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Atlanta Braves visit White House, and controversy over Native American team name follows
Yahoo News via AOL· 2 years agoThe controversy over Native American names in professional and collegiate sports arrived at the...
Native American activists protest the Kansas City Chiefs, call for a name change
Revolt via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFormer Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson The Kansas City Chiefs’ triumph over the...
In Georgia, how sports explain a political battleground
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe reception area of a metro Atlanta office suite is a veritable museum of Herschel Walker’s...
Native American association tells Indy's minor league baseball team to keep 'Indians' name
IndyStar | The Indianapolis Star via Yahoo News· 2 years agoINDIANAPOLIS — The Native American Guardian's Association, which successfully fought for the Atlanta...
Hank Aaron stood on the brink of MLB history 50 years ago and West Palm Beach played a role
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo Sports· 2 months agoFifty years ago, on one of the final days of spring training, Henry Aaron was struck in the head by...
MLB predictions 2024: Our Yankees and Mets writers pick MVPs, World Series winner & more
The Bergen Record via Yahoo Sports· 3 months agoPredicting the results of the 2024 Major League Baseball season is probably a fool's errand, but...
Buck Showalter wins National League Manager of the Year, becoming first Mets skipper to take home...
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBuck Showalter has been named the National League Manager of the Year, becoming the first Mets’...
Ángel Hernández, MLB’s most infamous umpire, leaves us with an odd legacy
Yahoo Sports· 3 weeks agoBeing an MLB umpire is a thankless job, both emotionally taxing and physically strenuous. But...
Why Right-Wing Traditionalism Is So Appealing to So Many
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 years agoALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via GettyA snippet from a 2019 speech given by the incoming Italian Prime...
Still no official decision on U. of I. mascot, but the belted kingfisher is waiting in the wings
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt’s been three years since students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign passed a campuswide proposal for a bird called the kingfisher to be the new school mascot. This spring, ...