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Four Most Dangerous Sports Fan Clashes of All Time

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There aren’t many feelings that compare to your team winning a championship and celebrating with other fans. There’s so much passion, excitement, and thrill that you could taste it while jumping around and cheering. Sometimes, though, the contrast of emotions between the winners and losers can meet and create the perfect concoction for conflict. In many cases, mostly in … [Read more...] about Four Most Dangerous Sports Fan Clashes of All Time

John Harbaugh Makes Powerful Statement on Black Lives Matter Struggle

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Social justice, or more importantly, the fight against social injustice, was a major theme in the opening weekend of the National Football League. Baltimore Ravens Head Coach John Harbaugh made comments on the issue that were as powerful as anything anybody has said anywhere. Harbaugh, whose Ravens have arguably the best overall roster in the NFL this fall, said that the … [Read more...] about John Harbaugh Makes Powerful Statement on Black Lives Matter Struggle

Playing a Game Soon? Here Are The Essential Tools You Need To Stay Safe From Covid-19

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The recent pandemic is causing so much restriction and stress to a lot of people all over the world. It is affecting almost every community and limiting all human movements in an attempt to contain and avoid the further spread of the virus. For a lot of the activities you should do, it is important to use important and recommended tools that will make you safe from the virus. … [Read more...] about Playing a Game Soon? Here Are The Essential Tools You Need To Stay Safe From Covid-19

Michigan State Football in Quarantine Amid COVID-19 Outbreak

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The Michigan State football program became the third of the Big Ten East division's seven teams to suffer a coronavirus outbreak this summer. Just minutes ago, the school made an announcement that included the release of recent testing data. The school tested 122 athletes from July 20-24, and found 16 positive cases. Are we going to have a college football season to bet on? … [Read more...] about Michigan State Football in Quarantine Amid COVID-19 Outbreak

Rutgers Football Experiences COVID-19 Outbreak, Suspends Practice

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Rutgers football and Ohio State, despite residing in the same division of the same conference, don't really have much in common. They're basically at opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to current pecking order and history of program success. However, they now have a coronavirus outbreak in common. As of today, both teams have seen a COVID-19 outbreak put their … [Read more...] about Rutgers Football Experiences COVID-19 Outbreak, Suspends Practice

Aaron Judge Encourages the ‘uncomfortable conversations’

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Earlier this week #BoycottMLB was a top trending hash tag on Twitter, and for your sake, I hope you did not click on it. I'm still recovering from the brain damage that I suffered upon looking at it. Almost all of the content posted with that hash tag was provided by people who completely miss the point of taking a knee during the national anthem. Just like we saw in the … [Read more...] about Aaron Judge Encourages the ‘uncomfortable conversations’

Yankees-Nationals Season Opener Overflowing in Political Overtones

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When Washington Nationals starting pitcher Max Scherzer through the first pitch tonight at Nationals Park, to New York Yankees Centerfielder Aaron Hicks, it marked the return of "big four" American sports for the first time in four months. No more preseason exhibition stuff, or just sports like substances, or competition only in the lesser known professional sports … [Read more...] about Yankees-Nationals Season Opener Overflowing in Political Overtones

John Calipari Pleads Strongly: “just wear a mask”

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University of Kentucky Coach John Calipari met the media, virtually, via Zoom this morning for a session that focused primarily on his recently having partnered with the McClendon Foundation. Calipari will work with other college basketball coaches to help launch the McLendon Minority Leadership Initiative (follow this link for more), but the main takeaway from the session … [Read more...] about John Calipari Pleads Strongly: “just wear a mask”