Political Contributios of Sports Owners]
ESPN: “NBA, NFL, NHL, WNBA, MLB and NASCAR reveals that this deep-pocketed group has sent $34.2 million (72.9%) to Republican campaigns or super PACs purely supporting Republican causes, compared to $10.1 million (21.5%) to Democrats over the past three elections.”
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NASCAR
NASCAR names Erik Moses first Black Track President in History
[Erik Moses\NASCAR]
Moses: “Any time that you have the distinction of being the first at anything professionally, it is a humbling kind of honor. That said, I’m not naive enough to believe that I’m the first person of color qualified enough to run a NASCAR track.”
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MLB Will Allow Black Lives Matter Patches on Jerseys
[Major League Baseball]
Yahoo: Major League Baseball players have the option of having a patch with ”Black Lives Matter” or ”United For Change” on a jersey sleeve on opening day…”
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NASCAR’s Bubba Wallace Pushes Back on Trump’s Race Baiting
[Bubba Wallace\NASCAR]
Wallace: “Always deal with the hate being thrown at you with LOVE! Love over hate every day. Love should come naturally as people are TAUGHT to hate. Even when its HATE from the POTUS.”
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Bubba Wallace “Pissed Off” About NASCAR Noose Controversy
[Bubba Wallace\NASCAR]
Wallace: “The picture I got from what they had eventually cut down and turned it into the FBI, it was simply in fact a noose. … The FBI backed that up 100 percent.”
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NASCAR: Noose Left in Black Driver Bubba Wallace’s Stall
[NASCAR\Bubba Wallace]
NASCAR said in a statement that the noose was discovered in the late afternoon, on a day when its Cup Series race in Alabama — the first to have any fans in attendance since the organization banned all displays of the Confederate flag.
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