College Basketball Coach Stresses the Importance of Social Justice in Sports
"For me, such outcomes are much more rewarding than winning a game. "...
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Female College Student Nominated for Courage Award After Kicking Football in Game
"in a 41-0 loss to Missouri"...
George Washington University Paints Black Lives Matter Mural on School Basketball Court
"George Washington University is not the only college athletics department to make such a move."...
College Football Team Prevented From Entering Field With Chainsaw
"one of the officials got in their way at their makeshift tunnel"...
Michigan State Canceling Swimming and Diving Programs Due to Lack of Funding
"The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have touched every area of our life."...
Big 12 Athletic Conference Pushing Social Justice in College Football Fall Season
"Each of our schools will be doing a unity message as part of its pregame show"...
After Ratings Tank, NBA to Stop Pushing BLM Message on the Court Next Season
The NBA has become insufferable. As if killing the game weren't bad enough, they also sacrificed everything enjoyable about sports in favor of social justice messaging. And it backfired, giving the league record low ratings and 68% drop in viewership for the NBA finals.
The Black Lives Matter messaging painted all over the court will be “largely left off the floor” as commissioner Adam Silver said the league is going back to "normal" next season.
Allegheny College President Attends Off-Campus Soccer Game While Students Are Forbidden to Leave
"students were ordered to remain on campus, per the school's strict COVID-19 guidelines"...
University of Denver Suspends 38 Student Athletes for Attending Off-Campus Party
"The students have also been referred to the Student Rights and Responsibilities (SRR) process, where they could face additional academic suspensions."...
Writer Apologizes for Saying America Needs College Football
"Black men putting their bodies on the line for my enjoyment is inspired and maintained by my uninformed and disconnected whiteness"...
University of Minnesota Slashing Multiple Men’s Sports Programs Due to Financial Concerns
"Our athletic department is now facing a projected loss of revenue of approximately $75 million just this fiscal year."...
Curry College Retiring ‘Colonel’ Mascot to Better Reflect Diversity and Inclusion
"This time in our nation’s history in which larger conversations around racism and racial violence, bias, and the true meanings of diversity and inclusion make it important for us to examine institutional norms"...
College Sports Teams Follow Pros, Skip Practice in Favor of BLM Protests
"As college athletes, we have been given a platform and it is imperative that we speak out against injustice"...
NBA, Some MLB Teams Strike on Wednesday in Response to Jacob Blake Shooting
The Milwaukee Bucks decided not to play its playoff game on Wednesday to protest the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, WI. Their strike caused a domino effect that spread to other leagues.
But if they all play tomorrow or even the rest of the season do their actions on Wednesday even matter?
University of Iowa Anticipates $100 Million Loss Due to Lack of Fall Sports
"This comes as the university alerts its football season ticket holders and per seat contribution commitments that the refund request deadline of August 14 is no longer valid."...
Canceled Fall Sports Could Cost University of Michigan Over $56 Million Dollars
“In our last fiscal year, spectator admissions to athletic events totaled $56.6 million. That could theoretically go to zero without us hosting any events”...
University Soccer Players Dismissed From Team for Organizing a Party
"The party led to the temporary shutdown of voluntary activities and preseason practice for four Cardinal sports, according to the school."...
‘Segregated Waves’: Now Surfing and the Ocean are Racist
SF Weekly managed to ruin an interesting story about a woman trying to make surfing appealing to females, blacks, and indigenous people.
The weekly publication framed the story around racism instead of exploring these organizations women started to bring those people into the sport.
Ron Coleman