Sports Tag

University of Memphis Football Team Adding BLM Decal to Helmets

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 04, 2020 1 Comment

"the acronym for the Black Lives Matter movement"...

NFL Will Play “Black National Anthem” Before Every Game During First Week of the Season

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on July 04, 2020 86 Comments

On Thursday the National Football League announced they would play the "Black national anthem" along with the national anthem prior to each game during the first week of the season.

28 Student Athletes at Clemson U. Test Positive for Coronavirus

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 21, 2020 7 Comments

"majority of cases were asymptomatic and none required hospitalization"...

U. Georgia Marching Band Will No Longer Play Signature ‘Gone With the Wind’ Song

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 21, 2020 5 Comments

"Though the tradition has been under discussion for months within the band, the current social climate has highlighted the urgency of addressing it"...

U. Florida to End ‘Gator Bait’ Chant at Sports Events, Mandate Racism Training for Students

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 20, 2020 8 Comments

“While I know of no evidence of racism associated with our 'Gator Bait' cheer at UF sporting events, there is horrific historic racist imagery associated with the phrase”...

University of Virginia Makes Small Change to Athletics Logo Over Slavery Connection

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 18, 2020 10 Comments

"After the release of our new logos on April 24th, I was made aware of the negative connotation between the serpentine walls and slavery"...

U. Houston Suspends Voluntary Workouts After Six Student Athletes Test Positive for Coronavirus

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 13, 2020 0 Comments

"Houston is the first school to suspend athletic activities after bringing student-athletes back to campus following a shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic."...

Universities Try to Cut Spending by Slashing Sports Programs

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 08, 2020 8 Comments

"Brown University announced that it will eliminate 11 varsity sports this coming fall."...

Female Students at U. Idaho Fighting to Keep Biological Men Out of Women’s Sports

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 01, 2020 3 Comments

“I believe that allowing males to enter women’s sports defeats an entire aspect of sports: It eliminates the connection between an athlete’s effort and her success”...

U. Michigan President Says There Will be No Football in Fall if Students Aren’t on Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 25, 2020 3 Comments

“If there is no on-campus instruction then there won’t be intercollegiate athletics, at least for Michigan”...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott Aiming for College Football to Start On Time

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 23, 2020 2 Comments

"if you want a prediction, my prediction is yes, we are gonna have college football beginning as scheduled"...

https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1260721488241418240

Barstool Sports Founder: ‘When Did Flattening The Curve Turn Into Finding The Cure?’

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 15, 2020 56 Comments

When it comes to shutdowns, the goal posts keep getting moved and people are noticing. We were told we needed to quarantine to keep the healthcare system from collapsing, and we did that. So why are we still shut down? Dave Portnoy of Barstool Sports did an epic rant about this on Twitter which has picked up millions of views in a very short period of time.

Connecticut: Judge Rules Transgender Sprinters Competing Against Girls Cannot Be Called “Males” In Court . . . Or Else

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on May 12, 2020 61 Comments

In February 2019, two Connecticut high school transgender sprinters claimed the two top spots in the Girls Indoor Track Championship for the second year in a row. Three of the biological girls who competed in the 2019 track championship filed a federal discrimination complaint against a statewide policy on transgender athletes. Although she's the fastest biological female sprinter, one of the girls "nonetheless lost four state championships to male competitors who identified as female."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh36kFCqPik

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