Sports

Remembering Don Newcombe and the fight against Jim Crow baseball

February 22, 2019 By Special to People’s World

In memory of Don Newcombe, People’s World’s reprints a feature story on him and Roy Campanella from a 1946 edition of the Daily Worker.

Former Dodgers great Don Newcombe dies at 92

February 20, 2019 By Associated Press

"Don Newcombe’s presence and life established him as a role model for Major Leaguers across the country."

Colin Kaepernick settles NFL collusion grievance

February 19, 2019 By Al Neal

Teams may see signing Kaepernick as less of a risk. Eric Reid’s new three-year deal with the Carolina Panthers shows it’s a very real possibility.

Olympic volunteers: One-time chance, or exploitation?

February 15, 2019 By Associated Press

TOKYO (AP) — Unpaid Olympic volunteers do almost everything: guide athletes around, greet dignitaries and translate for lost fans. IOC officials acknowledge the games couldn’t be held without them; invariably smiling, helpful and praised by presidents,...

The NFL: Violence against women OK, peaceful protests not so much

February 13, 2019 By Al Neal

We shouldn’t forget that the league has one of the weaker domestic violence policies, and Hunt went as far as to lie to the Chiefs about the incident.