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Dr. Dre Kneels With
Ciara Shares First Family Photo After Welcoming Son With Russell Wilson
WILSON FAMILY
Ciara and Russell Wil- son are one big happy family after welcoming their baby boy, Win Harrison, earlier this week. The latest addition to the family joins their 3-year-old daughter, Sienna, and Ciara's 5-year-old son, Fu- ture Zahir, whom she shares with her ex-fiance, rapper Fu- ture.
On Saturday, the "Level Up" singer shared their first family photo since she gave birth to Win. In the pic, Si- enna and Future are all smiles as Ciara holds her baby boy in her arms. The family stands in front of a blue balloon backdrop that reads "welcome home."
WNBA Teams Walk Off Court During National Anthem
Storm and Liberty play- ers walk off court in season opener.
The WNBA is serious about justice for those victim- ized by police brutality.
During the league’s open- ing game on Saturday (July 25), every player from the New York Liberty and Seattle Storm walked off the court during the national anthem.
Both teams then held a 26- second moment of silence for Breonna Taylor, who was killed by Louisville police in her own home during a botched drug raid. Each player also had Taylor’s name on the back of their jer- seys.
First Six NFL Players Placed On
Reserve/COVID-19 List
The NFL’s new reserve/COVID-19 list was put into practice for the first time on Sunday as six players were placed on it by various teams.
Four of the six players listed are undrafted rookies who were set to compete for roster spots in training camp.
Dontrell Hilliard, a run- ning back who has seen lim- ited action in two seasons with the Cleveland Browns, is the only player on the list to have previously appeared in an NFL regular season game. The Browns are also the only team to list more than one player.
Tom Brady Shows Up At
Buccaneers Training
Facility For First Time
Four months after signing with the Tampa Bay Bucca- neers, Tom Brady has fi- nally made his first appearance at the team's training facility.
Brady showed up bright and early on Thursday, which was the first day that quarter- backs were allowed to report to training camp.
In a normal offseason, Brady would have visited the Bucs' practice facility multi- ple times before Thursday, but this isn't a normal offsea- son. Due to coronavirus, the Buccaneers' facility had been closed down since March, which is why Brady hasn't been able to show up there until now, even though he signed with the team way back on March 20.
TOM BRADY
Although training camp doesn't start until July 28 for the Buccaneers, several play- ers were allowed to show up early. Rookies had a reporting date of July 21 while quarter- backs and injured players were allowed to show up as early as July 23. Brady was clearly eager to get in the door, because he showed up to the team facility at 8:30 a.m. ET.
Colin Kaepernick
In 'Defiant' IG Post
Colin Kaepernick
knows a thing or two about defiance. After kneeling for the national anthem while playing for the 49ers in 2016, Kaepernick drew the scorn of a huge swath of Americans and football fans alike, includ- ing the President of the United States, who called him a "son of a b---h."
Hip-hop icon and enter- tainer Dr. Dre, who starred in HBO's "The Defiant Ones" chronicling his career along- side prolific record executive Jimmy Iovine, shared an Instagram post on Sunday showing him taking a knee alongside Kaepernick, with a simple caption.
Kaepernick's choice to kneel was misunderstood by many, and has kept him out of
COLIN KAEPERNICK AND DR. DRE
the NFL since he opted out of his 49ers contract in March of 2017. On NBC Sports Bay Area's "Race In America: Candid Conversations," for- mer NFL star Charles Woodson spoke about how Kaepernick's protest made him reconsider the messaging behind the national anthem.
LeBron James' Voting Rights
Group To Help Florida's
Ex-Felons Who Owe Fines
And Fees Register To Vote
An organization started by NBA superstar LeBron James and other Black ath- letes and entertainers an- nounced Friday that it will help Floridians with prior felony convictions register to vote in the November elec- tion.
More Than A Vote said it will donate $100,000 to the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition's fund for Floridi- ans struggling to pay off out- standing fees and fines associated with their felony convictions before they regis- ter to vote.
"This is a fight about their constitutional right to vote being denied," James, the NBA champion and former Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Heat star who now plays for the Los Angeles Lakers, tweeted Friday.
"We believe that your right to vote shouldn't de- pend upon whether or not you can pay to exercise it," Miami Heat forward Udonis Haslem, who is also a mem-
LEBRON JAMES
ber of More Than A Vote, said in a press release Friday. "Which is why More Than A Vote is proud to partner with the Florida Rights Restora- tion Coalition to ensure that formerly incarcerated Ameri- can citizens -- many of them Black and brown -- are able to pay their outstanding fines and fees and register to vote in the 2020 election and be- yond."
The Florida Rights Restoration Coalition's exec- utive director said the part- nership "will improve lives and strengthen our democ- racy."
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