PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Temple University is having an unceremonious ending for its basketball season. Saturday’s season finale against Wichita State has been canceled because of a COVID issue within the program. Men's Basketball Game with Wichita State Canceled https://t.co/jk5SCqUHcU READ MORE: Jonathan Ramos, Brandon Moore Charged For Deadly 5-Car Crash On Tacony-Palmyra Bridge — Temple Men's Basketball (@TUMBBHoops) March 2, 2021 READ MORE: Wells Fargo Center Allowing Fans Back Sunday As Philadelphia Eases COVID-19 Events Restrictions Their regular season ends with a 5-10 record and a ninth-place finish in the AAC. Last weekend’s game against UCF was also canceled due to COVID issues. MORE NEWS: Retired Chester Firefighter Robert Sanford Placed On House Arrest For Alleged Role In Capitol Riot The conference championship tournament opens on March 11 in Fort Worth, Texas. ...
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg, George Floyd among options for ‘Remember the Titans’ school’s new name
Students at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Va., have submitted more than 50 options as the school seeks a new name, among them naming it after notable individuals such as Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ruth Bader Ginsburg Kavanaugh dismays conservatives by dodging pro-Trump election lawsuits McConnell backs Garland for attorney general A powerful tool to take on the Supreme Court — if Democrats use it right MORE , George Floyd and even Brian Sicknick, the Capitol Police officer who died following last week's riots in Washington. The Washingtonian reported Tuesday that a poll on renaming the school will open on Wednesday, and people will be able to vote or submit new names until Jan. 27. Notable proposed school names include: George Floyd Memorial High School, Ruth Bader Ginsburg High School and Kamala Harris Kamala Harris Harris pushes for support for cities in coronavirus relief package This week: Senate takes up coronavirus relief after minimum wage setback Brown vows Democrats will 'find a way' to raise minimum wage MORE High School. ADVERTISEMENT Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Meghan Markle The Hill's 12:30 Report - Presented by ExxonMobil - Third approved vaccine distributed to Americans Prince Harry: British press 'was destroying my mental health' San Francisco school board pauses plan to rename high schools MORE were also proposed to replace T.C. Williams, a known segregationist. The school is best known for inspiring the 2000 football film “Remember the Titans;” Titan High School was among the proposed names. Members of the school board voted unanimously in November to rename the school after something other than Williams, who was the superintendent of the Alexandria public school system for several decades beginning in the 1930s and opposed integrating schools after the landmark Supreme Court ruling Brown vs. the Board of Education. “This is a historic ...
Harris pushes for support for cities in coronavirus relief package
Vice President Harris on Monday pushed for Congress to provide aid to cities impacted by the coronavirus pandemic by passing the administration’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. “This plan includes critical support for those communities that have been hardest hit, keeping small businesses open and first responders on the job,” she said during her virtual keynote address at CityLab. The package directs $350 billion in funds to state and local governments, a provision Republicans have criticized. The Senate is expected to vote on the package this week after the House passed it early Saturday morning. ADVERTISEMENT “With so many people living so close together, cities have been particularly hard hit. City leaders around the world have responded with innovation,” Harris said, mentioning outdoor clinics, redesigned public spaces, and Wi-Fi hot spots. “[The] president and I are pushing the United States Congress to finish passing our American Rescue Plan so cities have the resources they need to innovate and replicate the best ideas,” she added. CityLab is organized by Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Aspen Institute and also included speeches from Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Pete Buttigieg Harris pushes for support for cities in coronavirus relief package Exclusive: How Obama went to bat for Warren The Hill's 12:30 Report - Presented by Facebook - Biden vs. Trump, part II MORE and former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg. The vice president said in her keynote address that she has spoken with U.S. mayors for months about the administration’s plan for coronavirus relief. “Without exception, they have said our cities need this plan to survive. So, I’m going to be clear, survival is not the end game. We want our cities and our companies to thrive, not just survive,” she said. The Senate is expected to make changes to the bill that House passed, including removing the provision that raises the federal minimum ...
The Athletes Have More to Say
Sterling Brown and George Hill of the Milwaukee Bucks read a statement to the media about the team’s August 26 walkout over the shooting of Jacob Blake. Photo: Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images Of all the moments of the 2019–20 NBA season — the one with Rudy Gobert touching all the mics and the pandemic and the bubble and another Lakers championship — the most lasting one, the most important one, came when the Milwaukee Bucks, in the wake of the shooting of Jacob Blake by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, elected unanimously not to play their playoff game against the Orlando Magic in order to call for justice for Blake and for the officers to “be held accountable.” It led to the postponement of two days worth of NBA playoff games, as well as games in Major League Baseball, the WNBA, and the MLS. It was something that had always been whispered about but not actually seen in sports in generations: Players recognizing the power of their voices — and simply refusing to play . It wasn’t just a gesture. The walkout affected actual change: The NBA quickly came to an agreement with players to expand voting-rights efforts and eventually led to 23 of the league’s 30 arenas being used as polling places and early-voting stations — moves that many believe directly led to increased turnout in cities like Philadelphia, Detroit, and Atlanta that helped decide November’s presidential election. That doesn’t happen without the boycott. That doesn’t happen without the biggest social activism movement in the history of American professional sports. And it could be the start of something even larger, and lasting. For decades, sports has been a place for many to hide from politics, or from the outside world entirely. Because of that, and the tendency of leagues and networks to sprint away from anything that may make any corporate sponsors and white billionaire owners nervous, the world of sports has been notoriously hesitant to wade into the world of politics. The age ...
Shaquille O’Neal ready to rumble in tag match for All Elite Wrestling
Hack-a-Shaq is coming to All Elite Wrestling. Shaquille O’Neal may again absorb some intentional hits in his tag team match this week. The 7-foot-1 basketball Hall of Famer gets his chance to dish out retribution — maybe a slam, a side headlock or a clothesline — when he steps into the ring for his first match with AEW. “Oh, I’m winning,” O’Neal said. “Guaranteed.” O’Neal says he’s a lifelong wrestling fan and ripped off a list of favorite wrestlers from Tony Atlas and Junkyard Dog to Andre the Giant and Brock Lesnar. Big guys. Tough guys. Like Shaq. O’Neal is set to perform in his first competitive match when he teams in All Elite Wrestling with Jade Cargill in a mixed tag to take on Cody Rhodes and Red Velvet at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida, on Wednesday’s episode of “Dynamite.” The seeds for a feud were set up last November when Cargill appeared on “Dynamite” and trash-talked Rhodes that O’Neal was the real giant-killer of pro wrestling. O’Neal responded on “Inside the NBA” and told Rhodes to name the place. “I’m the type, I can never back down from a challenge,” O’Neal told The Associated Press. “I’m not a professional wrestler, but I’ve been in a match before. I’ve got a lot of moves in my arsenal. When you step inside somebody’s world, you have to stick to what you’re masterful at. I’m not acrobatic. I’m not going to be jumping off the ropes. I’m coming with the power game. When I get hands on him, I’m going to display this power.” O’Neal visited the wrestling-training facility Nightmare Factory in the Norcross, Georgia, but has otherwise limited professional wrestling training. “I’m the type that if I have a look and see you do it, I got it,” O’Neal said. O’Neal was crushed as a teenager when Hulk Hogan slammed and defeated Andre the Giant in the main event of WrestleMania III. Once he became an NBA star, Shaq Diesel — a nickname made for pro wrestling — eventually had a word with the Hulkster. “I told him, ‘you broke ...
