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NBA has created the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Award. The new annual league honor that recognizes a current player pursuing social justice while upholding its values of equality, diversity and inclusion. Over the course of a 20-year NBA career and for decades after, Abdul-Jabbar embodied such qualities in dedicating his life to the fight for equality. […]
Hip Hop artist J. Cole is now a member of the Basketball Africa League’s Rwanda Patriots BBC. Cole, 36, arrived in Rwanda two days ago and is in the midst of quarantining, and will reportedly play between three and six games with the team, the first of which will be on Sunday against Nigeria’s Rivers Hoopers, […]
On Wednesday, Governor Andrew Cuomo said that starting May 19, vaccinated spectators will be able to be seated normally, with no more social distancing. Younger Spectators that are currently ineligible for the vaccine will still be able to sit with vaccinated family members. Those fans who are not vaccinated who are eligible for the vaccine […]
Top officials at the NBA and MLB are asking visitors to prove they’ve gotten their shots with “vaccine passport.” Citi Field, home of the New York Mets, are among a longer list of sports spaces that now require digital vaccine verifications. Using an app called Health Pass from technology company Clear for COVID-19 screening showing […]
With the 30th pick in the 2021 NFL Draft The Buffalo Bills select Gregory Rousseau edge rusher from Miami. The 6’7, 260 pound defensive end had 15.5 sacks in 2019 before he opted out of the 2020 Covid season. Our first pick of the 2021 NFL Draft. Welcome to Buffalo, Gregory Rousseau! #BillsMafia pic.twitter.com/5XPmvbP9BF — […]
Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr.is back! This time fighting YouTuber Logan Paul in an exhibition match June 6th at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. The Mayweather-Paul fight had been initially scheduled for Feb. 20, but was postponed indefinitely. Under the previously reported terms of the fight, Mayweather will be required to weigh in under 160 pounds, […]
The Buffalo Bills will have fans back in Highmark Stadium for the 2021 NFL season. As long as fans are fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said he is in favor of using the New York State Excelsior Pass as proof of vaccination for all fans and staff who are entering the […]
Alex Rodriguez and former Walmart CEO Marc Lore are working together to buy the NBA Minnesota Timberwolves. The agreement, which also includes the WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx, opens a 30-day window for negotiations to be finalized. If accountants and attorneys for both sides agree, the deal would then need to be approved by the league. The reported […]
Phillip Adams, 32, shot and killed 5 people and then took his own life. After looking at his body, coroner, Sabrina Gast, had her office contact Boston University to look for CTE in his brain. The former NFL player played 6 seasons and suffered 2 concussions. Dianne Gallagher reports: “The neurodegenerative disease results in Alzheimer’s-like […]
Some more information was release about the SUV crash that almost took the life of Tiger Woods back in February. Reports of the golf legend was driving at a high rate of speed at nearly 90 miles per hour that caused his SUV to flip over and crashed. Taco wood suffered serious injuries responders had […]