FOOTBALL

Civil rights activists gathered outside of NFL headquarters and called on team owners to overturn a new policy aimed at stopping player protests during the national anthem. They also encouraged a boycott of the league and its sponsors.

About 50 people gathered Friday at the office building in midtown Manhattan that houses the NFL for a rally organized by National Action Network, a civil rights nonprofit organization.

Kirsten John Foy, the Northeast Regional Director for NAN, was the first of 10 speakers. They took turns criticizing NFL team owners and President Donald Trump.

Foy says “Our demand is that the NFL reverse that immoral and unconstitutional decision.”

“The NFL decided that they were going to shred the Constitution of the United States of America,” said Foy.

The NFL owners voted Wednesday to require players to stand for the national anthem or stay in the locker room. Teams will be fined if players don’t stand.

• The Green Bay Packers signed tight end Marcedes Lewis, adding another veteran to back up Jimmy Graham.

The 6-foot-6 Lewis, who turned 34 last week, played 12 seasons in Jacksonville.

• The Jacksonville Jaguars signed rookie receiver DJ Chark ( a second-round pick) to a four-year contract worth about $4.5 million.

HORSE RACING

BELMONT: Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Justify won’t have to further contend with Audible in pursuit of the Triple Crown.

Trainer Todd Pletcher said Audible will be pointed toward a summer campaign, with the $600,000 Jim Dandy at Saratoga on July 28 or the $1 million Haskel Invitational on July 29 being the top options for his next start.

GOLF

PGA: Justin Rose shot a 6-under 64 in the second round at Colonial, getting to 10 under for a one-stroke lead over Emiliano Grillo in the Fort Worth Invitational at Fort Worth, Texas.

Jordan Spieth, one of the locals and No. 3 in the world, was 3 under after a 68.

EUROPEAN TOUR: Rory McIlroy shot a 7-under 65 to move into the second-round lead at the BMW PGA Championship in Virginia Water, England.

At 12-under par, McIlroy led by three shots over Sam Horsfield.

LPGA: Nasa Hataoka shot a 4-under 68 and leads by one stroke over Minjee Lee after the second round of the LPGA Volvik Championship at Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Hataoka, who lost in a playoff last week in the Kingsmill Championship in Virginia, made seven birdies at Travis Pointe Country Club.

She began her round on No. 10, and her best stretch came toward the end, when she birdied Nos. 4, 5 and 6.

CHAMPIONS TOUR: Kevin Sutherland birdied his last two holes for a 5-under 66 and a share of the Senior PGA Championship lead with Scott McCarron at Benton Harbor, Michigan.

JURISPRUDENCE

SOCCER: Prosecutors in Washington state dropped domestic violence charges against former U.S. national team star goalkeeper Hope Solo.

Solo was charged with two counts of fourth-degree assault in 2014 after police said she assaulted two family members at a home in Kirkland, east of Seattle. The case was delayed by appeals.

KING-TV reports that city prosecutors dropped the charges, saying the witnesses in the case wanted to move on with their lives and did not want to participate in a trial.

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