Opinion

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Ezra Shaw / Getty

PHOTO OF THE WEEK (August 6, 2020)

Michael Hermosillo of the Los Angeles Angels catches a fly ball hit by Robbie Grossman of the Oakland Athletics for the final out of their game at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on July 25, 2020, in Oakland, California.

OP-ED: The total ‘woke’ conquest of the pro-sports world

Sam Coonrod shouldn’t be waiting for a call from Nike.Unlike former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, the pitcher for that city’s baseball Giants isn’t going to be rewarded for taking a lonely, principled stand.
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Nathan Howard / Getty

PHOTO OF THE WEEK (July 30, 2020)

Federal officers walk through tear gas while dispersing a crowd of about a thousand people during a protest at Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse on July 21, 2020, in Portland, Oregon.