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The Daily Spread: NASCAR Bans Confederate Flags, Red Sox Set Example with P.R. Statement + Other News of the Day

NASCAR fans react to the news that the organization will be using COVID sniffing dogs to try to help manage the virus during the races at Daytona this weekend

LONG POND, PA - JULY 28: A general view of the NASCAR logo on the wall during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series - Gander Outdoors 400 on July 28, 2019 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa. (Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire)

The Daily Spread covers the news of the day, and like most days the past few weeks, the focus is on Black Lives Matter protests and the world’s response to it. In the sporting world, we have a lot of positive change being effected, including NASCAR’s ban on Confederate flags. But the political reactions remain tenuous, particularly with the Australian PM.

News

Australian Prime Miniister calls protests BLM “completely unacceptable”

Tennessee to keep Nathaniel Bedford Forrest statue in capitol building

Amazon to ban police use of their facial recognition technology … for one year

Released 2019 video shows Oklahoma officer telling suspect “I don’t care” when told he couldn’t breathe

Sports

NASCAR officially bans Confederate flag from races

Players Coalition acquires over 1,400 signatures from sports figures in favor of ending qualified immunity for police

Red Sox: This is Real

USC welcomes back Reggie Bush

Max Scherzer counters MLB owners “net profitability” argument

Andy Reid, Tyrann Mathieu building voter registration program

Dana White gets lesson in fair contracts on ESPN (starts at about 3:00)

Culture

Apparently a lot of Rage Against the Machine fans aren’t aware they are the machine in question

A&E cancels popular cops show Live P.D.

Gone With the Wind No. 1 movie on Amazon after HBO Max pulls it

League of Legends developer Riot Games investigating exec’s George Floyd post


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