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
Sports
NASCAR officially bans Confederate flag from races
Max Scherzer counters MLB owners “net profitability” argument
Some owners have mentioned that owning a team isn’t very NET profitable.. You know what other company isn’t very NET profitable? Amazon
— Max Scherzer (@Max_Scherzer) June 11, 2020
Andy Reid, Tyrann Mathieu building voter registration program
#Chiefs HC Andy Reid says Patrick Mahomes and Tyrann Mathieu are working to build a voter registration program. Reid says the focus is on teaching and educating.
"This is about progress."
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) June 10, 2020
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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