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Basketball legend Charles Barkley said Wednesday that sports stars who deny there is lewd talk in locker rooms are being “disingenuous.” He was contradicting several professional athletes, including Cleveland Cavaliers player LeBron James, who objected to GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump explaining that his crude remarks about women caught on a hot microphone was “locker […]

Before a game on Oct. 15, members of the Millikin University football team made the decision to sit out the national anthem and remain in the locker room until they were needed on the field for kickoff. While the anthem played, one player remained on the field, and he is now being hailed for his

The 15-year-old daughter of Olympian Tyson Gay died early Sunday at University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital after a shooting at Cook Out restaurant in Lexington, Ky., according to the Fayette County coroner. Trinity Gay was shot in the neck about 4 a.m., police said. Trinity died at 4:41 a.m., according to the coroner. She was

Boos echoed around San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium each snap Colin Kaepernick took the last time he played on the road. A similar reception could come Sunday in Buffalo when he makes his first start this season for the 49ers, who restructured Kaepernick’s contract Wednesday to minimize their financial risks in case of injury. “They’ll probably

Count 14-year NBA veteran and Miami Heat captain Udonis Haslem among the growing list of athletes who don’t appreciate Donald Trump referring to a taped 2005 conversation in which he bragged in lewd terms about kissing, groping and trying to have sex with women as “locker room talk.” “Don’t throw us in there — we

Detroit Tigers general manager Al Avila wandered around the clubhouse at Turner Field in Atlanta on Sunday night, his expression frozen somewhere between disappointment and frustration. He held a red solo cup in his hand, as the Tigers dressed quietly after their season ended with a 1-0 loss to the Atlanta Braves. Avila’s first order

Arnold Palmer, 87, whose looks, charisma and personality helped bring the game of golf out from the private country clubs to the masses, died Sunday after being ill for several months, the U.S. Golf Association and Golf Digest reported. Palmer was called “The King” not just because he excelled at golf but because he blended

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles Dodgers rolled out the blue carpet for Vin Scully, literally. They rolled out the dignitaries too, and the videos, and even a symphony orchestra. At its heart, however, the Vin Scully tribute Friday was the world’s biggest thank-you card, come to life. The greatest broadcaster in baseball history came to say

While Colin Kaepernick says he’s seen positives emerge from a racial-equality movement sparked by his national-anthem protests, he’s also received death threats as a result. “I’ve had a few come my way, but not too concerned about it,” Kaepernick said Tuesday inside the 49ers locker room. Asked if those threats have come only through his

The sight of people kneeling during the playing of our national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” requires a response. Unquestionably, we are an imperfect and flawed country, where bigotry, racial inequality and social injustice exist. But the notion that the American flag created or perpetuates these social ills is simply wrong. It is people who create

The man who used his trumpet to blow a rousing rendition of the national anthem at the Carolina Panthers’ home opener has three words for San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick — and they might just surprise you. “I feel ya,” said Phoenix brass master Dr. Jesse McGuire, 58, as he pounded his left breast