Bleacher Report | LeBron James, Others Sought Barack Obama’s Advice During NBA Protests

Amid a protest that forced the NBA to postpone the playoffs until Saturday, Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James and a group of players reportedly sought advice from former President Barack Obama on how to proceed with their activism.  —more—

F1 | Hamilton takes masterful fourth win at Spa from Bottas as Ferrari finish out of the points

Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton swept to his fourth victory at the Belgian Grand Prix, leading home his team mate Valtteri Bottas as Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took third to maintain his record of finishing on the podium at every race he’s been classified in this year.  —more—

CNN entertainment | ‘Black Panther’ star Chadwick Boseman dies at 43

He graduated from Howard University

A South Carolina native, Boseman graduated in 2000 from Howard University, a historically Black college in Washington, DC. While there, he also attended the British American Drama Academy at Oxford in 1998.

“It is with profound sadness that we mourn the loss of alumnus Chadwick Boseman who passed away this evening. His incredible talent will forever be immortalized through his characters and through his own personal journey from student to superhero! Rest in Power, Chadwick!” University President Wayne A. I. Frederick said in a statement.  —more—

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CNN BUSINESS | Boeing grounds eight 787 Dreamliners over manufacturing flaw

New York (CNN Business)   Boeing has found a problem with the manufacturing of the 787 Dreamliner, the widebody jet that is one of the most successful products of the troubled aircraft maker.

Eight of the planes will be grounded for inspection and repair of how parts of the fuselage were joined together, Boeing said in a statement.

“Boeing has identified two distinct manufacturing issues in the join of certain 787 aftbody fuselage sections, which, in combination, result in a condition that does not meet our design standards,” said the company’s statement. It said it is conducting a thorough review into the root cause of the problem.

There are nearly 1,000 787s that have been delivered to 69 different airlines worldwide since it started operations in 2012.  —more—

CNN | How the NBA set off a chain reaction

(CNN) – When NBA teams elected to sit out Wednesday’s slate of playoff games in a player-led protest of the police shooting of Jacob Blake, it set off a chain reaction unlike anything ever seen in American sports. Within hours, several MLB and MLS teams, led by their players, decided to pause the night’s contests. The unprecedented stoppage stretched into a second day Thursday as more MLB teams postponed games. The WNBA, always at the forefront of sports activism, put a pause on their nascent season.  —more—