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Ruby Williams was repeatedly sent home from school because of her afro hair.
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Canada and the hockey world mourned the loss of a legend on Thursday when Wayne Gretzky announced his father, Walter, died.
The Flames fired Geoff Ward following Calgary's 7-3 win over the Senators and immediately named Darryl Sutter as their new head coach, again.
Walter Gretzky, a blue-collar symbol of a devoted hockey parent in a country filled with them, has died.
The two All-Stars on the team with the NBA's best record got taken last.
The native of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Que., scored with 31 seconds remaining in overtime to give the Winnipeg Jets a 4-3 win over Montreal on Thursday night.
Toronto Maple Leafs captain John Tavares reflects on the news of Walter Gretzky's passing, which was announced in a statement by his son Wayne Gretzky on Thursday.
The NHL found San Jose Sharks forward Joachim Blichfeld's hit to Nathan MacKinnon's head worthy of a two-game suspension.
Adjustments were made from an original image in an effort to properly cover the faces of two fans in the building for the Penguins' 5-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers.
Sixteen former employees and two current employees detailed a toxic culture at Golf Channel.
ESPN reportedly wanted a "First Take" reunion.
Tom Brady topped Pat Mahomes, again.
Raptors broadcaster Jack Armstrong joins the show to discuss the first half of the NBA season and decide what would constitute a successful season for Toronto.
Toronto Raptors guard Norman Powell is looking forward to a few days off and is pretty sure most NBA players are excited to recharge for the 2nd half of the season.
Republicans in the Tennessee Senate want to stop college athletes from protesting at games after ETSU men's basketball players kneeled during the national anthem.
Teams are reportedly reaching out — and being heard — about Russell Wilson.
The UFC could be holding events in Texas as early as three weeks from now, per Dana.
Miles was accused of kissing a female student twice and suggesting they go to a hotel. He was also accused of wanting female staffers to have specific physical traits.
It’s an exciting week ahead in the Premier League as the battle for Champions League qualification spots heats up.
MUNICH — Attacking midfielder Jamal Musiala signed his first professional contract with Bayern Munich on Friday. The Bavarian club said in a statement that the 18-year-old Musiala, who recently chose to play internationally for Germany over England, had signed a deal to 2026. Musiala has been making steady progress since he joined Bayern’s under-17 team from Chelsea in 2019. He has made 27 appearances for the first team, scoring four goals. He became its youngest goal-scorer in the Champions League last week when he netted in a win at Lazio, and was already the club’s youngest player in the Bundesliga. “I am very pleased that our system of finding talented players, developing them and then integrating them into the first team is bearing fruit,” Bayern sporting director Hasan Salihamidžic said. Musiala said: ”I just feel very good at the club and in the team. I’m playing with the best players in the world and I can learn from them every day in training.” Musiala, who was born in Germany, moved to England as a 7-year-old and came through Chelsea’s academy. He played for both Germany and England at under-16 level and most recently played two under-21 games for England in November. But he said on Feb. 24 that he had decided to represent Germany. ___ More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports The Associated Press
LeBron James is going to Georgia this weekend for more than the NBA All-Star Game. He’s thinking about upcoming elections as well. The Los Angeles Lakers’ star, one of the organizers of the More Than A Vote organization that aims to stop Black voter suppression and which played a major role in the outcome of the 2020 elections by encouraging voter turnout, will narrate an ad that will be aired for the first time during Sunday’s All-Star Game in Atlanta — in which he vows that the efforts will continue. “Look what we made happen, what our voices made possible,” James says in the 51-second spot. “And now, look what they’re trying to do to silence us, using every trick in the book and attacking democracy itself. Because they saw what we’re capable of, and they fear it.” With the All-Star Game being relocated to Atlanta because of the pandemic — the original plan was for it to be played in Indianapolis last month — it provided James and the More Than A Vote group the perfect backdrop to detail some of their plans going forward. The organization’s 2021 platform, announced Friday morning, comes just days after House Democrats sent a bill to the Senate that potentially represents the largest overhaul of the U.S. election law in at least a generation. The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University, which charts such things, said state lawmakers across the country have filed more than 200 bills in 43 states that would limit ballot access in future elections. And earlier this week in Georgia, state lawmakers voted for legislation requiring identification to vote by mail that would also allow counties to cancel early in-person voting on Sundays — the “souls to the polls" events when many Black voters cast ballots after church. “The question after the 2020 election was, ‘Will that momentum sustain itself? Will athletes stay engaged?’ And we’re saying, ‘Yes, absolutely, and here’s how,’” said More Than A Vote’s Michael Tyler, who was deputy communications director during Sen. Cory Booker’s bid for the Democratic presidential nomination said. “We’ve already been engaged to some degree in Georgia, which is Ground Zero for this wave of voter suppression efforts,” Tyler said. “We’ve been raising money for the new Georgia project, and we’ll use the All-Star Game to shine a light on this wave of voter suppression bills and start our 2021 national advocacy campaign and our platform.” More Than A Vote is calling its latest plan the “Protect Our Power campaign,” which it said “will fight against this new wave of voter suppression efforts sweeping the country aimed at rolling back the gains Black voters made in last year’s general election.” The organization recruited thousands of workers to help at polling places last year, sparked voter registration drives and concentrated efforts in key battleground states like Georgia. Record turnout led to Democratic wins in Georgia’s presidential election and two U.S. Senate runoffs. And it's no secret that Democrats would strongly oppose adding barriers to mail-in and early voting, both of which were major factors in helping President Joe Biden win Georgia’s 16 Electoral College votes and Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff take the two Senate seats that gave Democrats control of the chamber. James also stresses in the spot that the group isn’t about just words. They’re demanding, and promising, action. “This isn’t the time to put your feet up or to think posting hashtags and black squares is enough,” James said to conclude the ad. “Because for us, this was never about one election. It’s always been More Than A Vote. It’s a fight that’s just getting started. And we’ve been ready. You with us?” ___ More AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBA and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports Tim Reynolds, The Associated Press