President Trump attended Game 5 of the World Series, held at the Washington Nationals’ ball park. When Trump was shown on the park’s big screen, locals booed and chanted “lock him up!”

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Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey rocked the NBA earlier this month in a now-deleted tweet when he voiced support for those in Hong Kong.

The tweet caused backlash in China, which led the NBA to fix its PR in the communist nation instead of backing one of their own.

Rockets fans, though,...

You’d have to be pretty desperate to live in a locker room.

CBS News in Los Angeles reports:

Pierce College Football Coach Under Investigation For Allegedly Letting Players Sleep In Locker Room

A college football coach is under investigation Wednesday for, among other things, being accused of letting his players sleep in the locker...

This is all about money. Buttigieg is tiptoeing around the issue of paying student athletes, which Bernie Sanders has been making an issue lately.

The Jewish Insider reports:

This is so ridiculous. The same students would have been praised for doing this during the Obama presidency.

The Hill reports:

School football game canceled after cheerleaders held pro-Trump banner

A high school football game was reportedly canceled after cheerleaders were placed on probation for hold...

No one deserves the treatment these students claim they suffered. How awful.

FOX News reports:

University of Iowa to probe band members’ claims of verbal abuse, sexual harassment by Iowa State fans

The University of Iowa has reopened an investigation into allegations by members of the school’s marching b...

If a student athlete gets a full ride on a scholarship, aren’t they already being compensated?

CNBC reports:

Majority of college students say student-athletes should be paid, survey finds

For years, proposals to pay college athletes have drawn polarizing responses. Athletes such as LeBron James and Richard Sherman and politicians such as Senators Chris...

Where would this end? What about the student musicians in the marching band? How about the actors in school plays?

U. S. News & World Report has the story:

Bernie Sanders: Pay College Athletes

DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL candidate Bernie Sanders said college athletes should be paid, weighing in for the first time on a controversial...

A federal district court in North Dakota dismissed a lawsuit brought on by eleven former female hockey players at the University of North Dakota after the university cut the program.

They claim the school violated Title IX, which states that universities must offer equal sports across the board. From The National...

This is pretty good stuff. They brought in a hypnotist as part of a team building exercise.

The Loop reports:

University of Texas football team gets hypnotized, and the results are hilarious

The University of Texas football team took place in an unusual team-building exercise this week. Instead of...

So bold. So brave!

During the medal ceremony at the Pan Am Games in Lima, Peru, Fencer Race Imboden kneeled during the playing of American National Anthem. Imboden was protesting, “racism, gun control, mistreatment of immigrants and President Donald Trump,” reports CNN.
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Revisionism is a scourge. Cherry picking quotes to suit your own political agenda, when those quotes are in no way congruent with your agenda, is just as bad.

Colin Kaepernick did just that, plucked a Frederick Douglass quote out of context and tweeted it with a patriotic gif. And then Ted...

Last week, we brought you the story of Mary Gregory, a weightlifter born male, who others celebrated for breaking world records for women in the sport. Many people objected due to an unfair advantage.

Now Gregory has lost all of the titles.

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Mary Gregory was born male, but now identifies as female. Now that Gregory has broken world records in women’s weightlifting, some people have pointed out the fact that biology provides an unfair advantage.

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I love it when athletes use their fame for good, especially when it comes to kids. From MLB.com:

When Indians pitcher Mike Clevinger heard he could help give these young cancer patients a night to remember, he didn’t think twice.

The 28-year-old hurler was back in Cleveland with an upper back strain as...

It appears that social justice crusaders have moved on from targeting Civil War generals and are now aiming to Depression-Era ballad singers.

The New York Yankees recently yanked Kate Smith’s 1939 recording of “God Bless America”, which has been regularly played during the seventh inning stretch for 18 years.

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The social justice warriors got to Martina Navratilova. The tennis legend has apologized for speaking the truth: having transgender women competing in women sports that depend on size and strength “would be ‘cheating’ because the athletes would have an ‘unfair physical advantages.'”

The remarks led to gay rights group Athlete Ally dropping...