“The NBA superstar LeBron James and a group of other prominent black athletes and entertainers are starting a new group aimed at protecting African-Americans’ voting rights, seizing on the widespread fury against racial injustice that has fueled worldwide protests to amplify their voices in this fall’s presidential election,” the New York Times reports.

Said James: “Because of everything that’s going on, people are finally starting to listen to us — we feel like we’re finally getting a foot in the door. How long is up to us. We don’t know. But we feel like we’re getting some ears and some attention, and this is the time for us to finally make a difference.”

Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys, was asked by the Palm Beach Post why he’s donated millions of dollars to Republicans.

Said Jones: “That’s how the country should be run but don’t fuck with me, all right?”

He explained to the reporter that Republicans have run the country right “to kick the asses of people like you.”

“NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday he and the league strongly support players expressing their opposition to inequality and police misconduct, saying the league’s leadership was ‘wrong’ for ignoring players earlier and that it now endorses their peaceful protests,” the Washington Post reports.

New York Times: As Trump rekindles NFL fight, Goodall sides with the players.

“Four-time major champion Rory McIlroy criticized President Trump for his response to the coronavirus outbreak, and said it was unlikely the pair would meet for another round of golf,” Reuters reports.

Said McIlroy: “We’re in the midst of something that’s pretty serious right now. The fact that he’s trying to politicize it and make it a campaign rally and say that we administer the most tests in the world, like it’s a contest – there’s some stuff that just is terrible.”

He added: “It’s not the way a leader should act.”

“The oddity in all of this is the people Trump despises most, love him the most. The people who are voting for Trump for the most part… he wouldn’t even let them in a fucking hotel. He’d be disgusted by them.”

— Howard Stern, quoted by the New York Daily News.

“Oscar-winning movie producer Harvey Weinstein, now one of New York’s most notorious prison inmates after being sentenced for sexual assault, has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus,” the Niagra Gazette reports.

Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer will record you a Valentine’s Day message for your loved one for just $199.

Washington Post reporter Felicia Sonmez was suspended by the newspaper after she tweeted a link on Sunday to a years-old story about the Kobe Bryant rape case just hours after the basketball legend and his daughter were killed in a helicopter crash, the Daily Mail reports.