The NBA Wildcat Strike Is How a Revolution Starts
On Wednesday, the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks, scheduled to play the fifth game of their first-round playoff series against the Orland Magic, walked out. The players of five other teams joined their strike. WNBA players pushed the league to cancel the three games on its docket. Major League Baseball’s Milwaukee Brewers, scheduled to face the Cincinnati…
The NBA Is Back But Players Aren’t Talking About Games: “‘Justice for Breonna Taylor’—That’s Going to Be My Answer For Everything”
Agustin Paullier/AFP/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Since landing in Orlando as part of the NBA’s return to play, Philadelphia 76ers forward Tobias Harris has spoken to the media about precisely one thing: “Justice for Breonna Taylor.” During a July 20 press conference, he urged Kentucky Attorney…
Washington’s NFL Team Is on the Search for a New Name and Logo
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.For a while now, Mother Jones’ editorial style guide has included an effective workaround for references to the NFL team in Washington, DC, whose name is a racial slur: “Refer to the NFL team in DC as ‘Washington,’ ‘Washington’s NFL team,’ or…
The Cleveland Indians Are Considering a Name Change
AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Major League Baseball’s Cleveland Indians said Friday night that the team was considering a name change, after the National Football League’s Washington Redskins announced the same thing earlier in the day. “The recent social unrest in our community…
Sports Are Back! And So Are New Spikes in Infections.
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.For well over three months, America has been without many of its great pastimes. Now that they’re coming back, coronavirus infections are soaring again. Baseball, basketball, and football have all been suspended as sports teams and fans grapple with a coronavirus pandemic…
If You Wish COVID-19 Weren’t the Only Thing to Talk About, We Have Good News for You
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Before you wave it off as a bizarre autocorrect misfire or clumsy typo, or an ill-conceived respelling, consider NOVID-19’s origins: “NOVID-19” got going as a just-say-no bit of creativity by hospital workers who named a staff break room the “NOvid room,” a…