high school football
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2023 Super Bowl: Best Black Football Films and TV Shows
These fan faves are sure to keep you entertained before Sunday’s historic gridiron match.
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James Robert Kennedy, Beloved High School Football Staple and Inspiration for Radio Movie, Dead at 73
James Robert Kennedy, a man embraced by a South Carolina high school football team and the inspiration behind the 2003 film Radio has died at the age of 73. Details of Kennedy’s death are not known at this time per the New York Times, though T.L. Hanna High School’s website confirms he was surrounded by…
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Fragile Snowflake Referees in NJ Refuse to Work Football Game After Players Take a Knee
In another case of white fragility gone wild, a father-and-son referee duo refused to work a New Jersey high school football game because black players triggered the refs’ pwetty wittle feelings by taking a knee. According to the Associated Press, Ernie and Anthony Lunardelli refused to work a game between Colts Neck and Monroe high…
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High School Football Players Say Opposing Fans, Referee Call Them N-Word for Kneeling During Anthem
When students from a majority-black Louisiana school decided to kneel while the national anthem played at a predominantly white high school’s homecoming football game, opposing fans, and even a referee, booed the students and used racial slurs, according to multiple people in attendance. If you’ve ever wondered “Where they do that at?” when you hear…
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2 Houston High School Players Kicked Off Football Team for Racial-Injustice Protest During Anthem
Two players on a private high school football team in Crosby, Texas, were kicked off the team for protesting racial injustice during the national anthem Friday. Cedric Ingram-Lewis, 16, raised his fist, and his cousin Larry McCullough, 18, knelt and were summarily told to take off their uniforms and leave the field, according to the…
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High School Student Disciplined in Miss. Noose Incident
A Mississippi high school student has been disciplined following allegations that white students put a noose around the neck of a black football player and “yanked backward,” the Associated Press reports. Officials acknowledged that Stone High School’s conduct code was violated in the Oct. 13 incident, school-district attorney Sean Courtney said, adding that one student has…
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Ala. High School Football Announcer: National Anthem Protesters Should Be Shot
An announcer at a high school football game made very clear his feelings for those who choose not to stand for the national anthem. According to a report by AL.com, the announcer at the Friday-night game at McKenzie High School in Butler County, Ala., said that those who choose not to stand “can line up…