FILE - In this Oct. 16, 1968 file photo, extending gloved hands skyward in racial protest, U.S. athletes Tommie Smith, center, and John Carlos stare downward during the playing of the Star Spangled ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is not a believer in protesting by sitting or kneeling during the national anthem. Speaking to Yahoo! on Monday morning, Ginsburg had ...

About 150 NFL players took a knee — or protested in some other way — before or during the playing of the national anthem last Sunday. Many did it to protest or call attention to what they feel are ...

NFL team owners arrived at the doorstep of the 2017 season divided on player protests. Six months later, when the curtain fell on the Super Bowl, little had changed in the fragmented debate. And by ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. IOWA CITY — National anthem protests landed in the Big Ten last weekend. Players from Michigan, Michigan ...

At one of the nation’s most well-known HBCUs, a new athletics protocol is raising questions about protest, tradition, and free expression on campus. According to reporting from Howard University’s ...

With racial issues in the United States coming to the forefront in the sports world, Major League Baseball players generally have been absent from the growing chorus of athletes who have publicly ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Despite other players around the NFL continuing to protest racial inequality, and despite the racially charged events taking place in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend ...

US president Donald Trump has offered the Iranian women’s football team asylum in the US amid fears for their safety. Mr Trump warned the players could risk death if they returned to Iran after ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has stepped up the pressure on the National Football League over protests by its players during the national anthem by launching a petition and ...