NFL
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Washington Football Team Hires First Black Team President In a League That's 60 Percent Black…Hurray!
In a nod to the insanity of institutional racism, the team formerly known as a racial slur has announced that Jason Wright will lead the organization as team president, making him the first Black man to serve in that position in a league that is 60 percent Black. The 38-year-old former running back will lead…
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Seahawks Waive Rookie Kemah Siverand for Being Stupid Enough to Try to Sneak Woman Into Team Hotel…During a Pandemic
As a special teams contributor coming out of Oklahoma State, Kemah Siverand’s draft profile wasn’t exactly sterling. In fact, he didn’t even have one; so it came as no surprise that he went undrafted in the 2020 NFL Draft. Despite that, he beat the odds and was scooped up by the Seattle Seahawks as an…
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Why In the Hell Is Pacman Jones Burning Jerseys In His Driveway?
After retiring from the NFL, former players have myriad options at their disposal. They can become noteworthy commentators, like Tony Romo and Deion Sanders; pursue coaching, like the Herm Edwards and Sean Paytons of the world; or they can burn jerseys in their front yard, like Adam “Pacman” Jones. Pacman isn’t exactly a stranger to…
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Black Twitter Erupts After Deion Sanders Sells His Soul to Barstool Sports: 'He's Trading His Morals For a Check'
In being outspoken for a living, I make it a point to come from a place of logic and understanding when I broach certain topics in front of millions of people on a weekly basis. Whether it’s a podcast, a television or radio segment, or my writing, I really, really, really try to do my…
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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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Washington Running Back Derrius Guice Released After Charged With Strangulation, Assault and Battery of Girlfriend
The once-promising career of running back Derrius Guice is in serious trouble. On Friday, the Washington Football Team released the former LSU star, but it was the details surrounding his release that put jaws on the floor. According to the Washington Post, the 23-year-old was arrested on domestic violence-related charges that include one count of…
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Deion Sanders Blasts Athletes Who Are Opting-Out of Playing This Year Because of COVID-19: 'The Game Will Go On Without You'
There’s something especially disgusting about a Black person who eagerly jumps at any opportunity to publicly tell Black people they are expendable and that their value is determined by how much they can provide and perform for white people. As The Root reported, 66 NFL players—many of them Black men and/or fathers—announced their decision to…
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Who All Gon' Be There? 66 Players Opt-Out of the NFL Season Citing Coronavirus Concerns
With the coronavirus still very much a thing, the NFL and NFL Players Association set a deadline of Thursday for players to decide whether or not they would be opting out of the upcoming season. Now that that deadline has passed, we know exactly which players we won’t see on the field this year. The…
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NFL Thinks Players Are Gaming the System by Opting Out of Upcoming Season, Devin McCourty Calls League a 'Joke'
The NFL is in serious trouble. As the coronavirus continues to terrorize Major League Baseball, NFL players are tripping over themselves to opt-out of the upcoming season. Thus far, over 40 players (and counting) will pass on playing this year—eight from the New England Patriots alone—so it’s safe to say that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell…