BEHIND THE CURTAINThe Yankees legend—who will be inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday—has managed to keep his political leanings hidden for decades.ariano Rivera, the greatest relief pitcher in baseball history, will be formally enshrined in the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday. A throng of New York Yankee diehards will surely make the trek to Cooperstown, NY, to take in the proceedings and relive treasured memories. For countless fans, Rivera is baseball royalty—an idol, worshipped for his on-field dominance, deadly mastery of a cut fastball, and pinpoint control....…BEHIND THE CURTAINThe Yankees legend—who will be inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday—has managed to keep his political leanings hidden for decades.ariano Rivera, the greatest relief pitcher in baseball history, will be formally enshrined in the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday. A throng of New York Yankee diehards will surely make the trek to Cooperstown, NY, to take in the proceedings and relive treasured memories. For countless fans, Rivera is baseball royalty—an idol, worshipped for his on-field dominance, deadly mastery of a cut fastball, and pinpoint control....WW…

WAY OFF BASEMove over, Fox News, there’s a new bullshit-peddler in town—and it’s a sports website created by a Fox Sports personality.fter four and a half seemingly endless months, sports are finally returning, but not in a way that resembles anything seen before. The semi-permeable bubbles have been erected, and games are being broadcast from fan-free stadiums, even while continue to spike across the country, thanks to the ongoing and utterly by the federal government in its . In a vacuum, it makes perfect sense, then, that a website which ostensibly covers sports would bring a...…WAY OFF BASEMove over, Fox News, there’s a new bullshit-peddler in town—and it’s a sports website created by a Fox Sports personality.fter four and a half seemingly endless months, sports are finally returning, but not in a way that resembles anything seen before. The semi-permeable bubbles have been erected, and games are being broadcast from fan-free stadiums, even while continue to spike across the country, thanks to the ongoing and utterly by the federal government in its . In a vacuum, it makes perfect sense, then, that a website which ostensibly covers sports would bring a...WW…

When the NBA resumes its 2019-20 season this summer, it won’t just be the players, team employees, and league officials who’ll be sequestered at Walt Disney World for several months. According to a Professional Basketball Writers Association memo, a select group of reporters could be locked inside the Disney bubble for at least three-and-a-half months—with no option to re-enter if they exit quarantine.On June 4, the NBA Board of Governors to restart the season, which came to a screeching halt after for COVID-19 on March 11. There are still more than a few out with the union, and some...…When the NBA resumes its 2019-20 season this summer, it won’t just be the players, team employees, and league officials who’ll be sequestered at Walt Disney World for several months. According to a Professional Basketball Writers Association memo, a select group of reporters could be locked inside the Disney bubble for at least three-and-a-half months—with no option to re-enter if they exit quarantine.On June 4, the NBA Board of Governors to restart the season, which came to a screeching halt after for COVID-19 on March 11. There are still more than a few out with the union, and some...WW…

Stop me if this sounds at all familiar but the right wing has opened up a new flank in the culture wars, and yet again, the target of their spittle-flecked ire is a major sports league. After a slew of multinational, multibillion-dollar corporations located in Georgia expressed some mild concerns that a recently-passed bill would disenfranchise voters—and specifically Black Georgians—Major League Baseball decided to pull up stakes on Friday and move this year’s from Cobb County. (Reportedly, they’ve settled on Coors Field in Colorado, a state that boasts less restrictive voting laws.)In...…Stop me if this sounds at all familiar but the right wing has opened up a new flank in the culture wars, and yet again, the target of their spittle-flecked ire is a major sports league. After a slew of multinational, multibillion-dollar corporations located in Georgia expressed some mild concerns that a recently-passed bill would disenfranchise voters—and specifically Black Georgians—Major League Baseball decided to pull up stakes on Friday and move this year’s from Cobb County. (Reportedly, they’ve settled on Coors Field in Colorado, a state that boasts less restrictive voting laws.)In...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementIn New Jersey and immediately encounter crowd trouble ahead of the New York derby (Red Bulls-City). Video: — Rob Harris (@RobHarris)Advertisementll of which betray their political beliefs. “Blood and Honor.”Here's 's "Empire State Ultras" displaying a Nazi-era SS skull on a banner. — Nathen McVittie (@nathenmcvittie)AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“These men are fascists, and their currency is violence or the threat of violence. My friends and I are not safe.”-...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementIn New Jersey and immediately encounter crowd trouble ahead of the New York derby (Red Bulls-City). Video: — Rob Harris (@RobHarris)Advertisementll of which betray their political beliefs. “Blood and Honor.”Here's 's "Empire State Ultras" displaying a Nazi-era SS skull on a banner. — Nathen McVittie (@nathenmcvittie)AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“These men are fascists, and their currency is violence or the threat of violence. My friends and I are not safe.”-...WW…