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College Football Scoreboard, Schedule, Predictions, Game Previews, Lines: Week 2

College football schedule, predictions, game previews and TV for Week 2

USA Today Sports Media Group

LeBron Explains His Grand Plan, to Play in the NBA With Bronny … and Bryce!

And if they go along, and the basketball gods give him that gift? Damn what anybody thinks of it.

Sports Illustrated

Attorney: DOJ should investigate Jayland Walker's death

An attorney for Jayland Walker's family has joined the NAACP in asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate his death

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Jon Becker: The argument for Curry as No. 2 behind MJ, ahead of LeBron

Steph Curry and LeBron James were both born in the same Akron, Ohio hospital. Now, thirty-something years later, one of their performances has given birth to a new, generational debate involving both stars.

Tribune News Service

Medical examiner says Jayland Walker was shot dozens of times

The 25-year-old Black man who died last month at the hands of police in Akron, Ohio, was shot dozens of times, with 26 bullets recovered from his body, according to a preliminary autopsy report.

WEKU

US police shot Jayland Walker more than 40 times

Police in Akron, Ohio shot the unarmed Black man 46 times, causing ‘devastating injuries’, medical examiner says.

Al Jazeera

Jayland Walker was shot dozens of times, medical examiner says

The medical examiner’s findings confirm the fact that Jayland Walker, unarmed and with no drugs or alcohol in his system, “came to a brutal, senseless death,” said a lawyer representing Walker’s family.

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Black man shot by US police had 46 bullet wounds: medical examiner

Washington (AFP) - A 25-year-old Black man shot and killed by police in Akron, Ohio, while fleeing a traffic stop had 46 gunshot wounds, the medical examiner's office said Friday.

AFP

Ohio medical examiner to discuss autopsy of Jayland Walker

An Ohio medical examiner on Friday will provide a summary of the autopsy of Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man killed in a hail of police gunfire in Akron last month

The Independent UK

Akron marks day of mourning for Jayland Walker’s funeral

Unarmed Jayland Walker, 25, was shot more than 60 times by Akron police officers following a foot chase after a traffic stop

The Independent UK

Jayland Walker's funeral follows days of protest in Akron

A funeral service is scheduled Wednesday for the 25-year-old Black man killed in a hail of police gunfire last month in Akron, Ohio

The Independent UK

An Ohio city struggles to make sense of another fatal police shooting of a Black man

As Akron, Ohio, prepares for the funeral of Jayland Walker on Wednesday, the community is asking why a 25-year-old with no criminal record was shot dozens of times by officers.

WEKU

Akron shooting: Girl, 4, dies and man fights for life as gunman opens fire on crowd

Shooting happened during outdoor family celebration, police say

The Independent UK

Akron shooting: Girl, 4, killed and kid's hospital locked down as gunman fires into crowd

According to officers another man has also been taken to hospital in a critical condition following the shooting in Akron on Friday night

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Jayland Walker's wrestling coach remembers 'one of the sweetest kids'

Youth wrestling coach Robert Hubbard remembers his former student, Jayland Walker, the Black motorist who was shot dozens of times and killed by Akron police on June 27.

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Justin Leonard dishes on the night Phil Mickelson threw BP at a Double-A game (and bet players they couldn’t homer off him)

"I said, ‘Do you guys want to go watch?’ And Fred (Couples) said, 'I wouldn't miss this for the world.'"

The Independent UK

Robert Crimo’s arrest sparks anger over police double standards compared to Jayland Walker shooting

Crimo was arrested alive just days after police shot Jayland Walker at least 60 times in Akron

Tribune News Service

Akron cops deploy tear gas on protesters amid anger over police shooting death of unarmed Jayland Walker, mayor issues curfew

Police in riot gear shot tear gas into marching protesters in Akron, Ohio, Sunday night, hours after the release of body camera video showing the shooting death of unarmed Black man Jayland Walker.

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The Independent UK

Akron declares state of emergency, cancels fireworks following protests over police killing of Jayland Walker

Body camera footage and medical examiner’s report reveals Akron police fired dozens of rounds

The Guardian - US

Outrage after video of police fatally shooting Jayland Walker released

Walker, 25, was killed 27 June and sustained more than 60 wounds as multiple officers shot at him, but footage was released Sunday

Al Jazeera

Police killing of Jayland Walker in US: What we know so far

Officials released police body camera footage of Walker, who is Black, being fatally shot by police in Akron, Ohio.

Los Angeles Times

Akron braces for protests after release of video in police killing of Jayland Walker

The city of Akron, Ohio, was on edge Sunday after police released body-camera footage in the killing of a Black man as police officers fired dozens of times as he fled from them on foot, apparently unarmed.

AFP

Protests in US after release of video of police killing Black man

Akron (United States) (AFP) - Several hundred protesters marched Sunday in Akron, Ohio after the release of body camera footage that showed police fatally shooting a Black man with several dozen rounds of bullets.

Tribune News Service

Akron police release footage of fatal shooting of 25-year-old Jayland Walker during traffic stop

Akron police shot unarmed 25-year-old Jayland Walker dozens of times after he fled from a traffic stop and led officers on a car, then foot chase, according to footage from police body cameras released Sunday.

WEKU

A Black man who was killed by police was unarmed at the time of the shooting

Officials in Akron, Ohio, released video of the pursuit and shooting of Jayland Walker, 25. The police chief said officers tried to stop Walker's car for unspecified traffic and equipment violations.

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