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USA gold medalist pans USA Gymnastics chief over anti-Nike tweet

October 15, 2018 By Al Neal

U.S. Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles admonished the new chief of USA Gymnastics Saturday for a September 7 tweet mocking Nike.

Kaepernick honored with medal named after U.S. Communist W.E.B. Du Bois

October 12, 2018 By Ben Cowles

The W.E.B. Du Bois medal is awarded by Harvard "to individuals in the U.S. and around the globe in recognition of their contributions to African and African-American culture and the life of the mind.”

Brutality not limited to the ice at the NHL

October 12, 2018 By Al Neal

Nashville Predators forward Austin Watson was charged with domestic assault and suspended for 27 games, including the entire preseason, for “unacceptable off-ice conduct.”

Baseball postseason in the Daily Worker – 80 years ago

October 9, 2018 By Special to People’s World

Before you settle in to see what Boston has lined up tonight, take a look at the postseason 80 years ago.

Evil Empire returns: Yanks spit in workers’ faces by crossing picket line

October 9, 2018 By Al Neal

New York Yankees’ players, union members themselves, casually crossed a union picket line out front of Boston's Ritz-Carlton Hotel last Thursday.