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The New York Mets and Miami Marlins took the field for their game on Thursday night, only to promptly walk off in protest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake. The teams took the field, removed their hats for 42 seconds of silence and then laid a Black Lives Matter shirt at home plate before …

The Mets took the field on Thursday night, and then left it. After a day of questions surrounding if they would indeed play, the Mets took the field with the Marlins, took off their hats for 42 seconds of silence, laid a Black Lives Matter shirt at home plate, and then promptly left the field. …

The NBA is coming back and so is LeBron James. After reports leaked Wednesday night that the Lakers — led by James — and the Clippers had voted to leave the bubble, there was a shift in thinking, leading to the decision to return at a meeting among players. Yahoo Sports’ Chris Haynes reported James …

Get ready for NBA Restart II. The NBA season will continue after all as players decided not to boycott the remainder of the playoffs on Thursday morning, sources confirm. Thursday’s games were postponed and the playoffs will return either Friday or Saturday. Wednesday’s games were postponed by the NBA after the Bucks boycotted their Game …

Democrats fear they may be losing traction in swing states as news of looting and violent rioting in Kenosha, Wis. after the police shooting of Jacob Blake stokes public safety concerns. It had already been a turbulent summer in America before unrest broke out in Kenosha, as cities nationwide saw widespread protests and riots in …

The Jets became one of several NFL teams to cancel practice this week following the shooting of Jacob Blake by police in Kenosha, Wisc. Two days after the Detroit Lions first canceled their workout to discuss social injustice issues, and one day after the Milwaukee Bucks sparked the postponement of three NBA playoff games after …

The fate of the NBA season could be decided by two simultaneous meetings on Thursday morning. The NBA players are set to reconvene today at 11 a.m. after an emotional meeting on Wednesday night, while the NBA board of governors will gather at the same time. Wednesday night’s players meeting ended with a feeling of …

The Wisconsin Justice Department revealed Wednesday that Jacob Blake had admitted to investigators that “he had a knife in his possession” when he was shot seven times in the back by Kenosha police on Sunday. Investigators found a knife on the “driver’s side floorboard of Mr. Blake’s vehicle,” the DOJ release states. The DOJ also …

The NHL was the only active professional sports league in North America not to postpone games Wednesday in protest of Jacob Blake’s shooting by police, a decision that drew criticism from two prominent players. “NHL is always last to the party on these topics,” Minnesota Wild star defenseman Matt Dumba, who is Filipino-Canadian, told Sportsnet 650 …

We all celebrated the return of professional sports, because they have always been a significant part of the fabric of the country. Once more we needed them, pleaded with them even, to return and give us a sense of normalcy, to help heal us at a time when a deadly pandemic had overwhelmed and devastated …