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Hand heart or peace sign? Which gesture embodies Olympics 2024?

From Snoop Dogg’s two fingers to Simone Biles’s sweet signal, TikTokers are debating the summer’s best symbol

The Guardian - UK

Sexism, celebrity and the tragedy of Rebecca Loos

The Beckham documentary reminds us that Rebecca Loos was a casualty of the kiss-and-tell era, says Kate Wills

Evening Standard

End of an era? Get to know the big bosses quietly reshaping how tech does business...

With Elon mayhem at Twitter and mass firings at Meta, Silicon Valley is in chaos. Meanwhile, some low-key kingpins are quietly reshaping how tech does business (and you’ve probably never heard of them). Kate Wills reports

Evening Standard

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‘We told you so’: For Black athletes racism from college fans is a familiar story

So widespread is racist abuse from the stands that ignoring it is seen as part of a college athlete’s job

The Guardian - US

BYU hit by fresh allegations of racist abuse from crowd at athletic event

Fresh allegations of racist slurs being used at a BYU athletic event have emerged, a month after similar claims involving the Duke volleyball team

The Guardian - US

BYU apologizes to a banned fan, saying it found no proof they yelled racial slurs

Brigham Young University says it found no evidence of racial heckling of Black volleyball players during a game against Duke University. Duke's top athletics official says she stands by her players.

WEKU

BYU reverses ban on fan after investigation into incident during Duke volleyball game

Brigham Young athletics lifted the ban on the fan who Duke's volleyball team accused of directing racial slurs at a Black player during a game on its campus last month.

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Rachel Richardson: Duke player’s claim of racist slur denied by university — what we know

BYU investigation finds no evidence of use of racial slur

The Independent UK

BYU investigation finds no racial slurs against Duke player

An investigation by Brigham Young University into allegations that fans engaged in racial heckling and uttered racial slurs at a Duke volleyball player last month found no evidence to support the claim

The Independent UK

BYU investigation claims no racist slurs were made against Duke volleyball player

The university said it has lifted a ban on a fan who was identified as directing racial slurs toward Duke sophomore Rachel Richardson during the match. It also apologized to the fan for any hardship the ban caused.

Chicago Sun-Times

BYU: No Evidence of Racist Heckling at Duke Volleyball Match

The university banned a student for the incident last month.

Sports Illustrated

Commentary: What happened at Brigham Young University isn’t unique

On Aug. 28, a spectator at a volleyball game at Brigham Young University yelled the N-word multiple times at Rachel Richardson, a player from Duke University. There was no intervention by school officials until after the game. And while this may seem like an isolated incident, racist taunts like these…

Tribune News Service

South Carolina Cancels Home Opener vs. BYU After Racial Slur Incident

The moves comes a week after a Duke volleyball player was allegedly barraged with racial slurs by a BYU fan during a match on campus.

Sports Illustrated

‘Please lean in with a bit of empathy’: it’s not easy being trans in rural Australia

Attitudes to TGDNB people may be improving but the lack of dedicated health services is a big problem in the bush

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BYU says it has no proof that the fan banned over racist slurs said them

The slurs marred a high-profile volleyball match between BYU and Duke last Friday. Duke sophomore Rachel Richardson says players were "targeted and racially heckled."

Tribune News Service

Before BYU joins Big 12, league must give school a reality check on its racism problem

Brett Yormark’s first order of business as commissioner of the Big 12 is to keep the league from imploding, but somewhere on his to-do list must be to have a sit down with incoming member BYU.

Tribune News Service

Duke volleyball player and dad say BYU didn’t act fast enough during racist incident

As a child growing up in Fort Worth, Texas, in the 1960s and early ’70s, Marvin Richardson lived through school desegregation and the racial turmoil that followed the passage of the Civil Rights Act. He lived through the “fears and challenges” that came with being Black in the South, he…

Chicago Sun-Times

Duke volleyball player says BYU was slow to respond to racist slurs

“No athlete, regardless of their race should ever be subject to such hostile conditions,” said Rachjel Richardson, the only Black starter on the Blue Devils team.

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Duke volleyball players ‘racially heckled’ by BYU fans in ugly incident during match

Brigham Young University banned a spectator from attending events at any of its athletic venues after an incident in which racial slurs were directed toward Black Duke players during a volleyball match on its campus Friday night.

WEKU

BYU bans a fan who yelled a racist slur at a Black volleyball player on Duke's team

The universities are playing in a four-team, round-robin invitational. Brigham Young University says the fan is not allowed at any of the athletic venues on campus.

Birmingham Post

People on the move: key North East appointments and promotions of the week

Companies announcing promotions and new arrivals this week include Troo, Ward Hadaway and Tharsus

Birmingham Post

North East deals of the week: key contracts, investments and acquisitions

Organisations announcing deals include Troo, Lixir Tonic, Quantafuel and Studio Anyo

Birmingham Post

50 new jobs created at Sunderland energy broker Troo following investment

The Doxford International Business Park firm has so far raised £1.5m in investment to help it grow

Daily Mirror

Pregnant woman wins £185,000 after boss fires her due to her morning sickness

Rachel Richardson, a quantity surveyor, was sacked a month after telling managers she was pregnant because she had missed a few meetings due to severe morning sickness

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