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Iginla headlines 2020 Hall class as 4th Black player elected
A sixth-round draft pick in 1994, Alfredsson won the Calder Trophy in 1996 as the NHL's top rookie after scoring 26 goals, made six trips to the NHL All-Star game and cracked the 40-goal mark twice. He was the NHL's most outstanding player in 2002, when he had 96 points (52 goals, 44 assists), and two years later won the NHL Foundation Player Award for leadership in the community. [Full Article...]
Police drop probe into 'White Lives Matter' banner flown during match
His response? He said he sometimes gets "a bit coked up and uses offensive language", adding that he has "lots of Black and Asian friends and this banner was actually inspired by the Black Lives Movement". "I had to chuckle because I heard somebody say the other night it's the first time that Sean Dyche has questioned the board", he said. "I'm not sorry at all and I'm not ashamed of what I'v... [Full Article...]
Scott McTominay: Man Utd and Scotland midfielder signs deal to 2025
Manchester United midfielder, Scott McTominay, has signed a new five-year contract with the club. The 23-year-old Scot is one of the products of the Manchester United Academy, which he arrived in 2012. You see other boys in the same situation to myself like Marcus [Rashford] and Jesse [Lingard] and Axel [Tuanzebe], boys who are doing tremendously well, and I want to be a role model for younger... [Full Article...]
Morgan Schneiderlin: Nice sign Everton midfielder for undisclosed fee
The 30-year-old France global has left Goodison Park for an undisclosed fee to bring to an end a three-and-a-half year stay on Merseyside, having joined from Manchester United in January 2017 in a deal reportedly worth £20million. He had just over a year remaining on his contract. "I can talk about the period he spent with me and I think it was a good period", Ancelotti said. [Full Article...]
NYPD officer arrested, charged for use of apparent banned chokehold
The NYPD and the city's Police Benevolent Association, which represents officers, did not immediately return requests for comment on Thursday. Sources told CBS2 police responded to reports of a man acting disorderly on the boardwalk at 113th Street. [Full Article...]
Brooks Koepka withdraws from Travelers Championship after caddie tests positive for coronavirus
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Hughes is three shots clear of world No. 1 McIlroy, Xander Schauffele and Viktor Hovland. McIlroy, playing alongside Phil Mickelson and Bryson DeChambeau , eagled the 13th and posted back-to-back birdies from the 14th before making his only bogey of the day after finding thick rough off the tee at the par-three 16th. [Full Article...]
Protesters Attempt To Topple Andrew Jackson Statue Near The White House
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D), Washington, D.C.'s representative in the House, will introduce legislation next week to remove the statue of Andrew Jackson from Lafayette Square right outside of the White House. During this forced expulsion by the federal government, roughly 4,000 Cherokees died in what is now known as the Trail of Tears. "Killer scum" was spray-painted on the monument's pedesta... [Full Article...]
United Kingdom police investigating 'White Lives Matter' banner over stadium
He felt something in his knee". "Today Lancashire Constabulary has been in liaison with Greater Manchester Police, the Aviation Authority and the Crown Prosecution Service regards the "White Lives Matter" banner that was flown over the Etihad Stadium last night", Chief Superintendent Russ Procter said. [Full Article...]