‘Deeply personal’: Six teams, several players refuse to play as Jacob Blake protests extend to MLB (USA Today, 8/26/2020)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2020/08/26/mlb-protest-brewers-mariners-postponed-jacob-blake/5639351002/
Three MLB games postponed as players protest Wisconsin shooting (ESPN, 8/26/2020)
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29748076/brewers-reds-mariners-padres-call-games-focus-issues-more-important-baseball
Diamondbacks-Rockies game postponed as part of growing racial injustice (Yahoo Sports, 8/27/2020)
https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/mlb/diamondbacks/2020/08/27/arizona-diamondbacks-players-discussing-whether-sit-out-thursday/5649434002/
Awkward activism: MLB’s uneven response to racial injustice (AP, 8/27/2020)
https://apnews.com/5e02538778d7dbfb3853fa35fe7781ee
Amid a day of racial injustice protests MLB Jack Flaherty calls for greater unity (Yahoo Sports, 8/27/2020)
https://sports.yahoo.com/amid-a-day-of-racial-injustice-protests-in-mlb-jack-flaherty-calls-for-greater-unity-010953388.html
MLB games called off as four teams stage protest over racial injustice (Reuters, 8/27/2020)
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/aug/28/mlb-games-called-off-as-four-teams-stage-protest-over-racial-injustice
Seven MLB games called off over protests to Jacob Blake shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin (CBSSports.com, 8/28/2020)
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/seven-mlb-games-called-off-over-protests-to-jacob-blake-shooting-in-kenosha-wisconsin/
After a Long Lull, Protesting is Taking Hold Across Baseball (NYT, 8/28/2020)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/28/sports/baseball/mlb-protest-canceled-games.html
Astros protest racial injustice by sitting out game against A’s (Texas Sports Nation, 8/28/2020)
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/astros/article/Astros-A-s-protest-racial-injustice-and-police-15523413.php
MLB is having its annual Jackie Robinson Day amid historic protests (SB Nation, 8/28/2020)
https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2020/8/28/21405650/mlb-jackie-robinson-day-historic-protests-honor-42
Astros, A’s place Black Lives Matter shirt on home plate before leaving field and postponing game (MLB, 8/28/2020)
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/astros-as-place-black-lives-matter-shirt-on-home-plate-before-leaving-field-and-postponing-game/
Amid Protests in Rochester, Blue Jays’ Davis seeks to be agent for change (Sportsnet, 9/13/2020)
https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/amid-protests-rochester-blue-jays-davis-seeks-agent-change/
What Black Baseball Players—Past, Present and Future—heard when MLB teams refused to play (Yahoo Sports, 9/16/2020)
https://sports.yahoo.com/what-black-baseball-players-past-present-and-future-heard-when-mlb-teams-refused-to-play-233047042.html
How Athlete Protests Have Affected Viewing Habits (YouGov, 9/22/2020)
https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/2020/09/22/blm-sports-viewership
Cost, Racism and Football are Draining Black American Talent In Baseball (CBC, 9/22/2020)
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/opinion-mlb-mlbpa-players-alliance-morgan-ca