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The Last Night’s Game Team
ESPYs
The annual ESPY award show that recognizes the best in sports is this Sunday and surprise, it’s going to be virtual. The hosts will be Seattle-based athletes Russell Wilson (NFL – National Football League), Megan Rapinoe (U.S. Women’s Soccer Team) and Sue Bird (WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association). This show is always full of inspiring, goosebump-evoking moments and this year will not disappoint. The show will celebrate heroism and humanitarian aid versus the previous year’s triumphs like it normally does. Here are some of the deserving awardees.
Maryam Shojaeli who helped end Iran’s ban on women at sporting events.
Mark and Kym Hilinski for their work to create mental wellness programs for student athletes after their son, who was a quarterback at Washington State, committed suicide.
Kim Clavel who left her dream of boxing to pick back up her nursing career and help patients in the wake of the coronavirus.
Overtime
Today is Juneteenth, which marks the official end of enslavement in the U.S. in 1865, two and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. In continuing to strive for inclusive environments where all students feel welcome, the SEC (Southeastern Conference) commissioner has threatened to withhold SEC championship events from the state of Mississippi until the flag is changed. The state flag features a Confederate flag within the design. LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
Sideline stat
The Las Vegas Raiders’ (NFL – National Football League) new stadium took another step in the right direction as we eek toward its first home game. The stadium passed the “Super Flush” test to see if the plumbing could handle 65,000 fans. All 1,430 toilets and urinals were flushed while the sinks in 297 restrooms were running. WHAT EXACTLY DOES FAILING THE TEST LOOK LIKE?
Coaches’ corner
The University of Florida has put an end to its Gator Bait chant because of its “horrific racist imagery.” According to the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia at Ferris State University, in the late 1800s to the early 1900s Black babies were used as alligator bait. It’s also a derogatory term toward African Americans. The university is instituting a multitude of changes as they strive to make positive changes to end racism. THERE ARE NO WORDS
What to watch
Normally the Triple Crown in horse racing starts with the Kentucky Derby in the first weekend of May, but now the Belmont Stakes will be the first race of the trio. The race is this Saturday and will be held without fans. It was important that they run the race before the horses age out as only three-year-old male horses are able to compete in the Triple Crown. FYI THAT’S 18 YEARS OLD IN HUMAN YEARS
