Sports

Catherine Salgado | June 14, 2024

One strike and … you’re canceled. Tech giant Meta has vowed to censor speech related to major sporting events this summer.

Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp, announced plans to target “bullying, violent threats…

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell tried to get himself out of Twitter jail on Monday, but it didn’t go so well.

Lindell created a new account and announced his arrival at 1:25 p.m. The tweet (which was deleted along with the account), read:…

Jay Maxson | December 10, 2020

The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) wants in the club, the Black Lives Matter-style protest club, along with the cool people – the NBA, WNBA, NFL and Major League Baseball. If the International Olympic Committee agrees, American…

Joseph Vazquez | January 8, 2020

Liberal billionaire presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg has been putting his money where his mouth is by spending millions on campaign ads attacking President Donald Trump. Now, he’s taking his left-wing campaign message to the Super…

Jay Maxson | September 18, 2019

While beefing about Major League Soccer (MLS) banning the anti-fascist Iron Front banner at its games, retired NBA star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar writes in a UK Guardian rant that curtailing the free speech of athletes or fans is not consistent with…

Alexander Hall | June 25, 2019

When the U.S.-based crowdfunding website GoFundMe booted Australian athlete Israel Folau, critics had no idea it would be the best thing they could do for him. 

Folau is a popular national figure both as an athlete and an outspoken…

Sam Dorman | October 3, 2016

National Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Bench threw his support to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, and argued on CNBC’s Squawk Box that Trump could “change Washington.”

“I’m going for…

Sam Dorman | September 12, 2016

When it came to covering voters’ most important issue, networks fumbled again in August. Instead, the networks spent more time tackling a football player who protested the national anthem.

Voters and presidential…

Mira Ebersole | August 17, 2016

Olympic sharpshooter Kim Rhode won a bronze medal in skeet shooting on Aug. 12, becoming the first woman to win medals at six consecutive Olympics.

That was a remarkable feat. But despite her achievements, Rhode does not have “a…