NFL
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Trump Curses NFL’s Black Protesters, Suggests They Should Be Fired
“Get that son of a bitch off the field right now. Out. He’s fired.” That’s not a quote from some random, drunk, half-wit blowhard. The president of the United States of America said that. OK, technically, Donald Trump isn’t known for his outstanding IQ or using carefully measured language, but he doesn’t drink, so when…
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Another Horrible Quarterback Signed by Coach Who Wants Nothing to Do With Colin Kaepernick
According to reports (since I’m boycotting the NFL), Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles couldn’t throw a Frisbee into the ocean if he was standing at the shoreline. Sounds like a perfect fit for a free agent quarterback who not only throws the ball with some accuracy but can also run like a gazelle. Seems like…
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A Black Person’s Guide to Happily Watching Football During the #BoycottNFL Era
I spent just about all of Sunday watching football, from the early-afternoon games to the 4:30 p.m. game to that horrible night game (followed by an Insecure season finale watch party with friends—I’m #TeamDaniel). Do I feel guilty? Nah. Do I feel like the guy still taking the 503 line during the Montgomery Bus Boycott?…
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The Cleveland Browns’ Message on ‘Unity’ Is About as Bad as That Punt Attempt
The Cleveland Browns, the one NFL team that have been the most demonstrably vocal in support of Colin Kaepernick’s principled stance against racial bias in U.S. policing, played a video before the start of the national anthem in their first game of the season Sunday. And it was … interesting. Against a backdrop of patriotic…
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If You’re a Black Man Watching Football This Sunday, Here Are 25 Things I Already Know About You
The NFL season is upon us, and if you are a self-respecting black man, you don’t give a shit because you’re protesting this season for the way the league has treated Colin Kaepernick, whose silent stance against the killings of unarmed black, men, women and children has led him to being whiteballed by the NFL.…
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What Happened to Jason Whitlock to Make Him Hate Himself So Much?
If Jason Whitlock were a character on Game of Thrones or The Wire or even Insecure, we’d presumably have a better understanding of the mélange of context creating the sad person he is today. We’d be able to point to a conversation from season 1, or perhaps a relationship gone awry from season 2, or…
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Cleveland Police Union Refuses to Hold Flag During Browns Opening Game, Calls Players’ Protest ‘Ignorant’
More police-union fuckery. Cleveland’s police union says it will not hold the American flag during a ceremony before the Cleveland Browns’ first game because some players knelt during the national anthem during the preseason. Cleveland.com reports that Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association President Steve Loomis made the announcement regarding the game, which is set for Sept.…
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Boycotting the NFL Will Not Work, but I’m Doing It Anyway
First I’d like to give honor to the Most High (Snoop Dogg), the members of the pulpit, the pastor, his wife, his mistress, the mother of the church, and all the saints and sinners in the audience. I am here today to ask for your prayers. I am about to endure one of the bravest…
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#ImWithKap: Hundreds Rally at NFL Headquarters for Colin Kaepernick, Call for Boycott if Demands Not Met
Nearly 1,000 people showed up at the New York City headquarters of the National Football League Wednesday in support of Colin Kaepernick, the quarterback many see as being unfairly blackballed for “taking a knee” during the national anthem. The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback knelt during the 2016 season to bring light to police brutality…