Three Bears players — Tarik Cohen, Mitch Trubisky and Kyle Fuller — link arms with head coach Matt Nagy before the Packers game last December. | AP They were frustrated and angry, nuanced and vulnerable. And they wondered what would happen if they — like those around the country have done in the wake of the George Floyd […]
Read MoreHicks says life can be challenging as not only a black man, but one who is 6-foot-4, 352 pounds. | Getty Hicks said he’s learned to swim through other peoples’ assumptions and will continue to do so if it promotes harmony. Few NFL players speak their minds like Bears star Akiem Hicks, but he said […]
Read MoreBears coach Matt Nagy (standing with Tarik Cohen, Mitch Trubisky, Kyle Fuller and Ted Larsen during the national anthem prior to the game against the Chiefs last season), was adamant that he addressed the civil rights issue facing the country. “Football is extremely secondary,” he said. “We have to get life right, and that was […]
Read MoreAs she settled in to host another talk show from her living room, Ellen Degeneres recently told viewers of her show that she was having trouble walking. No visible injury appeared to impair her. She sat relaxed in an armchair. Nonetheless, her lower back was bothering her. “Anybody who plays pickleball will understand,” Degeneres said. […]
Read MoreFive days after George Floyd was killed while in custody of the Minneapolis police on May 25, N.F.L. Commissioner Roger Goodell released a 150-word statement about the death and ensuing protests. The N.H.L. and N.B.A. followed suit the next day. But M.L.B.’s first public statement on the matter did not come until 10:29 a.m. on […]
Read MoreDucks general manager Bob Murray doesn’t want to hear excuses about his young roster or his seemingly rebuilding club. Despite his team’s youth this season, Murray had expectations the group never met. “The record wasn’t where I wanted it to be, or where anybody wanted it to be,” Murray said bluntly during a conference call […]
Read MoreThe Lakers held a Zoom conference on Tuesday with players, coaches and some executives to discuss the ongoing protests and civil unrest in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death, according to people who were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. Former Lakers great Karem Abdul-Jabbar, who never has shied away from speaking about […]
Read MoreHicks is an eight-year veteran who has always been willing to speak freely on issues that go beyond football. | AP Photos It was a throwaway line at the end of a long answer about Kaepernick’s saga, but he didn’t backtrack when pressed on it later. With four words, Bears defensive tackle Akiem Hicks left […]
Read MoreThough it’s unclear when Kings prospects will be able to return to the ice, the team on Wednesday signed two more of their up-and-coming players, 2019 draft picks Arthur Kaliyev and Jordan Spence, to entry-level contracts. Both are coming off of strong junior-hockey seasons. Kaliyev, an early second-round pick last summer, was a finalist for […]
Read MoreMatt Nagy is in his second season as Bears coach and is 20-12. | AP Photos The Bears coach did not commit to supporting individual players opting to kneel or otherwise demonstrate during the national anthem. Instead, he was optimistic the team will find a way to communicate a unified message. Bears coach Matt Nagy […]
Read MoreBroncos head coach and former Bears defensive coordinator Vic Fangio apologized for his comments about racism in the NFL. | Jack Dempsey/AP The former Bears defensive coordinator called the league a meritocracy, saying “I don’t see discrimination in the NFL.” Former Bears defensive coordinator and current Broncos head coach Vic Fangio apologized Wednesday after previously […]
Read MoreAnother construction worker at SoFi Stadium has tested positive for COVID-19, the ninth known case of the illness among workers on the $5-billion development in Inglewood. According to an email sent to trade partners Tuesday by Turner-AECOM Hunt, the joint venture overseeing the project, the latest positive test result came from a person working on […]
Read MoreWant more basketball in your inbox? Sign up for Marc Stein’s weekly N.B.A. newsletter here. There was so much fretting and behind-the-scenes lobbying throughout the league last week about how many N.B.A. teams would be allowed to continue their seasons at Walt Disney World Resort in late July. Sixteen teams? 20? 22? All 30? It […]
Read MoreMLB owners have rejected the players’ union proposal for a 114-game season. | Kathy Willens/AP The owner told the union that they did not plan to make a counterproposal. NEW YORK — Major League Baseball rejected the players’ offer for a 114-game regular season in the pandemic-delayed season with no additional salary cuts and told […]
Read MoreWhen hammer thrower Gwen Berry and fencer Race Imboden protested against social injustice at the Pan American Games last summer — she raised a fist on the podium, he kneeled — U.S. officials quickly placed them on probation. Now, amid nationwide demonstrations sparked by the death of George Floyd, Berry is demanding an apology and […]
Read MoreVic Fangio made a couple of observations Tuesday that might not sit well with those who think Colin Kaepernick has been blackballed by the NFL for protesting police brutality or find it unusual that only four of the league’s 32 head coaches are people of color. “I don’t see racism at all in the NFL,” […]
Read MoreThe WNBA plans to hold games at just one location if there is a season this year and that the MGM Resorts in Las Vegas and the IMG Academy in Florida are the top candidates, according to two people familiar with the situation. There is still no date when the 2020 season will tip off. […]
Read MoreThe N.B.A. will formally present a return-to-play plan to owners on Thursday that calls for 22 of its 30 teams to resume the 2019-20 season at Walt Disney World in Orlando in late July, according to several people familiar with the league’s intentions. The structure requires the voting support of at least 23 owners, but […]
Read MoreJohnny Majors, a homegrown college football hero in Tennessee who coached Pittsburgh to an undefeated season and a national championship before returning to his native state to forge a successful 16-year head-coaching career at the University of Tennessee — although one that ended in bitterness — died on Wednesday at his home in Knoxville, Tenn. […]
Read MoreThe Chargers announced the re-signing of defensive lineman Damion Square on Wednesday. Square, 31, has appeared in all 16 regular-season games for the team in each of the past three years. Entering his eighth NFL season and seventh with the Chargers, Square’s value includes his ability to play multiple positions up front. He has 100 […]
Read MoreCollege Football Hall of Famer Johnny Majors, the coach of Pittsburgh’s 1976 national championship team and a former coach and star player at Tennessee, died Wednesday. He was 85. Majors died at his home in Knoxville, according to his wife, Mary Lynn Majors. “He spent his last hours doing something he dearly loved: looking out […]
Read MoreThen-49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneels during the national anthem before a game against the Buccaneers in 2016. | Ezra Shaw/Getty Images The quarterback’s kneeling foreshadowed Floyd’s death from a policeman’s knee. I believe in God, and I believe in coincidence. I don’t find that contradictory. I don’t think God is directing my every step, just […]
Read MoreAllen Robinson is entering his third season with the Bears. | Adam Bettcher/Getty Images “This isn’t something that just started going on,” Bears receiver Robinson said. “Even if you date back to the whole Colin Kaepernick thing, his whole stand was this.” Bears receiver Allen Robinson is trying to find positivity in the wake of […]
Read MoreMLS players have approved a new collective bargaining agreement. | Jewel Samad/AFP via Getty Images The new CBA runs through the 2025 season. The sides had agreed to a five-year CBA in February but that had not been ratified when the coronavirus pandemic began. Major League Soccer players have approved a new collective bargaining agreement […]
Read MoreNow that the Bulls’ season is likely over, the new front officer can focus on the fate of coach Jim Boylen. | AP The NBA is expected to approve the 22-team “bubble’’ in Orlando for the restart of the 2019-20 season, and those plans won’t include the Bulls. That means it’s time for some tough […]
Read MoreThe NBA is on track for a July 31 return, with 22 of its 30 teams headed to Orlando, Fla., for a resumption of their season that’s been on hold since March 11 because of the coronavirus crisis. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver will present his restart plan to the league’s board of governors during a […]
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