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Oakland A’s president Dave Kaval has apologized for the quality of food served to the organization’s minor league players. Kaval issued the apology Tuesday night after photos players posted went viral on social media, drawing comparisons to the infamous “Fyre Festival” meals that were panned in a pair of 2019 documentaries.  The Twitter account for Advocates for Minor Leaguers called out the A’s for meals featuring a sandwich with a single slice of processed cheese and a sparsely filled… Source link

Kevin Durant has never been known for being a peaceful presence on social media, but a contentious exchange with Michael Rapaport this week broke new ground for the Brooklyn Nets star. Durant, who has been out since mid-February with a hamstring injury, apologized while speaking with reporters Thursday for the language in his Instagram direct messages. “I’m sorry that people seen that language I used,” Durant said. “That’s not really what I want people to see and hear from me, but hopefully I… Source link

Seattle Mariners president and CEO Kevin Mather issued an apology Sunday night after a video surfaced on YouTube of controversial remarks he made to the Bellevue Breakfast Rotary Club on Feb. 5. During the video conference with the club, which lasted over 45 minutes and included a question and answer portion, Mather made racist remarks criticizing his own players’ English skills, called a player overpaid, got the name of one of the team’s prospects wrong, trashed the facilities of their own… Source link

The Telegraph Golf’s governing bodies take steps to tackle game’s distance problem Golf’s leading authorities signalled their intention to rescue the future of the sport from the big hitters on Tuesday by unveiling proposals to rein in the likes of Bryson DeChambeau and Rory McIlroy. The game’s two governing bodies, the R&A and the US Golf Association, have paved the way for restrictions on equipment including limits on the length of drivers and the introduction of a standardised,… Source link

NASCAR driver Hailie Deegan apologized to “everyone who was offended by it” for saying the R-word during a Sunday night Twitch stream. Deegan — who was streaming for the first time on her Twitch channel — was broadcasting a virtual race that she was participating in. She was talking on her microphone over caution and used the slur to ask about a driver who was behind her. Earlier tonight I used an insensitive word during an online race being broadcast on twitch. It was inappropriate… Source link

Justin Thomas ended wishing he could redo his finish on the fourth hole in the Tournament of Champions, in more ways than one. Thomas, the third-ranked golfer in the world, missed a short par putt during the third round of the event at Kapalua’s Plantation Course in Hawaii. As he walked over and prepared to tap the ball in for bogey, Golf Channel microphones picked up him muttering an anti-gay slur (NSFW warning). At the end of the round, Thomas was brought forward by Golf Channel to address… Source link

Washington Football Team quarterback Dwayne Haskins is in trouble once again due to a COVID-19 violation. Washington is aware of photos showing Haskins at a strip club without a mask following Sunday’s game, and has been in contact with the league over the issue, according to Jon Keim of ESPN. The person who posted the images went private on Instagram, making it tough to find the pictures on social media. One image showed Haskins in the strip club without a mask. Another showed multiple… Source link

Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Wednesday apologized to the company in the aftermath of the dismissal of a prominent Black artificial intelligence researcher. LM Otero/AP hide caption toggle caption LM Otero/AP … Source link

Sundar Pichai, chief executive of Google’s parent company Alphabet, apologized for the departure of a prominent artificial intelligence researcher, whose exit has roiled the company’s work force and raised questions about its stated commitment to diversity and the responsible development of A.I. technology. In an email to employees on Wednesday, Mr. Pichai, however, stopped short of saying that the company was wrong in how it hastened the resignation of Timnit Gebru, who was a co-leader… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai apologized to employees on Wednesday and launched an investigation into how the company handled the departure of prominent AI researcher Timnit Gebru. “I’ve heard the reaction to Dr. Gebru’s departure loud and clear,” Pichai said in a staff-wide email sent Wednesday that was reviewed by Bloomberg. “It seeded doubts and led some in our community to question their place at Google. I want to say how sorry I am for that, and I… Source link