An Atlanta restaurant is under fire after denying entry to former NBA player Dominique Wilkins, which he says was because of his race. “In my many years in the world, I’ve eaten at some of the greatest restaurants in the world, but never have I felt prejudice or been turned away because of the color […]
CBS Sports lead golf analyst Sir Nick Faldo joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss Tiger Woods’ car crash and how PGA Tour players are responding to the devastating news. Watch “CBS This Morning” HERE: http://bit.ly/1T88yAR Download the CBS News app on iOS HERE: https://apple.co/1tRNnUy Download the CBS News app on Android HERE: https://bit.ly/1IcphuX Like “CBS […]
A Black high school softball player in North Carolina faced blatant hair discrimination in the middle of a game after umpires forced her to cut off her hair. Nicole Pyles said the game’s two umpires gave her an ultimatum: to either remove the beads from her hair or not play in the senior day game, […]
There was cause for great celebration Thursday night after UCLA forward Michaela Onyenwere was selected in the first round of the WNBA Draft Pick. Onyenwere, a Colorado native, started in 30 games her junior year at the college and became the first in the program’s history to reach 1,000 points in her career, according to […]
A 11-year-old Jacksonville football player made history as the first girl to score a touchdown in her league according to Action News Jax. Keilani Contreras plays football told the news station she was inspired by her brother. “I was inspired by my brother ever since I was little. And one day, my Dad said, ‘Do […]
Moses Brown, the star of a now-iconic and uplifting GIF, was officially signed to a contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder late last month, according to a release from the team. ESPN’s Royce Young reported that the deal is for four years and is worth $6.8 million, with the second and third years being non-guaranteed and the […]
A New England Patriot’s football player is being heralded for preventing a woman from being sexually assaulted in Tempe, Arizona. Justin Herron, an offensive lineman for the Patriots is one of two men who intervened in the Kiwanis Park attack, where a suspect shoved a 71-year-old woman to the ground and attempted to take off her […]
Louis Nix III, a standout nose guard at Notre Dame before being drafted into the NFL, has died in Florida after being missing for several days, but many questions linger about the circumstances of his death. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said the 29-year-old Nix was reported missing Wednesday. An update tweeted late Saturday said Nix […]
NBA player Jeremy Lin took to his Facebook account to push back on anti-Asian attacks that have been occurring throughout America, more specifically in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. In his post, Lin wrote that he’s been called “coronavirus” on the court, among facing other acts of racism and prejudice. “Something is changing in this generation […]
3 SHARES ShareTweetSubscribe Vincent Jackson’s family says the former NFL player’s brain will be donated to science and studied for CTE according to ABC Action News. CTE is a degenerative brain disease many former football players suffer after repeated blows to the head. A preliminary report from the Hillsborough County medical examiner’s office reveals what […]