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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Including bamboo paper towels, a cold brew coffee maker, and the teensy milk frother of your caffeinated dreams.

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Are you more of a blue or a red? Or maybe you’re a yellow…

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50 states. 50 questions. Are you ready?

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Many artists have recently used their platform to shine a light on police brutality as it still remains a prominent issue all across the country. Meek Mill shared a track titled “Otherside Of America” to bring attention to the issue, while T.I. and Nasty C used the moment to speak on the death of George Floyd in police custody and systemic racism on their “They Don’t” track. In addition to Meek, T.I., and Nasty C’s efforts, DaBaby updated his “Rockstar” single with an additional verse focused on police brutality.

While all the aforementioned efforts came on their own, Paramore got some help from a fan for a creative way to honor the lives lost to police brutality.

Paramore fan Robbie McElligott shared a remake of the band’s 2007 album Riot!. The original cover features the words “Riot!” and “Paramore” written all over the cover. In honoring the lives lost to police brutality, McElligott remade the cover to depict the names of those lost while maintaining the same font. In addition to the new cover, McElligott cleverly updated some of the song titles on the album, which he revealed in his Twitter post. “That’s What We Get” now reads as “That’s What We Got,” “Misery Business” is now “Misery Witness,” and “For A Pessimist, I’m Pretty Optimistic” is now “For A Realist, I’m Pretty Optimistic.”

Sharing the remade cover to her Twitter thanks to a post by Don’t Bore Us, Hayley Williams shared her thoughts on the new cover saying, “love this” with a black heart. Hayley Williams shared the new cover nearly two weeks after giving fans a laid back cover of SZA’s “Drew Barrymore.”

Nearly simultaneous with the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic to the US, Pearl Jam shared their eleventh album Gigaton, an effort that proved the band was reliable at a moment when nothing else was. While the album proved to be a good one from the band, Pearl Jam was unfortunately forced to cancel the remainder of their Gigaton Tour as a result of the pandemic.

Despite being forced off the road, the band did share something new amid the ongoing pandemic on Saturday, sharing an uncensored video of their 1991 track “Jeremy” to honor National Gun Violence Awareness Day.

Announcing the release on their Instagram page, Pearl Jam shared a length Instagram caption explaining their reason behind sharing the video, which features some difficult images that were controversial upon its original release.

“In addition to the equity protests taking place around the country, today also marks National Wear Orange Day. The increase in gun violence since the debut of ‘Jeremy”’ is staggering,” the band said. “We can prevent gun deaths whether mass shootings, deaths of despair, law enforcement, or accidental.”

The track, which details the story of a troubled teenager who ends up shooting himself in front of his classmates, comes from the band’s 1991 album, Ten. In addition to the uncensored video, Pearl Jam has also re-released their “Choices” T-shirt which was originally available in the 1990s. The shirt features a young girl reaching for a handgun that lays in the midst of Crayons.

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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take its toll across the world, various industries continue to adapt to a world that looks very different than it did a few months ago. One of the admittedly small impacts in the grand scheme of things is what will air on TV as various productions remain shut down amid the coronavirus epidemic.

One example of this is the syndicated game show Jeopardy!, which ordinarily has weeks worth of episodes in the can as it airs “new” shows over the course of a year. That delay was valuable for a variety of reasons, and as production shut down in Hollywood it meant new episodes would still air.

But we now know that Jeopardy! has officially run out of new episodes to air until the pandemic is over. TVLine reported Friday that the show has a week of new episodes left before it officially went on the shelf amid the coronavirus pandemic.

TVLine has learned that the iconic Alex Trebek-hosted game show — which halted production roughy three months ago due to the coronavirus pandemic — will air its last original episode on Friday, June 12. Reruns begin airing on Monday, June 15 and will continue until the show deems it safe to resume production.

Jeopardy! actually delayed a switch to all-reruns by two weeks when it rebroadcasted its primetime Greatest Of All Time tournament between Brad Rutter, Ken Jennings and James Holzhauer in early May. It also ran the first and last episodes of Jennings 74-game run where he won more than $2.4 million. On Friday, the show’s two-week Teachers Tournament also wrapped up, which means there are just a handful of new episodes left before the syndicated run goes back to old episodes. It’s not clear if they will run more GOAT-related content, which is certainly an option, or whether they will just re-air episodes from previous seasons in order.

Trebek has been careful as he battles Stave IV pancreatic cancer, for which he was diagnosed last year. That includes Jeopardy! closing its set to a studio audience as pandemic concerns grew and altogether halting the show as the country started its abrupt lockdown. With production still halted amid the ongoing pandemic, it’s unclear when it will come back with new opportunities for Trebek to host. Until then, the Jeopardy! question archive will remain the same size and new players won’t get the chance to be the next James Holzhauer.

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