Most of the Philadelphia Eagles Said They Wouldn’t Go to the White House. So Trump Disinvited the Whole Team.
Olivier Douliery / Pool via CNP/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Monday, President Donald Trump called off the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles’ visit to the White House, saying in a statement that players and team officials “disagree with their President because he insists that they proudly stand for…
This Woman Is on the Verge of Breaking Down One of the Biggest Gender Barriers in Sports
Lukas Schulze/DPA/Zuma The National Basketball Association just got one step closer to breaking down a big gender barrier. There has never been a woman head coach in men’s professional basketball. But ESPN reports that the Milwaukee Bucks are interviewing Becky Hammon for their top coaching job, making her the first woman to be interviewed for an NBA…
Scientists Were Already Concerned About Kids Playing Tackle Football. It’s Worse Than They Thought.
Taylor Jones/The Palm Beach Post/ZUMApress.com This week, Boston University researchers published a study that is sure to fire up parents worried about letting their kids play football: The earlier people played tackle football, researchers concluded, the sooner they could experience behavioral and emotional issues later in life. The study, published in the Annals of Neurology on Monday, showed that…
Trump Tried to Make a Russian MMA Reality Show. This Week the FBI Questioned its Star
MMA fighter Fedor Emelianenko with the Russian president in 2013Alexei Nikolsky/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. FBI agents questioned a Putin-friendly Russian MMA fighter this week while he was visiting the US for a major fight. Fedor Emelianenko arrived in Chicago on Tuesday and within hours, agents showed up at…
Leaked Audio Shows Just How Crazy That Meeting Between NFL Players and Owners Actually Was
Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The New York Times obtained audio of a tense three-hour meeting between NFL players and owners in October that sheds new light on how the two sides sought to deal with the fallout from ongoing national anthem protests—including President Donald Trump’s relentless criticism…
Minor League Baseball Players Make Poverty-Level Wages. Congress Wants to Keep It That Way.
Angel Zayas/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Tucked away on page 1,967 of the $1.3 trillion omnibus bill making its way through Congress in an effort to avoid a government shutdown, between child welfare protections legislation and a bill to combat abuse of youth athletes, is a provision that would…