NFL
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Colin Kaepernick and Ben & Jerry's Are Here to 'Change the Whirled'
In case you missed the memo, Ben & Jerry’s has been about that action. Need receipts? Here’s what I wrote about them last year when the premium ice cream company partnered with the Advancement Project to release the flavor Justice Remix’d as part of their efforts “to address the destructive cycle of mass incarceration in…
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Odell Beckham Jr. Has Big Plans to Power Your Dreams With Xbox Sneaker, Controller Collab
Since tearing his ACL in October, superstar NFL receiver Odell Beckham Jr. has a lot of damn time on his hands—much more than he already did considering we’re in the middle of a whole-ass global pandemic. So in his efforts to perhaps help pass the time, the three-time Pro Bowler has embraced video game culture…
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Wentz Who?, Gregg Williams Is an Idiot and Other Takeaways from Week 13 of the NFL
Hmmm. Where shall we begin? Who’s the most expensive backup in the league? If you answered embattled QB Carson Wentz you might be correct. Because after embarrassing his ancestors all season, the Eagles finally had enough and sent his ass to bed without dinner. On Sunday, after Philly dug themselves into a 23-3 hole against…
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In True Black Superhero Form, Marshawn Lynch Reveals That the Source of His Super Powers Was Hennessy
Professional athletes are notorious for their pre-game rituals. Retired NBA champion Jason Terry used to sleep in the game-worn shorts of opposing teams the night before games; Kansas coach Les Miles literally feasts on the field when games get too intense. NFL great Marshawn Lynch had his own peculiar tradition when it came time to…
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DK Metcalf Proves Pettiness Knows No Bounds After Monster Game Against the Eagles: 'I've Got to Make Them Pay'
Professional athletes love to pretend like personal slights or social media chatter doesn’t phase them, but we all know that’s a bold-faced lie. Kevin Durant had a whole-ass secret burner account; LeBron is notorious for clapping back at critics and going off the grid during the playoffs, and Seattle Seahawks receiver DK Metcalf is cut…
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Tom Brady Lives to Lose, the Broncos Got Screwed and Other Takeaways from Week 12 of the NFL
There was football this weekend? Oh. In a past life, I used to play both the tuba and baritone in middle school. I wasn’t particularly great at either—my family used to call it “fart music”—but I tried, dammit, and performed in a couple of our local Rooster Day Parades back in Tulsa, Okla., as well…
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The Root 100 Honoree Simone Biles’ Fly Fashion Moments
Whether she's stunning on a red carpet or keeping it cute at a football game--Biles' style is just as good as her athleticism. Let's get into it.
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Dallas Cowboys Strength and Conditioning Coach Markus Paul Dies at 54
Dallas Cowboys strength and conditioning coach Markus Paul died Wednesday night at the age of 54 after suffering from a medical emergency at the team’s practice facility in Frisco, Texas, on Tuesday. From Yahoo Sports: Paul collapsed during a medical emergency on Tuesday morning at the Cowboys’ practice facility in Frisco. He was attended to…
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Feast Mode: Marshawn Lynch Hands Out 200 Turkeys In Hawaii for the Culture
In a past life, retired NFL star Marshawn Lynch once warned younger players to “take care of y’all chicken,” and now, months later with his playing days in the rear-view mirror, he’s since moved on to spreading the gospel with a different bird altogether. Hawaii News Now reports that on Monday, the five-time Pro Bowler…
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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…