Three civil rights groups; The Urban League of Greater Kansas City, the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference of Greater Kansas City and the Kansas City,
Missouri, chapter of the NAACP in the Kansas City area, have cautioned the NBA about relocating the Raptors temporarily to KC because they feel the city has failed to demonstrate that Black Lives Matter. Here's an earlier blog with similar themes. Return of the anti-redneck, redneck
So who made these three groups, judge and jury?
BTW, #Mahomes is for the KC raptors
Nov 3
"f--- you SNL...trying to reduce me to greed." #ICECUBE , rapper and owner of the BIG3, reacts to be the SNL mocking him for talking to #Trump
Nov 9
#BurgessOwens , former NFL DB, takes a narrow lead over Democratic incumbent Ben McAdams in Utah’s 4th District Congressional race. Counting continues so maybe everyone should hold their powder about all the election races.
Nov 18, 2020
Ben McAdams, the Dem incumbent , conceded to Burgess Owens yesterday.
dec 18, 2020
An Argentine court ruled that #DiegoMaradona body must be conserved and not cremated pending a paternity case . Maradona's lawyer told the court that DNA samples exist so there is no need to exhume the body.
Jan 7, 2021
Heat and Celtics players took a knee during the anthem to protest the "Capital incursion in DC" and that the cop who shot Jacob Blake, who was facing sexual assault charges and was carrying a knife. won't face charges.
NBA was mostly silent during the BLM and Antifa riots last summer. The NBA is selective about what violence it ignores.
Jan 21, 2021
So the four letter Network was gushing over the Biden Inauguration yesterday with #BillBradley, a former solid player with the Knicks and Democrat Senator from New Jersey, and I'm thinking they still are clueless that the S stands for Sports. I changed the channel after 15 seconds and would've have done the same if a sports channel was gushing over Trump.
Jan 23, 2020
#NBCSN has been unable to keep pace and is being shut down at the end of the year and migrating much of its programming, including the NHL and NASCAR, to its sister general entertainment network USA.
Feb 10, 2021
The NBA's rulebook requires players to stand during the national anthem, but Silver has declined to enforce that rule, and Mark Cuban, the Dallas Mavericks owner, has taken that opening and halted the playing of the anthem at Dallas home games. Perhaps Silver and Cuban will raise the flag of Mainland China next.
feb 12, 2021
Bluefield College forfeited a men's basketball game on Thursday after the NAIA school president David Olive suspended multiple players who ignored his previous warnings to stop kneeling during the national anthem.
April 14, 2021
Just wondering: Will the Blue Jays(MLB) and the Raptors(NBA) ever leave FLA and return to Canada for home games?
May 14, 2021
Blue Jays will return to Buffalo on June 1- will they ever play in Trudy's Toronto again?
#Buzbee , a lawyer for some the gals suing Deshaun Watson, claimed “some of the women did not feel like they were being respected” by the NFL investigators. These are serious charges- the kid gloves are off. I guess he thinks the NFL should believe the gals and the case is over.
July 17, 2021
Blue Jays will return to Toronto for a July 30th game against KC after receiving a National Interest Exemption from the Canadian government, allowing the team to enter the country without having to adhere to the country's Covid-19 travel restrictions. It's their first game there since September 29, 2019. Just have to laugh! Maybe they thought the team was starting to dig Buffalo?
July 24, 2021
Our "national" feelings are safer with the Guardians moniker replacing Indians in Cleveland, and any announcer who slips and calls them the Tribe will be canceled. . Perhaps Willows will replace the Redskins moniker in DC. Or Weak in the Knees?
July 28, 2021
Trudeau , the Canadian Morality Director and PM, lectures the Habs on drafting Mailloux, who was charged in Sweden last year with defamation and offensive photography and fined approximately $1,650. " I think it was a lack of judgment by the Canadiens organization" .
Habs GM said he was the best player available.
aug 11, 2021
The name game continues: Valparaiso University announced the Beacons as its new team name, which replaces the Crusaders, a term school officials claimed had been embraced by hate groups.
Jan 18, 2022
Former NBA player Yao Ming has a protected status in Communist China and this shows it. "If there is an opportunity, I would like to invite him(Kanter) to visit China. Then he may have a more comprehensive understanding of us."
Dude, Enes Kanter has to be careful where he travels because President Ergodan of Turkey will have his boys kidnap, then jail him. And why would Kanter trust China to not jail him?
Jan 19, 2022
Chamath Palihapitiya, a former Facebook executive, and one of the owners of the NBA Warriors, is catching he!! for saying that he - and most Americans - "don't care" about abuses against the Uyghur minority in China. His quick apology didn't help. Golden State Warriors MGT quickly distanced itself from Palihapitiya, who owns 10% of the team, calling him a "limited investor with no day-to-day operating functions".
Jan 23, 2022
Aussie officials claim "Where is Peng Shuai?" T-shirts are political and ask tennis fans to remove them at the Australian Open. Communist China is as sensitive as the WOKE crowd. Australia is moving closer to Fascism between this and its tactics on Covid.
Feb 2, 2022
While #BrianFlores may have some valid points about the Rozelle rule, I can't see how he can prove enough points to win in court. His NFL coaching career is toast. One thing that could be noteworthy is the accusation that the Dolphins' owners pushed for the team by offering incentives to tank in 2019..
And I don't see how you can codify one of his demands in the NFL bylaws: Increase "the objectivity of" hiring/terminating GMs, head coaches and coordinators.
April 4, 2022
So Shannon Sharpe would rather pay $20 a gallon than have Trump as Prez? Cuz you can afford it!
Why would anyone still want Kapernick with all the baggage he brings?
April 18, 2022
Zoe Rosenburg, 19, had a chain and attached herself to the back of the basket near to the Timberwolves' bench at Memphis Fed Ex arena prior to the start of the MEM/MINN game. Security personnel removed the chain from around her neck, and she's was later arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and trespassing. There have been animal rights' protests at TWolves' games this season because one of their co-owners also owns factory farms.
How she able to get that close to the basket?
May 21, 2022
Brittany Griner, the 6-foot-nine-inch center for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury, who also has played off-season hoops in Russia, was busted for possession of cannabis-infused vaporizer cartridges a few months ago. She should have been aware of Russia's laws. Most of the time stars buy their way out of these drug busts, but the war in the Ukraine has F'd up this situation. And as much as I detest Putin, I don't understand our State Department's claim that she was wrongfully detained. She may not get released until the war is over.
May 22, 2022
And the crap continues Josh Donaldson called Chisox shortstop Tim Anderson "Jackie". JD said the "Jackie" comment was in reference to a 2019 interview with Sports Illustrated in which Anderson described himself as feeling like "today's Jackie Robinson" .
But Anderson feels disrespected, and Chisox MGR LaRussa whines that it's a racist comment. I've always disliked LaRussa so I ain't surprised he's fueling the melodrama.
May 29, 2022
F U to SF Giants MGR Gabe Kapler who says he'll remain inside the clubhouse while the national anthem is being played before games in protest of the school shooting in Uvalde, TX and how our country is.
May 31, 2022
and Kapler changes his mind for Memorial Day and stands for the National Anthem. I wonder if he's the same way about lineup decisions and promises made to players.
June 5, 2022
Celtics wear “We Are BG” T-shirts to practice in support of Brittney Griner.
June 18, 2022
I can't stand Dan Snyder, but I understand why he's hesitant to testify before Maloney's House Oversight committee due to other ongoing investigations. Maloney's response, "Congress has long investigated matters subject to parallel proceedings," wouldn't ease my mind.
Plus, watching another hearing, the Jan 6 House freak show ,without rebuttals, does not engender confidence in the process.
Aug 20, 2022
BBC presenter Annita McVeigh issued an apology on air and explained that the headline 'Manchester United are rubbish' was written when someone was learning how to use the ticker. Apology sounds like rubbish!
Sept 6, 2022
Nothing like messing with success from the 2020 World Cup: Skocic, a Croation and the head coach of Iran's World Cup team, has faced an uncertain future after he was briefly ousted last month and may get dismissed again. Some of tension arises from demands for the head coach to be Iranian.
Sept 9, 2022
Paging Dennis Rodman: Time for you to go visit your fat buddy, the dictator of North Korea. North Korea officially enshrined the right to use preemptive nuclear strikes yesterday.
Sept 27, 2022
Macedonian soccer fans booed the Bulgarian Anthem but lost the match. Bulgaria defeated North Macedonia 1:0 in a League of Nations football match played in Skopje, NM.
Oct 11, 2022
This gave me a chuckle. In the 1930s the Boston Bruins (NHL) had a front line of Dumart, Schmidt, and Bauer that was nicknamed the Kraut Line.
Nov 4, 2022
“I cannot be antisemitic,” Irving said, “if I know where I come from.”. Was he saying that being black means he can't be a bigot? He tends to talk in riddles. Anyway, the NBA suspended him for 5 days w/o pay.
Jan 27, 2023
Panthers go with Reich over Wilks, and we get the obligatory cries of racism from the media. The D showed flashes of solid play, but this had to be about fixing the QB position. Wilks needed a trip to the playoffs to get the HC gig. I thought Flores was screwed by Miami last season, but in neither case do i see it being about crayons.
Lawyer representing Steve Wilks says 'there is a legitimate race problem in NFL' , but Wilks hasn't.
Feb 9, 2023
Woke time-NHL: U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh is likely leaving the Biden ADM to run the NHLPA. He was once the Mayor of Boston and claims to be a big-time Bruins fan.
March 19, 2023
I wonder if Hradek will go on a rant against Reimer, who is not a Russian, for opting to not wear a Sharks Pride Night jersey and sitting out warmups vs. Islanders
May 1, 2023
Three weeks since the Josh Harris' group agreed to a $6.05 billion deal to buy the Commanders from Daniel Snyder. "Evil Dan" is still around. Funny thing about money or the lack of it.
May 20, 2023
I smell a "woke" coup on USC AD Bohn's exit. Bohn mentioned his own health. Others question the "culture".
June 10, 2023
SEC(REEVES) challenges Newsom (PAC12) to a gun debate. Tie it to a bowl game since politicians are using or abusing sports to promote agendas.
Oct 18, 2023
I've noticed less of EJ Hradek on NHLN in the afternoon and appreciate it.
Dec 17, 2023
I guess if you live long enough: The Baltimore Bullets(now Wizards) franchise of my youth. will be in playing Alexandria VA by 2028. NHL’s Washington Capitals and NBA’s Washington Wizards are moving out of DC and into a new $2 billion "world-class" entertainment complex that will be built in Alexandria, Virgnia.
Abe Pollin started this move gradually 50+ years ago.
March 12, 2024
State Sen. L. Louise Lucas of VA pretty much blew up the Wizards'/Caps move from DC to Alexandria by omitting if from budget bill.
March 31, 2024
Caps, Wiz staying in DC, however new restrictions on noise, loitering, and vending, plus more cops around Cap1 Arena.
June 30, 2024
Knicks accused Ikechukwu Azotam, their former video, analytics and player-development assistant, of stealing thousands of proprietary files and sending them to the Raptors in the summer of 2020.
U.S. District Judge Jessica Clarke granted the Raptors' request to compel arbitration, saying the NBA Constitution gave Commissioner Silver exclusive jurisdiction over disputes involving the two teams.
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