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The NBA is telling teams to prepare for contingencies in response to the coming verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial.

BBC’s Chief Diversity Officer Miranda Wayland said the lead character of the crime drama series Luther, played by actor Idris Elba, was not “black enough to be real,” because he “doesn’t have any black friends” or “eat any Caribbean food.”

The Texas Senate approved legislation limiting transgender athletes to competing only in categories that correspond to their birth gender.

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Leaders of a nearly all-white northwest Missouri school district have narrowly voted to keep the high school’s “Savages” nickname but will phase out the use of Native American imagery.

Former Green Bay Packers star Brett Favre is blasting the left-wing path taken by the major sports leagues in the U.S.

San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich says he’s “sick” to his stomach over the officer-involved shooting of Minneapolis man Daunte Wright on Sunday.

Texas is one of more than two dozen states with proposed legislation to protect female athletes from transgender competition as the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) threatens to remove sporting events from states if these bills become law. As Breitbart

The NCAA sided with transgender athletes on Monday, saying they will no longer hold events in states that aren’t “free of discrimination.”

The Minnesota Timberwolves and the Twins have postponed games scheduled for Monday evening in the wake of Sunday’s police-involved shooting of Daunte Wright.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins postponed their game against the Boston Red Sox on Monday because of safety concerns following the fatal police shooting of a Black man and the potential for unrest in the area.

Minority small-business owners and advocates in Atlanta are blasting Major League Baseball (MLB) Commissioner Rob Manfred for “punishing the very group” they claim to be “defending” by moving the All-Star Game to Colorado.

Former MLB great David Wells is blasting MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred for pulling the league’s All-Star Game out of Atlanta in response to Georgia’s voter reform law.

Soccer star Megan Rapinoe is blasting NBA player Draymond Green’s criticism of the equal pay movement for women in sports.

According to a report, MLB Commish Rob Manfred shocked MLB owners with the timing of his decision to pull the All-Star Game from Atlanta.

CBS Studios has entered an overall deal with Black Lives Matter, gender equity advocate, and “Me Too” founder Tarana Burke, as well as her producing partner Mervyn Marcano. The anti-Trump Burke, and Marcano will partner with CBS Studios to develop scripted, unscripted, and documentary content, according to a report by Deadline.

Former MLB Commissioner Fay Vincent blasted current Commish Rob Manfred for pulling the league’s All-Star Game out of Georgia.

PA Gov. Tom Wolf said that he would not sign any bill that would block trans athletes from competing in the gender category of their choice.

In Portland, Oregon, a school has delayed a vote that would confirm their new “Evergreens” mascot over fears that the tree could have ties to lynching.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer blasted Georgia’s “racist” voter reform law and invited MLB to move their All-Star Game to New York.

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

The PGA Tour Championship will remain in Georgia despite demands to remove it due to the state’s recently passed voter reform law.

A NATO report has revealed that Finland’s female-led government has received a torrent of sexist and misogynistic comments on social media. 

The internet exploded with reaction Friday after MLB decided to take its All-Star Game away from Atlanta’s Truist Park in response to the state’s new voter integrity law.

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

Girls Scouts of the USA are jumping into the “anti-racism” movement using a $500,000 grant to fund the programming effort.

The Polish national football team refused to take a knee for Black Lives Matter ahead of their match with England this week, while the English players knelt as usual.

DENVER (AP) — Colorado lawmakers are considering a proposal that would ban Native American mascots in public schools and colleges amid a nationwide push for racial justice that gained new momentum last year following George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis and the NFL team in Washington changing its name.

“Equity” does not mean treating all individuals the same. It means that the government will treat individuals differently, so that all groups might be brought to the same level, especially in terms of material wealth.

CLEVELAND (AP) — While moving forward with a plan to change their name, the Cleveland Indians said they will not permit fans inside Progressive Field wearing Native American headdresses or face paint.

The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee will not sanction athletes for raising their fists or kneeling during the national anthem at Olympic trials, previewing a contentious policy it expects to stick to when many of those same athletes head to Tokyo this summer.

Singer and actress Demi Lovato says that she identifies as “pansexual” and a “proud” member of the so-called “Alphabet Mafia,” a pejorative nickname for “queer” and “LGBTQIA+” people.

According to a recent poll, a huge number of American sports fans changed their viewing habits due to social justice activism.

Soccer star Megan Rapinoe joined the effort to force children’s sports in America to allow transgender athletes to play sports.

A former ESPN commentator is calling for the MLB to pull its All-Star Game from Georgia over the state’s new election integrity law.

Athlete activists and activist groups have joined in an effort to force Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Professional Golfers Association (PGA) to boycott the state of Georgia after the state government passed an election reform bill.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a law Friday banning transgender athletes from participating in girls’ sports, making it the third state this year to approve a measure many critics warn would prompt costly lawsuits and hurt transgender youth.