Sacramento Kings guard Ben McLemore has expressed that he is not a fan of NFL players kneeling for the national anthem. McLemore went on to say NBA players have found a better way to make a difference in the community than NFL players who kneel for the anthem.
The Oakland Athletics had another successful week going 5-2 against the Texas Rangers and Minnesota Twins, along with a hot month of August going 16-6 with five games left in the month.
The Oakland Athletics have placed LHP Sean Manaea on the 10-day disabled list with a left shoulder impingement and have recalled RHP Emilio Pagan from Triple-A Nashville.
Entering the preseason, the running back spot seemed to be set for the Oakland Raiders. Marshawn Lynch, Jalen Richard, and DeAndre Washington were already here and the Raiders signed veteran Doug Martin to share the carries with Lynch. As the preseason has gone on however, undrafted free agent Chris Warren III has emerged and may have put together a preseason to take one of the assumed filled spots.
Major League Baseball announced the schedule for its 2019 regular season. The campaign will begin with a series between the AL West rival the Oakland Athletics and the Seattle Mariners in Tokyo on March 20-21.
It was the biggest week of the season and the Oakland Athletics passed the test. Three with the Mariners. Three with the Astros. The A's were able to manage a 4-2 record and tighten their grip on the AL Wild Card and were able to close the gap in the AL West.
On Wednesday night, Miami Marlins righty Jose Ureña found a way to stop Atlanta Braves' Ronald Acuña Jr. When Braves' rookie strode to the plate, Ureña beaned him on the left elbow with a fastball during his first pitch of the game.
With the Oakland Raiders coming off a 16-10 victory over the Detroit Lions in Week 1 of the preseason, they now turn their focus to Week 2 against the Los Angeles Rams.
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The PGA Championship kicked off last week and Tiger Woods came to win. He remained unfazed, unimpressed and ready. Woods shot his lowest final round ever in a major at the PGA Championship. He posted eight birdies in route to a six-under 64.
The Oakland Athletics only played five games this week, two against the Los Angeles Dodgers and three against the Los Angeles Angels, and finished with a modest 3-2 record. The week also saw the Athletics acquire both Mike Fiers from the Tigers and Fernando Rodney from the Twins.
After a long off-season that included signings like Jordy Nelson and Doug Martin, a new head coach in Jon Gruden, and a holdout from Khalil Mack, the Oakland Raiders finally took the field Friday night for their first game of the preseason. With starters like Derek Carr only playing one drive, second and third string players were the key to the Raiders 16-10 win over the Detroit Lions.
The Oakland Raiders' defensive end Khalil Mack will be fined $814,000 for not reporting to the team before Friday's preseason opener against the Detroit Lions.
Former New England Patriots linebacker Jerod Mayo reported his pet English Bulldog, Knox, went missing in June under the custody of his trainer Amelia Ferreira at the time. Rhode Island SPCA found Knox’s body, dead in Ferreira’s house on Sunday, August 5.
EA Sports has corrected what it called "an unfortunate mistake" by putting Colin Kaepernick's name back into the YG song "Big Bank" on the Madden 19 soundtrack.
Former Oakland Raiders cornerback Sean Smith will be released from jail on September 5. Due to good behavior and overcrowding, the early release means he served less than half a year in jail, cutting his one-year sentence short.
Since saying he did not believe the national anthem was the right venue to protest social injustices, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott has been receiving backlash from other players in the NFL as well as others outside of professional sports. Most recently, Arlington muralist Trey Wilder created a mural as Prescott looking like main character of the movie Get Out, Chris Washington.
The Oakland Athletics carried their hot month of July into August, sweeping both the Blue Jays and Tigers. The current six game win streak pushes their record to 67-46 and the A's are 33-10 since June 16th, which is the best record in baseball in that span.
