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Canadian athletes, parents call for culture change in sports

May. 20, 2022 09:09 PM EDT
Scales should be banned from children’s gyms. Parents should be permitted to watch. Rules of acceptable behavior should be posted on gym walls with a toll-free line...

Halle Berry arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, Pool)
VIRUS DIARY: From red carpets to empty streets, and back

By Chris Pizzello Apr. 29, 2021 08:56 AM EDT

Tarana Burke, founder and leader of the #MeToo movement, stands in her home in Baltimore on Oct. 13, 2020. Black women and girls are now the focus of several high-profile philanthropic initiatives as major donors look to address the racial wealth gap and the long-chronicled funding disparity for organizations serving minority women. Teresa Younger, who helped launch The Black Girl Freedom Fund and its 1Billion4BlackGirls campaign in September with other Black women in philanthropy and activism — including Me Too Founder Tarana Burke — said that donors should be cautious about making assumptions in their giving. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark, file)
A philanthropic drive to aid Black women is gaining momentum

By Haleluya Hadero Apr. 22, 2021 11:14 AM EDT

Lin-Manuel Miranda arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Feb. 9, 2020, left, and Michelle Obama participates in the International Day of the Girl on NBC's "Today" show in New York on Oct. 11, 2018. Miranda and Obama will join other celebrities in “Roll Up Your Sleeves,” a vaccine initiative airing at 7 p.m. EDT Sunday on NBC,(AP Photo)
Celebrities make a stand for COVID vaccines on TV special

Apr. 16, 2021 07:41 PM EDT

South Carolina head coach Dawn Stanley, right, watches guard Brea Beal (12) drive to the basket during the second half of a college basketball game against Georgia Tech in the Sweet Sixteen round of the women's NCAA tournament at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Sunday, March 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Sister recovering from leukemia now rooting Staley in person

Mar. 28, 2021 05:11 PM EDT

FILE - Kansas City Chiefs' Travis Kelce smiles before the NFL Super Bowl 54 football game between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs in Miami Gardens Fla., in this Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020, file photo. Seattle's star quarterback Russell Wilson and Kansas City's standout tight end Travis Kelce are among the 32 finalists for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
Russell Wilson, Travis Kelce among NFL Man of Year nominees

By Barry Wilner Dec. 10, 2020 03:02 PM EST

Ken Griffey Jr. joins ownership group for Seattle Sounders

Nov. 17, 2020 03:43 PM EST
SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Sounders have added Baseball Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. to the club’s ownership group. Griffey’s ownership...

Atlanta Falcons defensive end Dante Fowler Jr. (56) takes a defensive position during an NFL game against the Detroit Lions, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020 in Atlanta. The Lions defeated the Falcons 23-22. (Margaret Bowles via AP)
Russell Wilson stays busy on and off the NFL field

By The Associated Press Oct. 30, 2020 12:10 AM EDT

Garth Reeves, left, and Scott Canfield, co-founders of the Why Not You Academy charter school, pose for a photo with the school's new name and logo, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, in front of the building that will house the school in Des Moines, Wash., south of Seattle. Seattle Seahawks NFL football quarterback Russell Wilson and his Grammy-winning wife, pop singer Ciara, are putting their money and celebrity behind rebranding the charter school, which advocates hope will boost the troubled Washington state charter school sector that has suffered from enrollment problems after years of legal challenges. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Russell Wilson, Ciara fund charter school in Seattle area

By Sally Ho Oct. 28, 2020 01:35 PM EDT

Update on the latest in sports:

Jul. 25, 2020 12:07 PM EDT
MLB-NEWS Nationals catcher Tres Barrera banned 80 games for drug test UNDATED (AP) — Washington Nationals catcher Tres...

FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2019, file photo, Seattle Seahawks' Russell Wilson speaks during a news conference after an NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles in Philadelphia. Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, soccer star Megan Rapinoe and three-time WNBA champion Sue Bird will preside over The ESPYS two-hour broadcast airing June 21 on ESPN. All three live in the Seattle area. Rapinoe and Bird are partners who share a household, which conveniently eases some logistics. Wilson’s singer-wife, Ciara, is likely to make an appearance, too. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Wilson, Rapinoe, Bird to host remote ESPYS feting heroism

By Beth Harris May. 26, 2020 10:56 AM EDT