Sports
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Did 2 White Fraternities Go Too Far Dissing an HBCU? [Corrected]
After a historic weekend where one of the country’s perennial football powerhouses welcomed a nearby historically black university, African American alumni from both colleges are incensed by viral pictures showing white fraternity houses draped in signs that are insensitive at best and racist at worst, disparaging the nearby HBCU. I believe it was the indomitable…
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Of Course, Serena Williams Was Fined $17,000. Of Course.
Yesterday, after Serena Williams defended her opponent, Naomi Osaka, against a torrent of boos following Osaka’s controversial win, Dictionary.com used the moment to exemplify “grace” on its Twitter account. Well, if the dictionary wanted to define the phrase “adding insult to injury,” it could certainly use the U.S. Tennis’ Association’s decision to fine Williams $17,000…
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College of Caucasity: A Peek into the Missouri School That Dropped Nike Over its Colin Kaepernick Ad
The College of the Ozarks, a school you’ve probably never heard of until right this moment, has done the institutional version of setting its Nike gear on fire by terminating its contract with the company, citing Nike’s controversial Colin Kaepernick ad. The ad, which appears in print and on video, prominently features Kaepernick along with…
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In the Absence of Colin Kaepernick, Is Malcolm Jenkins the New Face of NFL Player Protests?
Two years after Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid began kneeling during the national anthem as a silent form of protest against the extrajudicial killing of black people by the police, Malcolm Jenkins is being put forth as the new face of NFL player protests. In a recent profile done by the Washington Post, the 30-year-old…
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Nike Trolls NFL With New Ad Featuring Colin Kaepernick, Set to Debut on Thursday Night Football
After upsetting a bunch of white nationalists snowflakes who only own Nike Monarchs or Marshalls clearance-rack joints, Nike announced that the face of the Black Lives Movement in sports, the first kneeler for black rights, the undisputed heavyweight champion of trying to stop the overpolicing of black and brown communities, Colin Kaepernick, was going to…
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Serena Williams Advances to the Semifinals at US Open
Serena Williams showed once again why she is the greatest thing besides her sister Venus to happen to the sport of tennis when she won her quarterfinal match against Karolina Pliskova in the U.S. Open Tuesday night at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows, NY. Pliskova was the last player to beat Williams at…
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Air MAGA: Trump's Base Is So Pissed at Nike's Kaepernick Ad, They're Burning Their 'White Supremacy 7s'
First, there were the tiki torch marches by white nationalists in Charlottesville, Va.; then there was the Roy Moore, Sean Hannity-inspired coffee smashing protest, and now there is the “cut the Nike symbol off socks you already own” protest of 2018. On Monday, Nike announced in typical Nike style that Colin Kapernick was the face…
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Can't Stop, Won't Stop: Serena Williams Makes US Open Quarterfinals for 10th Straight Time
Serena Williams advanced to her 10th straight US Open quarterfinals after defeating Estonian Kaia Kanepi 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 on Sunday, according to NBC Sports. She will take on former No. 1 Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic. Pliskova was the last player to beat her at the U.S. Open, in the semifinals in 2016. While…
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Pennsylvania GOP Official Resigns After Calling Protesting NFL Players 'Baboons' and 'Ignorant Blacks' on Facebook
A Republican official in Pennsylvania was forced to resign her post on Friday after it was revealed that she’d written Facebook posts in which she referred to NFL players protesting police brutality during the national anthem as “baboons,” according to The Beaver County Times. Carla Maloney, the Republican Committee of Beaver County’s secretary, wrote the comments on her…
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Serena Williams Says Everyone Should Be 'Grateful and Honored' For Colin Kaepernick, Eric Reid
NFL free agents Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid have gotten a major boost of support from the greatest athlete on the planet, Serena Williams. Kaepernick and Reid, two former San Francisco 49ers who have yet to find work in the league after protesting police brutality during the national anthem by taking a knee, were in…