{"id":1496066,"date":"2022-05-29T07:29:48","date_gmt":"2022-05-29T11:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1496066"},"modified":"2022-05-29T07:29:55","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T11:29:55","slug":"chicago-bears-cubs-donate-300000-following-uvalde-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-bears-cubs-donate-300000-following-uvalde-tragedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Bears, Cubs, Donate $300,000 Following Uvalde Tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchicago-bears-cubs-donate-300000-following-uvalde-tragedy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1496066&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The Chicago Sports Alliance, a charity made up of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nfl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>five major professional sports teams<\/u><\/a> in Chicago, committed $300,000 Saturday to the Robb School Memorial Fund and the Sandy Hook Promise Foundation to support &#8220;evidence-based solutions to gun violence.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The Alliance was established in 2017 to &#8220;decrease gun violence&#8221; in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>city of Chicago<\/u><\/a>, and the commitment comes days after the Texas elementary school shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1398646394.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Patrick Wisdom (16) and Willie Harris (33) of the Chicago Cubs celebrate after a home run in the second inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Wrigley Field May 21, 2022, in Chicago.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Patrick Wisdom (16) and Willie Harris (33) of the Chicago Cubs celebrate after a home run in the second inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Wrigley Field May 21, 2022, in Chicago.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Quinn Harris\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Twenty-one smiles in Uvalde, Texas, lost,&#8221; the Chicago Sports Alliance said in a statement. &#8220;Just days before that, 10 smiles in Buffalo, lost. And unfortunately, across our own city, too many smiles lost to this same issue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is our responsibility to those innocent lives lost to do more. We are committed to making a difference through the resources in our power to solving this gun violence epidemic. Lives depend on it. This is not a game.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/giants-manager-gabe-kapler-skip-national-anthem-uvalde-tragedy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>GIANTS MANAGER GABE KAPLER TO SKIP NATIONAL ANTHEM \u2018GOING FORWARD\u2019 AFTER UVALDE TRAGEDY: \u2018HOME OF THE BRAVE?\u2019<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nhl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Chicago Blackhawks website<\/u><\/a>, the Chicago Bulls, Cubs, White Sox, Bears and Blackhawks each contributed $50,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today, the sports teams of Chicago remember all victims of gun violence across the nation and the vibrant lives that were cut short in Uvalde,&#8221; a statement released by the Alliance said. &#8220;The Chicago Sports Alliance stands together to contribute our support to finding evidence-based solutions to gun violence with a collective commitment of $300,000 to the Robb School Memorial Fund and the Sandy Hook Promise Foundation, a national nonprofit organization with a mission to end school shootings.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/warriors-sensible-gun-laws-texas-school-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>teams and leagues across the country<\/u><\/a> have called for change after the tragedy in Uvalde.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/AP22145636061735.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"A man lights a candle outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Wednesday, May 25, 2022.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      A man lights a candle outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Wednesday, May 25, 2022.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/rays-yankees-game-coverage-spread-awareness-gun-violence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>RAYS, YANKEES TO USE GAME COVERAGE TO SPREAD AWARENESS ON \u2018GUN VIOLENCE\u2019<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the social media accounts for the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/mlb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u> New York Yankees and the Tampa Bay Rays<\/u><\/a> teamed up to &#8220;offer facts about the impacts of gun violence&#8221; during their matchup in Tampa Bay.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Friday, San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler told reporters he will refrain from taking the field for the national anthem in response to the Texas school shooting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1240545641.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"The entrance to Halas Hall during the Chicago Bears rookie minicamp May 8, 2022, Lake Forest, Ill.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      The entrance to Halas Hall during the Chicago Bears rookie minicamp May 8, 2022, Lake Forest, Ill.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Robin Alam\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&#038;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&#038;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don\u2019t plan on coming out for the anthem going forward until I feel better about the direction of our country,&#8221; Kapler told reporters. &#8220;That\u2019ll be the step. I don\u2019t expect it to move the needle necessarily. It\u2019s just something I feel strongly enough about to take that step.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News&#8217; Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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