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MLB Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson opens up on racism he faced playing in Alabama
Being back at Alabama’s Rickwood Field brought back painful memories for MLB Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson, who detailed the racism he experienced there in an appearance on a Fox Sports pregame show. Jackson played at Rickwood Field in the minor leagues in the late 1960s. He said coming back to the area was “not easy.” “The racism when I played here, the difficulty of going through different places where we traveled … I wouldn't wish it on anybody,” he said. He said that he was not allowed to enter restaurants and hotels, threatened with arson and called slurs at the time.
Swimmer Lilly King engaged; proposal comes after she secures second Paris Olympics spot
It’s a big year for Lilly King. Not only did she place second in the women’s 200-meter breaststroke, securing a second spot for the Paris Olympics games, she also got a proposal.
Oklahoma man gets suspended sentence for bringing ammo to Turks and Caicos
A judge in the Turks and Caicos Islands on Friday sentenced an American tourist to a 13-week suspended sentence for bringing ammunition into the territory without prior police permission, according to the Bring Our Families Home Campaign.
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