Books: Former NBA Player Etan Thomas On Athlete Activism

We Matter: Athletes and Activism

By Etan Thomas

Akashic Books of Brooklyn, NY, 250 pages, $28.95

Former NBA player Etan Thomas, who was born in Harlem and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been honored for his social justice advocacy as the recipient of the 2010 National Basketball Players Association Community Contribution Award.

Thomas also received the 2010 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Foundation Legacy Award.

With this background, Thomas has the gravitas to tackle this moment where athletes are speaking out on social justice issues mote than ever.

Yankees 1998 Tracker: Game 39

From now until the end of the season, we will be following the progress of the current Yankees against the 1998 World Championship team that won 114 games in the regular season.

Through 39 Games:

Gray Matter: Sonny Takes Step Back Against His Old Team

Yankees starting pitcher Sonny Gray delivers a pitch on Friday night. Photo by Jason Schott.

Just as it looked like Yankees starting pitcher Sonny Gray was turning a corner, with two strong starts against Houston and Cleveland, he took a major step back on Friday night against his old team, the Oakland A's.

Gray retired Oakland in order in the top of the first, but they had no trouble with him after that.

Yankees 1998 Tracker: Game 38

Yankees and Baltimore brawl on May 19, 1998.

From now until the end of the season, we will be tracking the progress of this current Yankee team to the 1998 World Championship squad that won 114 games in the regular season.

Through 38 Games:

Books: "Leah On The Offbeat"

Leah On The Offbeat
By Becky Albertalli
Harper Collins Children's Books

With her new novel Leah On The Offbeat, Becky Albertalli returns to the world of her acclaimed first novel, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, which is soon to be a major motion picture, Love, Simon, starting Nick Robinson, Jennifer Garner, Josh Duhamel, and Tony Hale.

Yankees 1998 Tracker: Game 37

David Wells during his perfect game May 17, 1998.

From now until the end of the season, we will be tracking the progress of the current Yankees with the 1998 World Championship team that won 114 games during the regular season.

Through 37 Games:

Yankees Honor Row Initiative: NYPD Families

Photo by Jason Schott.

As part of the Yankees’ new ‘Honor Row’ initiative, a group of surviving children and widows/widowers of fallen New York City police officers will be guests in the Judge’s Chambers for the Yankees’ 1:05 p.m. game vs. the Oakland Athletics on Saturday, May 12.

The Yankees will be teaming up with the New York City Police Department this season to host the families of police officers killed in the line of duty.