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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Black national anthem was born more than a century ago, but the popular hymn within the African American community called “Lift Every Voice and Sing” has resurrected a beacon of hope during nationwide protests.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kevin Harvick turned up the pressure on Denny Hamlin late in the Brickyard 400.

TOKYO (AP) — As the president of the Tokyo Olympics, Yoshiro Mori knows that experts will have to come up with defenses against COVID-19 for the the postponed games to open a year from now.

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During the current pandemic references have been made to the “Spanish Flu” pandemic that hit the world in 1918. That was a horrific experience in which 50 million persons died worldwide and the death toll in the United States was 675,000.

The deals are done. The NBA is coming back. The season will resume on July 30 at Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports complex in Florida.

BOSTON (AP) — The New England Patriots have reached an agreement with free-agent quarterback Cam Newton, bringing in the 2015 NFL Most Valuable Player to help the team move on from three-time MVP Tom Brady, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press.

A VIEW OF Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort main entrance, at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Monday, June 22, 2020. The Villas at the Grand Floridian opened Monday as a part of select resorts in the first group to reopen since being shutdown by the coronavirus pandemic in March. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

USA Football has developed a phased approach for the return of youth football this year.