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By the summer of 1968, black athletes were becoming international symbols of protest against racial injustice, most famously embodied by sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos, who held up black gloved fists on the podium at the Mexico City Olympics. Smith and Carlos were the most visible athletes who joined efforts organized by scholar-activist Harry Edward to boycott the Olympic Games. Plans for the initial boycott evolved into protests against institutional racism that, in the aftermath of Mexico City, became global in scope. … [Read more...] about Protesting made these athletes patriots

Jon Harder – President Trump commuted the sentence of Jon Harder, former President and CEO of Sunwest Management Inc., who has served nearly 5 years of a 15-year prison sentence. Notable figures, including the Honorable Michael Hogan who served as the Federal judge overseeing Sunwest’s bankruptcy and receivership, Ford Elsaesser who served as counsel to Sunwest’s creditors in receivership, and multiple other individuals involved in the litigation support Mr. Harder’s commutation. Mr. Harder was serving as president and CEO of Sunwest Management Inc., a large management company overseeing residential senior care facilities, when he misused investment funds during the real estate crisis. Mr. Harder fully accepted responsibility, pled guilty, and cooperated with the government’s civil and criminal actions against him at great personal cost. According to former Chief Judge Hogan, Mr. Harder’s full cooperation “against his substantial financial and … [Read more...] about Donald Trump Announces Pardons and Commutations for 143 People in Last Hours of Presidency

If you know anything about Jim Brown's reputation for seeming indestructible and unconquerable, you'd think nothing could ever hurt him -- until this moment. And yet something about Hodge's demeanor in the role at that moment registers ... not anger, exactly, but a watchful resignation. It's shock without surprise over the way he's been treated, similar to how many African Americans today view the resurgence of White supremacism in public spaces. A sentiment that says at once, "The more things change ..." and "So what now?" … [Read more...] about The urgent question posed by ‘One Night in Miami’

The slow, but clear, encroachment of the #MeToo movement into sports. Electing a man accused of many, many sexual assaults to the White House helped seed the #MeToo movement that, after the Harvey Weinstein allegations exploded, rocked the world of finance, media, politics and Hollywood. Sports, at first, was slow to get on board. This made tragic sense: No institution in American life is more dominated by men, and as resistant to self-examination.. But this, too, has slowly begun to change. The Houston Astros’ scandal last year kicked off with the firing of an executive who yelled “I’m so fucking glad we got [accused domestic abuser Roberto] Osuna!” at a group of women sportswriters, and Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson was pushed out of the league after repeated reports of sexual harassment. (They even took down a statue he put up of himself outside his stadium.) Just on Tuesday morning, the Mets fired new general manager Jared Porter after Mina Kimes … [Read more...] about 7 Ways Trump Changed Sports Forever

The MLB team released a #WeAreNewYork video featuring all the pro squads in the city, and it’s exactly what we need to raise our spirits. (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football) … [Read more...] about New York Yankees Share Incredibly Inspiring Video During The Coronavirus Pandemic