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NASCAR

Trump sideswipes NASCAR, Wallace over flag and noose

July 6, 2020 Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — NASCAR’s layered relationship with President Donald Trump took a sharp turn Monday when Trump took a sideswipe at the racing organization for banning the Confederate flag and […]

MLB

Braves pitcher Sean Newcomb apologizes for offensive tweets

July 30, 2018 Associated Press

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Braves pitcher Sean Newcomb apologized Sunday for racist, homophobic and sexist tweets he sent as a teenager, calling them “some stupid stuff.” “I definitely regret it, […]

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NEWS

UW-L football coach says there must be caution online in wake of Hader tweets

July 19, 2018 Drew Kelly

With Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Josh Hader’s old tweets coming back to haunt him this week, it again highlights some of the dangers of social media. The tweets, from 2011 and […]

NBA

Randall thought he’d get 100 retweets for jersey promise. As of midnight, he has 927,000 to buy if LeBron wins Finals

May 31, 2018 Associated Press

CLEVELAND (AP) — Browns safety Damarious Randall underestimated two things: the power of social media and passion of Cleveland fans. Randall said Wednesday he never imagined that an innocent Twitter […]

NBA

76ers exec accused of trashing team, others with burner Twitter accounts

May 31, 2018 Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers are investigating whether team president Bryan Colangelo used a variety of Twitter accounts to anonymously trash some of his own players and fellow executives […]