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[unable to retrieve full-text content]ESPN apologizes for airing clip of woman flashing one of her breasts during Sugar Bowl broadcast  Yahoo Sports Source link

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — After the Dallas Cowboys lost a 19-12 divisional playoff game to the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, head coach Mike McCarthy said emotions ran high. “It’s very tough,” McCarthy said. “In those moments, you just have to be real and genuine. “It’s raw in the locker room right now.” Emotions were raw, too, as the Cowboys left the Levi’s Stadium field after the game. A photo of McCarthy approaching the tunnel near the western end zone opened questions about… Source link

Google responded to controversy surrounding the definition of “Jew” that appeared as a result on the popular search engine on Tuesday, offering its apologies. When the word “Jew” was searched on Google on Tuesday morning, the word was defined as an offensive verb, at least until about 1 p.m. Google has denied that it manipulates search results.  (iStock) Specifically, the top definition that appeared in Google’s search results described the word “Jew” as to “Bargain with… Source link

Kyrie Irving apologized Thursday for posting a documentary with antisemitic conspiracy theories and falsehoods on Twitter, a few hours after he was suspended five games without pay by the Brooklyn Nets. The apology, published on Instagram, came a little more than a week after the Nets star posted the offensive tweet, which has since been deleted. Irving conceded the video “contained some false anti-Semitic statements, narratives, and languages that were untrue and offensive to the Jewish… Source link

LeGarrette Blount apologized after video showed the former NFL running back throwing punches during a skirmish among adults at a youth football game. TMZ published video of the incident on Monday showing tensions surface during a postgame handshake line at a 12-and-under football game in Gilbert, Arizona. Two groups of adults were seen arguing after the game before the incident escalated into pushing and shoving. Blount, who was reportedly a coach at the game, lunged at and threw punches at a… Source link

Hours before kickoff of his first preseason game with the Cleveland Browns, Deshaun Watson issued his first apology to the women he allegedly sexually harassed and assaulted while playing for the Houston Texans. Watson’s apology came nine days after the NFL announced it was appealing his six-game suspension for sexual misconduct issued by former federal judge Sue L. Robinson, with the league seeking either a season-long suspension or a shorter suspension with a significant fine. The appeal is… Source link

Jerry Jones apologized on Tuesday after using a derogatory term for little people during a Dallas Cowboys news conference. “Earlier today I made a reference which I understand may have been viewed as offensive,” a statement from Jones reads. “I apologize.” The Cowboys owner used the term while speaking about late Cowboys director of scouting Larry Lacewell. He did so as he paid tribute to former players and staff members who recently died while addressing media at the start of training… Source link

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, once again, has apologized to LeBron James. Abdul-Jabbar apologized to James on SiriusXM NBA Radio on Monday following comments he made about the Los Angeles Lakers star over the weekend. Abdul-Jabbar — who was at Crypto.com Arena to celebrate Carmelo Anthony, who won the NBA’s inaugural Social Justice Champion Award — again hit James for some of his social stances. Though he apologized later that night, Abdul-Jabbar again addressed the issue on Monday. “I’ve been… Source link

Shell (SHEL) says it will stop buying Russian crude and apologized for purchasing a cargo last week amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. “We are acutely aware that our decision last week to purchase a cargo of Russian crude oil to be refined into products like petrol and diesel – despite being made with security of supplies at the forefront of our thinking – was not the right one and we are sorry,” Shell Chief Executive Officer, Ben van Beurden said in a company statement. The… Source link

More than six decades after Marion Hood was rejected by Emory University School of Medicine, he received another letter from the school. This time, it was an apology for refusing to admit him into its medical program because he was Black. “Your rejection letter serves as a somber reminder that generations of talented young men and women were denied educational opportunities because of their race, and our society was denied their full potential,” said the letter, which was sent in March… Source link