The IOC has decided to ban all political expressions or protests during key events at the Tokyo Olympic games. It cites a survey of thousands of athletes globally wherein 70% expressed the desire to …
POTUS has once again weighed-in on the recent spate of protests during the anthem to capitalize on what he clearly thinks is a winning political issue. Trump threatened not to watch the NBA, and pres…
Back in 2017 when J.T. Brown then of the Tampa Bay Lightning raised a first during the national anthem, all hell broke loose. He received death threats, and was eventually traded last year. And he o…
The re-start of the NBA season brought with it quite a common sight these days--players, and even coaches, kneeling during the national anthem. As Howard Bryant alluded to in a tweet recently, doing …
Of the major sporting leagues, Major League Baseball has been one of the least active in terms of social justice and advocacy for equality in recent decades. Just a few years ago, Bruce Maxwell, then…
It has been heartening to see the global outpouring of support for the Black Lives Matter movement against racism & police brutality. Interesting angle to differentiate between those who decided t…
Kneeling during the anthem continues to be a powerful symbol of protest, and the fact entire teams are doing so in light of BLM is extraordinary. All members of the Louisville City and Pittsburg Rive…
The impact of Kaepernick's kneeling protest cannot be overstated. Combined with the force that is the Black Lives Matter movement, all across the globe we are seeing connections between Black people …
Frankly, the prohibition against kneeling during the anthem, a policy explicitly directed at Megan Rapinoe, was wrong when it was instituted. It should not have taken an uprising via Black Lives Matt…
Most of the members of the Indigenous All-Stars refused to sing the Australian national anthem, Advance Australia Fair, because they assert that the song does not represent them as indigenous people i…