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Amanda Nunes (20-4) earned a decision victory over Felicia Spencer (8-2) to successfully defend her featherweight title Saturday night at UFC 250 from the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Nunes opened the first with a handful of snapping right-handed shots before Spencer pushed the champ backwards and attempted to maintain the clinch. Nunes instead tossed Spencer to the ground and controlled everything as Spencer attempted to move into a position of control. Nunes dropped heavy elbows and opened a gash on Spencer’s forehead before the end of the round.

The second and third was much of the same, with Nunes going back to her overhand right over and again while mixing it up with heavy calf kicks. About midway through the second, Spencer looked for the takedown yet again, but Nunes stuffed it. In the third, Nunes caught a leg kick and just tossed Spencer, disinterested in participating on the ground.

In the fourth and fifth, Spencer was barely able to move on her lead leg, as Nunes continued to pepper it with leg kicks. Nunes continued to layer jabs, blistering overhand rights and the occasional head kick. Nunes even mixed in a takedown just to show Spencer she could.

Nunes last loss in the Octagon against Cat Zingano nearly six years ago in September 2014. Her win over Spencer was her first featherweight title defense after beating Cyborg in 2018. In recent years, Nunes has cleaned out the featherweight and bantamweight divisions, with wins over Miesha Tate, Ronda Rousey, Valentina Shevchenko, Cris Cyborg, Holly Holm and Germaine de Randamie.

Spencer’s heart was on full display Saturday night when she suffered just the second loss of her career. Her only other loss came at the hands of Cyborg last year.

Itch.io, an indie game store, has put together an impressive collection of games as a fundraiser for racial justice and equality. The death of George Floyd and subsequent protests against police brutality have resulted in fundraisers spread online for a variety of causes. Protesters getting arrested have led to bail funds for various cities across the country, while others have donated to various causes that help build equality in various fields and provide neighborhood outreach.

The bundle was announced by Itch.io earlier in the week and quickly gained steam, both because of the cause and the sheer size of the collection of games. The company estimated it was more than $3,000 worth of games available to download, as hundreds of game creators allowed their works to be included in the package.

We reached out to our community and an unprecedented number of creators donated over 740 projects to be part of what we believe is the largest bundle ever. Over $3,400 of paid works are available Pay-what-you-want with a minimum donation amount of $5.

The bundle has more than 700 games in it, ranging anywhere from desktop novelties like an Untitled Goose Game-like annoyance to full-scale indie games. Proceeds will be donated to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and Community Bail Fund in a 50/50 split. And the company seems thrilled by the explosion of support they’ve seen.

The bundle has since passed the $1 million mark and Itch.io has re-adjusted its goal to a much bigger number to donate to some important causes. Not only has the bundle raised a lot of money, it’s driven a lot of attention to Itch.io.

Games like Oxenfree and Night In The Woods are some solid deals here, and Itch.io says they plan to add “hundreds” more games to the deal, so it’s a fundraiser that apparently will get even more valuable in the coming days.

As was the case in a number of cities across the United States on Saturday, Milwaukee hosted a march in which protestors hoped to push back against racism and systemic inequality. Unlike the rest of those places, the Cream City’s march featured a cameo from the reigning NBA MVP and a collection of his teammates.

A collection of members of the Milwaukee Bucks — Giannis Antetokounmpo, Thanasis Antetokounmpo, Sterling Brown, Donte DiVincenzo, Brook Lopez, and Frank Mason — joined those marching on Saturday afternoon and handed out bottles of water to protestors.

At one point, Giannis was given a megaphone and addressed those in his immediate vicinity about why he and his teammates were out and showing solidarity with their fellow members of the community.

“We want change, we want justice, and that’s why we’re out here,” Antetokounmpo said. “That’s what we’re going to do today. That’s why I’m going to march with you guys, ok? I want my kid to grow up here in Milwaukee, and not to be scared to walk in the streets. I don’t want my kid to have hate in his heart.”

Antetokounmpo told protestors that he’d been having conversations with his teammates in recent days about how he doesn’t know how he’ll have to one day explain clips like the killing of George Floyd to his newborn son, who he does not want “to have hate in his heart.” He also said that he does not care about the publicity that comes from something like this, because his commitment to the city and those who live in it is more important than that.

“I want the city of Milwaukee to know I’m here,” Antetokounmpo said.

Gregg Popovich has never been shy about using the platform he’s afforded as an NBA head coach to speak out about social issues. A vocal critic of Donald Trump, Popovich wades into the world of politics and the gigantic, structural issues that exist in the United States more than perhaps any other NBA coach. On Saturday, Popovich spoke out about the current moment of social upheaval in America in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd.

In a video posted to the Spurs’ Twitter account as part of the organization’s ongoing “Spurs Voices” series, Popovich spoke candidly about the belief he has that the country is in a precarious position.

“It’s like the neighborhood where you know there’s a dangerous corner, and you know that something’s going to happen someday, and nobody does anything,” Popovich said. “And then a young kid gets killed and a stop sign goes up. Well, without getting too political, we’ve got a lot of stop signs that need to go up, quickly, because our country is in trouble. And the basic reason is race.”

Popovich also dove into the Black community and its ongoing fight against the systemic oppression that has long existed in the United States. The former NBA Coach of the Year called on white individuals to “speak truth to power, that call [racism] out, no matter what the consequences.”

“We have to do it,” Popovich said. “Black people have been shouldering this burden for 400 years. The only reason this nation has made the progress it has is because of the persistence, and patience, and effort of black people. The history of our nation from the very beginning in many ways was a lie, and we continue to this day, mostly Black and brown people, to try to make that lie a truth so that it is no longer a lie, and those rights and privileges are enjoyed by people of color, just like we enjoy them.”

Popovich is, of course, nowhere near the only member of the NBA family to speak out since a police officer killed Floyd. Numerous individuals have taken to social media to demand change, while some have participated in protests across the United States over the last week-plus.

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