host Jemele Hill, has admitted that the sort of anti-Semitism seen in Eagles player DeSean Jackson’s social media posts reveal an insensitivity to the persecution of others, within the black community.

One of the league’s few remaining anthem protesters has found himself attracting headlines for a protest off the field football.

Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders/MSF) has been accused of reinforcing “colonialism and white supremacy” by 1,000 current and former employees in a letter to the NGO’s management.

CLEVELAND (AP) — The spotlight for change is shining on the Cleveland Indians.

The University of Texas announced a series of steps Monday intended to make itself more welcoming to its Black students but stopped short of shelving “The Eyes of Texas” song that a number of athletes have said needs to go because it has racist undertones.

Echoing rhetoric from American rapper Kanye West, a BLM activist said that black people in the UK should abandon the Labour Party and cast their votes “somewhere else”, adding “fuck Keir Starmer!” As seen in a Breitbart London exclusive video,

The Los Angeles teachers’ union suggests schools could free up funds needed to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic if police are defunded.

The co-founder of the far-left organization Sleeping Giants, Matt Rivitz, is being called out, cancelled, and accused of racism and sexism — by the other co-founder of Sleeping Giants.

LeBron James says his thoughts on social justice can’t be contained on the back of a basketball jersey.

Historian Victor Davis Hanson proposed several measures to address left-wing political corruption across academia, offering his remarks on last Friday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight with host Rebecca Mansour.

The University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts announced Friday that it will remove its exhibit of Hollywood legend John Wayne, citing an initiative to promote “anti-racist cultural values” following protests from students.

Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) has called on the NBA to put pro-police, military, and “Free Hong Kong” messages on their uniforms, as opposed to the Black Lives Matter-related messages the league plans to have on jerseys when the league restarts later this month.

The Biden-Sanders “unity” recommendations urge public schools to return to the Obama leniency policy for unacceptable behavior by “children of color.”

The Philadelphia Union donned shirts bearing the names of black people killed by the police for the MLS tournament in Orlando, Florida.

Major League Baseball’s social media accounts have gone woke, with dozens of Black Lives Matter posts from the league and players alike.

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks say they will continue to use their team name because it honors a Native American leader who has been an inspiration to generations.