Charles Johnson, the principal owner of the San Francisco Giants, owes fans an explanation for his contributions to a senator from Mississippi who has come under fire for her racist remarks.
Transparency is the price of doing business in the world of major league sports, especially here in the Bay Area where residents care deeply that they don’t lend financial support to bigotry.
Johnson and his wife, Ann, each donated the maximum $2,700 to the campaign of U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith. In response, the NAACP, civil rights activist Dr.