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[ESPN, GETTY IMAGES] Patrick Mahomes, the star quarterback of the Kansas City Chiefs and reigning Super Bowl MVP, has become a member of the new ownership group of the Kansas City Royals. The Royals announced Mahomes’ partial ownership Tuesday, noting that he “spent a lot of time in clubhouses as a kid.” “He […]
[CNN] Dr. Anthony Fauci threw an abysmal first pitch to kick off the historic 2020 Major League Baseball season. But fans of the renowned disease expert clearly don’t mind. A Topps baseball card with a masked Fauci mid-pitch just became the bestselling card in the history of ToppsNow, the company’s collection of […]
[Bleacher Report] The BIG3, a three-on-three basketball league filled with former NBA players, announced earlier this year that its 2020 season would be canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. However, there’s still going to be an opportunity to watch some former Association standouts in three-on-three action this summer. The 5 […]
[CNN] Jimmy Micioni, a New Jersey man affectionately known as Uncle Jimmy to everyone who knew him, died in March at the age of 97. However, little did anyone else know that stashed in his attic was a meticulously collected and cataloged sports card collection valued at more than $1 […]
[USA TODAY] SportsPulse: While it appears Washington’s NFL team is finally putting to bed their racially insensitive nickname. There are other major sports teams whose nickname origins are linked to America’s culturally-insensitive past.USA TODAY Just less than two weeks after one of his most prominent corporate sponsors urged him to change […]
[FOX NEWS] The length of the suspension was not immediately clear ESPN suspended NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski a day after a profane email from him to Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., was leaked to social media, according to multiple reports. Outkick and the New York Post both reported that the basketball reporter was suspended. […]
[CNBC] KEY POINTS In a notice to sellers Wednesday, Amazon said it would begin pulling merchandise featuring the Washington Redskins. Sellers have 48 hours to review and remove the merchandise flagged by Amazon. The decision comes as the Washington team faces pressure to change its name, which many people consider a […]
[ESPN] The Chiefs and Super Bowl MVP quarterback Patrick Mahomes have reached agreement on a 10-year contract extension that ties him to Kansas City through the 2031 season, the team announced Monday. League sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter that the deal is worth $450 million over the 10-year period, with an injury guarantee in […]
[ESPN] It’s here. Finally. Spring training 2.0. Or make that summer camp. Or is it summer training? In any case, Major League Baseball begins its strange 2020 odyssey on Wednesday in the strangest of ways — but appropriate for the times: testing for a virus that didn’t exist a year ago. If […]
[CNN] A noose was found in Bubba Wallace’s garage stall Sunday, according to a statement from NASCAR.Wallace, who is the only Black driver in NASCAR’s top circuit, has been very outspoken in the last few weeks about the Black Lives Matter movement and the corresponding protests. He even called on NASCAR to ban […]