Before there was Colin Kaepernick sitting and kneeling during the national anthem, before there was backlash — and backlash from the backlash — and long before talk simmered of how Major League Baseball wouldn’t provide the best forum for social protest, there was Toronto Blue Jays slugger Carlos Delgado, parked in the dugout during “God […]
NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons came together for a powerful display of unity Monday night by joining hands in a circle on the field following the national anthem. ESPN’s Lisa Salter reported from the sideline during the broadcast that Saints coach Sean Payton reached out to Falcons coach Dan Quinn […]
Ryan Lochte has arguably had the roughest start of anyone in the history of Dancing With the Stars, but he’s not about to let himself get discouraged. ET was the first to join the U.S. Olympic gold medalist in rehearsal on Friday with pro partner Cheryl Burke, where Lochte shared how he’s been able to […]
One Game Of Thrones actor has a bone to pick with showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss and how they treat their cast. In an interview with StarTrek.com, Alexander Siddig, who played Doran Martell, talked about the drawbacks of being on a show like Game Of Thrones. Specifically, when you’re not a lead. “From […]
Chris Brown has responded to reports that he is being investigated by Child Protective Services after being arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon last month. The 27-year-old singer posted a video on Instagram, saying, “I take care of my daughter fully.” “Somebody make an accusation, 90 percent of y’all believe it, and […]
The FBI is unlikely to proceed with an investigation into the allegations of child abuse against Brad Pitt, a source close to the situation tells PEOPLE. Pitt, 52, is accused of being “verbally abusive” and getting “physical” with son Maddox, 15, while he and wife Angelina Jolie were returning from France to their L.A. home […]
The Seattle Mariners, absolutely livid over catcher Steve Clevenger’s racist and hurtful remarks spewed on Twitter, officially suspended him without pay Friday for the remainder of the season. Unofficially, he will never again wear the Mariners’ uniform. The only question now is whether he will ever play again in Major League Baseball. Would any team offer […]
The latest round of athlete protests during the playing of the national anthem came Wednesday against the backdrop of recent fatal shootings of black men by the police in Tulsa, Okla., and Charlotte, N.C. Before a win-or-go-home W.N.B.A. playoff game against the Phoenix Mercury in Indianapolis on Wednesday, every Indiana Fever player knelt and linked […]
The premiere of The Birth is a Nation went off without a hitch – and without any protesters. Perhaps audiences – and Oscar voters – will decide that it should be judged on its own merits and not on the long ago allegation the film’s director, Nate Parker, and story co-writer Jean McGianni Celestin, raped […]
America will never forget how 6-year-old beauty pageant queen JonBenet Ramsey was found dead in the basement of her Boulder, Colo., home on Dec. 26, 1996. While the blonde girl’s mother Patsy first reported her kidnapped, JonBenet’s wealthy father John Ramsey later discovered her body and police determined she’d suffered a blow to the head […]
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — If college athletes want to use marijuana, the NCAA likely won’t catch them, and Treyous Jarrells is proof of that. He says he was high in almost every game he played. Now he has given up his dream of a football career for one that’s very different: He has one of 102,620 medical marijuana licenses […]
Supermodel Kate Upton has condemned the four Miami Dolphins players who knelt during the national anthem, writing on Instagram that their actions are “a disgrace to those people who have served and currently serve our country.” The four players — running back Arian Foster, outside linebacker Jelani Jenkins, free safety Michael Thomas and wide receiver […]
