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Before Monday's game, Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James protested the death of New Yorker Eric Garner by wearing an "I Can't Breathe" T-shirt.

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Deford: What's Wrong With Pro Athletes Taking A Stand?

9:56am December 10, 2014

by Frank Deford

NFL and NBA players are famous and influential, says commentator Frank Deford. So if they want to show support for protests against police brutality, he asks, why shouldn't they?

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Lebron Somehow Forgets British Royals' Well-Known 'No Touching' Rule

6:23am December 10, 2014

In a photo op, the Cleveland Cavaliers star put his arm around Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge. The press in England immediately went into a huffy Miss Manners mode.

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Panthers Cam Newton Injured in Two-Vehicle Crash

7:38pm December 09, 2014

by Keri Brown

Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton was involved in a car accident Tuesday not from the team's stadium in Charlotte. The NFL star is in fair condition with two fractures to his lower back.

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More Professional Athletes Starting To Find Their Political Voices

6:47pm December 09, 2014

High-profile figures like Lebron James and Derrick Rose are speaking out about the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown. Audie Cornish talks to Dave Zirin, sports editor of The Nation.

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A truck driven by Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton sits near Bank of America Stadium after the quarterback was involved in an accident Tuesday.

NFL Quarterback Cam Newton Injures Back In Car Crash

4:39pm December 09, 2014

by Bill Chappell

The player suffered two fractures in his lower back when a truck he was driving flipped several times on a bridge close to his team's stadium in downtown Charlotte.

In a new public health campaign, British actor Idris Elba plays a soccer coach whose team is squaring off against Ebola.

Idris Elba Plays A Soccer Coach Out To Crush Ebola In New Ad Campaign

12:27pm December 09, 2014

by Jason Beaubien

The British actor and a group of African soccer stars have teamed up with the CDC in a new public health campaign. The message: Ebola "is not an ordinary game. This is life or death."

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Jets Coach Promises No Tanking In Game Against Equally Awful Titans

12:27pm December 09, 2014

When a season is lost, some teams will take it easy their last few games — or the last 82, if it's the Philadelphia 76ers — in hopes of securing a better draft pick. But not this NFL cellar-dweller.

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College Football Playoffs Won't Please Everyone

10:49am December 09, 2014

The College Football Playoff committee announced that Ohio State took the final spot along with Alabama, Oregon and Florida State. Holly Anderson of Grantland.com joins Robert Siegel to talk about the aftermath.

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Texas Teams (Correctly) Shut Out Of New College Football Playoffs

9:35am December 09, 2014

by Tom Goldman

Ohio State's romp in the Big Ten championship game propelled the Buckeyes past TCU and Baylor in the eyes of the college football playoffs selection committee.

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Why Do The College Playoffs Only Have 4 Teams?

1:31pm December 08, 2014

Top-division college football announced the teams in its first-ever playoff: Alabama, Oregon, Ohio State and Florida State. But the next division down has had a playoff since the 1970s, with 24 teams.

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