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Andy Kostka

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Andy Kostka was a sports reporter for The Washington Times.

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Gwendolyn Berry, left, looks away as DeAnna Price and Brooke Andersen stand for the national anthem after the finals of the women's hammer throw at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials Saturday, June 26, 2021, in Eugene, Ore. Price won, Andersen was second, and Berry finished third. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) **FILE**

Tokyo Olympics poised for new level of sports protests under newly relaxed rules

Fans have watched as protests have become a sports fixture in recent years -- from Colin Kaepernick taking a knee in 2016 to the Milwaukee Bucks refusing to take the court last year to track-and-field star Gwen Berry turning her back on the U.S. flag during last month's Olympic trials. But the Summer Games in Tokyo later this month are poised to take slogan-waving, fist-raising and anthem-protesting to a new level.

July 4, 2021
This Nov. 12, 2017, file photo shows Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder walking across the field before an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings in Landover, Md. Snyder has hired a D.C. law firm to review the Washington NFL team's culture, policies and allegations of workplace misconduct. Beth Wilkinson of Wilkinson Walsh LLP confirmed to The Associated Press that the firm had been retained to conduct an independent review. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) **FILE**

Dan Snyder won’t be suspended after Wilkinson report

The NFL fined the Washington Football Team $10 million as the result of its investigation into the team's workplace misconduct scandal after more than 40 women said they were sexually harassed while working there.

July 1, 2021
Gwendolyn Berry her Activist Athlete T-Shirt over her head during the metal ceremony after the finals of the women's hammer throw at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials Saturday, June 26, 2021, in Eugene, Ore. Berry finished third. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

White House supports Olympian Gwen Berry’s anthem protest

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that while she hasn't spoken to President Biden about hammer-thrower Gwen Berry's demonstration during the U.S. Olympic trials, she knows the president would approve of peaceful protest during the playing of the national anthem.

June 29, 2021
Washington Nationals closing pitcher Paolo Espino, right, celebrates with catcher Alex Avila, left, after the Nationals defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in a baseball game, Wednesday, June 23, 2021, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Laurence Kesterson)

Nationals top Phillies in epic slugfest

There was Kyle Schwarber's three-run homer and Josh Bell's grand slam. There was Travis Jankowski's three-run homer and Andrew McCutchen's grand slam. Never in the history of baseball has a game included those hits from both teams, according to Jeremy Frank, an MLB statistician. But the deciding blow came from Starlin Castro's two-run, game-winning single in the top of the ninth of the Nationals' 13-12 win over the Phillies.

June 23, 2021