Ivy League University Offering Course On ‘Politics Of Fatness’
Brown University is offering a week-long summer course called “The Politics of Obesity” aimed at teaching freshman students about “fat phobia” in modern society. University Offers The college prep course for freshman students explores theoretical scenarios that view obesity through a feminist gender and race lens. The course is an introduction to an emerging academic […]
Buffalo Bills National Gay Flag Football League sponsorship
The NFL team Buffalo Bills is helping sponsor the founding of the Buffalo chapter of the National Gay Flag Football League. “We are pleased to support the NGFFL alongside the NFL and other clubs across the league,” said Buffalo Bills Vice President of Community Impact Michelle Roberts. post “We look forward to expanding the NGFFL’s […]
Major League Baseball Disciplines Umpire Pat Hoberg over Gambling Violations
Major League Baseball announced Friday that it was disciplining umpire Pat Horberg for violating the league’s gambling rules. MLB did not disclose the exact nature of the violations or what disciplinary action may be imposed. “During spring training this year, Major League Baseball opened an investigation into possible violations of MLB’s sports betting policy by […]
Red Sox’s Triston Casas recalls dad’s arrest during his Little League game: ‘Super valuable lesson’
Boston Red Sox first baseman Triston Casas had the luxury of speaking with the ESPN broadcast team during Sunday night’s game against the New York Yankees. In the top of the fourth inning, with his team leading 3-1, Casas revealed a shocking story about when he was a young boy and his father was arrested […]
YES to televise seven Major League Cricket matches
Next month, cricket batsmen will appear at YES alongside Yankees sluggers. The broadcast home of the Bronx Bombers has inked a deal with on-demand streaming platform Willow by CrikBuzz to broadcast Major League Cricket. Announced companies. Capitalizing on the popularity of the ongoing Cricket World Cup, with the first round matches being played on Long […]
Socialist Group That Staged Ivy League Walkout Calls For ‘D**** To America And Israel’
A chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) called for “D****” – presumably a censored version of the word “death” – to America and Israel while publicizing the disruption of an Ivy League commencement Sunday. The Upper Valley Democratic Socialists of America (UVDSA) – a chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) – […]
Glove-tossing ex-Met Jorge Lopez joins Cubs on minor league deal
Jorge Lopez moved on to the next team. The former Mets relief pitcher, whose in-game rage and postgame comments led to his downfall in Queens, signed a minor league contract with the Cubs on Wednesday. According to The Athletic. Lopez was released by the Mets on June 5 after being ejected from a May 29 […]
Giants and Cardinals to wear Negro League uniforms for MLB at Rickwood Field
next week San Francisco Giants And that St. Louis Cardinals will play their games at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, the oldest professional baseball stadium in the United States and former home of the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro Leagues. The team will also be wearing throwback Negro League uniforms as part of the […]
Saudi Arabia PIF in talks to create boxing league: report
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is in talks with boxing stakeholders about creating a league, in a potentially game-changing move for the sport, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The PIF is considering investing in a joint venture with boxing interests to host more matches, the people said, asking not to be identified […]
NFL Star Randy Gregory Sues Denver Broncos, League For Fining Him $500,000 For Marijuana Use
Defensive end Randy Gregory of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is suing the NFL and his former team, the Denver Broncos, for discriminating against him for using medical THC, Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk reported Friday. The NFL fined Gregory over $500,000 due to the incident, which began when he was a member of the Broncos, but Gregory […]