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  • Speculation: Did Aaron Hernandez Kill Himself to Make Sure His Daughter Was Taken Care Of?

    It didn’t take long for rumors and speculation to start circulating about why Aaron Hernandez may have committed suicide. The former New England Patriots star and convicted murderer was found dead in his prison cell Wednesday after having apparently hanged himself less than a week after being acquitted of a separate double murder charge in…

  • Aaron Hernandez’s Lawyer: This Could Be Murder

    Aaron Hernandez’s family says it doesn’t believe he was in a suicidal frame of mind coming off his acquittal in the 2012 fatal shootings of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado in Boston. On Friday the usually stoic Hernandez was seen smiling at his daughter, whom he fathered with his fiancee, Shayanna Jenkins-Hernandez. In addition,…

  • Ex-NFL Star Aaron Hernandez Kills Himself in Prison Cell

    Updated Wednesday, April 19, 2017, 10:26 a.m. EDT: Jose Baez, the attorney who represented Hernandez in his double-homicide trial, has launched an investigation on behalf of Hernandez. Baez says he believes it’s possible his former client was murdered by either inmates or prison officials, according to TMZ Sports. Earlier: On the heels of being found…

  • NFL Players Speak Out in Congress on Criminal-Justice Reform, Police Killings of Blacks

    In the past few years, there has been an uptick in press coverage of police brutality targeting the African-American community, coupled with the already troubled and biased criminal-justice system that penalizes black people often and harshly. This, in turn, has brought a widely publicized rise in the mobilization of the black community and its allies…

  • Has the NFL Blacklisted Colin Kaepernick?

    On March 7 the National Football League began its free agency period—the time when teams can offer a contract to any unemployed player. In a league where it is impossible to win without a quarterback, teams usually throw bucketloads of money at veteran starting quarterbacks in an effort to lure them to their franchise. A…

  • Colin Kaepernick Will Stand for Anthem Next Season, and He Should

    Can you hear it? It’s the sound of soldiers cheering because they no longer feel disrespected. It’s the ghosts of the men and women who risked their lives for this country letting out sighs of relief. The Statue of Liberty is smiling. Even Jesus is giving a thumbs-up. America is great again. San Francisco 49ers…

  • 2017 Has Basically Been The Empire Strikes Back (With MAGA And Mayonnaise), But Here's Some Shit To Look Forward To

    Apparently unsatisfied with the 500-year-long winning streak White America is on, God decided to allow king-sized pack of Spearmint Chewing Gum with sentience Tom Brady and Darth Belichick (and their bottomless supply of impressive and indistinguishable “first picks in a Stormfront fantasy football league”-ass wide receivers) to pull a Super Bowl victory out of their asses,…

  • The Woke Guide to the Super Bowl: If You’re Rooting for the New England Patriots, You’re Rooting for Trump

    The two weeks between the NFL playoffs and the Super Bowl are usually incredibly boring. The same interviews, the same analysis for a game that Vegas picked correctly a month ago. But thanks to Donald Trump, this year it’s different. After decades of adhering to the “stick to sports” mantra, sports fans, pundits and especially…

  • Here’s Why Reggie Bush Is Trending

    Reggie Bush hasn’t been very good at running the football lately, but he’s been very good at running these streets. Hiyoooooo! Here’s the latest on Bush’s shenanigans: So Bush is married and has a wife (she looks a lot like his old girlfriend Kim Kardashian, which isn’t hard because they both look plastic-y). Anyway, ol’…

  • The Steelers’ Antonio Brown Signs Deal With Facebook, May Explain His Crazy Facebook Live Post

    So you know that Facebook Live stream in which NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown showed the innards of his Pittsburgh Steelers’ team’s locker room, where coach Mike Tomlin went off during a postgame rant? Well, maybe Brown wasn’t just caught up in the excitement of the win. And maybe the generous baller is going to…