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In Case You Somehow Forgot, Colin Kaepernick Reminds Everyone He's Been Exiled from the NFL for 1,363 Days (and Counting)
If you’re the Cincinnati Bengals (or Miami Dolphins), you woke up Monday morning with way more questions than answers after rookie phenom Joe Burrow tore his knee apart on Sunday against the Washington Football Team. As we reported at The Root, the LSU standout has since been diagnosed with a torn ACL, torn MCL and…
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Big Protest Energy: Kansas City Chiefs, Houston Texans In Talks to Kick Off NFL Season With Exactly What You Expect
This is the day that the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it—and not because we’re one day closer to punting Trump’s lying ass out of office, but because the 2020 NFL football season begins tonight. That’s your cue to throw confetti and squeal like a Backstreet Boys fan. In honor…
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Sheds White Tears for Colin Kaepernick: 'I Wish We Had Listened Earlier'
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is sorry. And no, I don’t mean contrite. I mean he’s a fucking clown—with the red nose, clown car and oversized shoes to match. He’s the exact type of “ally” Black people don’t need. The kind who magically appear once the dust settles and bloviates about what he would’ve done differently…
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NFL to Get Rid of Live National Anthem Performances This Season. Could That Affect Protests Too?
Whether or not we’ll see fans in attendance this season at NFL games has yet to be determined. But one thing we won’t see this season is live performances of the national anthem. The NFL we all know and love will undoubtedly look drastically different this year. And in its efforts to reduce the threat…
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WNBA Star Brittney Griner Wants No Parts of the National Anthem: 'I Personally Don't Think It Belongs In Sports'
Contrary to popular belief, the national anthem and professional sports haven’t always held hands and sucked face in public. Their entanglement began during World War I—as a means to galvanize public support for the ongoing war—and only intensified by the end of World War II after the Star-Spangled Banner officially became our national anthem in…
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Inspired by George Floyd's Death, Former NFL Exec Comes Clean: Colin Kaepernick Was 'Bad for Business'
Black people aren’t stupid. Contrary to whatever drivel the NFL and its legion of bigoted owners have tried to hide behind, we’re acutely aware that Colin Kaepernick was exiled from the NFL for protesting police brutality. And now, three removed from Kap’s showdown with the league, a former NFL executive is admitting what we already…
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MAGA-Loving, Colin Kaepernick-Hating Top NFL Draft Prospect Seems to Hate Everything Black
When NFL owners, conservative pundits and generic, store-brand white people denigrate NFL protesters for using their sportsball platform to highlight social issues, what they really mean is they don’t like it when black people do it. When white people inject politics into sports, it’s perfectly fine. Take top NFL draft prospect Nick Bosa, for example.…
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A Complete Analysis of the Super Bowl From Someone Who's Protesting the NFL and Didn't Watch the Game
Well another NFL season has passed and another team owned by a white man has successfully won another Super Bowl championship. Most likely that team is the New England Patriots because Tom Brady is the quarterback and that fucking guy is on the Mount Rushmore of white men. Seriously, the guy is a Hall of…