NFL
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Mural Depicts Dallas Cowboys' Dak Prescott in 'The Sunken Place' for Anti Protest Comments
Although Michael Jordan’s “Republicans buy sneakers too” (a statement he might not have actually said) is oft-cited as a juxtaposition to the very public activism from many contemporary athletes, he was definitely not the only star of the ‘90s finding oxygen and endorsements behind the both sides shield. Where a person like former Chicago Bulls…
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Soccer May Be the World's Most Popular Sport and the U.S. Is Catching Up, But We Have a Lot More Work to Do
Last week, I had the opportunity to attend an event in Washington, D.C., called Soul Food Sessions. It was an eight-course dinner curated by black chefs that included passed appetizers, a fowl dish and dessert. It was a family-style dinner setting, so you were encouraged to sit amongst folks you didn’t know and make friends.…
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Dak Prescott Is Every Black Man in Corporate America
Dak Prescott is a black man. He’s also a quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, one of the most profitable franchises in all of sports. The Dallas Cowboys is owned by Jerry Jones. Jerry Jones is a white man. He’s also Dak Prescott’s boss. Jones is a Trump-supporting, good ole boy from Arkansas who’s not a…
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Jerry Jones Says Players on ‘America’s Team’ Required to Stand for National Anthem
Although there are currently negotiations between the NFL’s owners and its player’s union over the owner’s disastrous policy on players sitting or kneeling during the national anthem, one master team owner is doing his own thing, proving that this entire thing is going to pot. Billionaire Jerry Jones, who has owned the Dallas Cowboys franchise…
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NFL Takes Page Out of Trump's Russia Playbook, Moonwalks Back on National Anthem Policy
Despite the fact that some 70 percent of its players are African American, the National Football League is a conglomerate owned by white men that markets itself to white men. So it was no surprise when NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and plantation league owners ran out of the tunnel all hyped up to appease their…
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Tennessee Titans Player Jurrell Casey Will Continue to Protest During Upcoming NFL Season
Tennessee Titans defensive lineman Jurrell Casey doesn’t care what the NFL has planned for the upcoming season because he plans to protest the killings of unarmed black men, women and children during the national anthem and the football league can fine him and he still doesn’t care. “I’m going to take a fine this year,…
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Papa John Schnatter Says He Was 'Pushed' To Use the N-Word That Ended His Career
Embattled pizza chain founder John “Papa John” Schnatter says that he used the word “nigger” on a company conference call because he was working with an agency that was “promoting that vocabulary.” In the days since Schnatter admitted to the racist mea culpa, his reputation and that of the Louisville, Ky.,-based company has slid into…
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Well, This Is Awkward: Rape Accuser Identifies Kellen Winslow Jr.'s Lawyer as Her Attacker
A preliminary hearing for former NFL tight end Kellen Winslow Jr., who is accused of raping several women, took a really strange turn on Wednesday when one of the women identified Winslow’s lawyer as the man who attacked her. According to the New York Post, the preliminary hearing was set to determine whether the one-time…
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A List of Things That Just Ain’t Worth the Trouble
1. Fireworks 2. Eating Maryland blue crabs 3. Jogging 4. Standing in most lines 5. Long-distance relationships 6. Most white people 7. Regret 8. School reunions 9. Crowds 10. The NFL 11. Rinsing dishes before they’re placed in the sink 12. Defending the misdeeds of famous people 13. Cheap suits 14. October 15. New Year’s…
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Trump to NFL: Congratulations, You Played Yourself
The NFL went out of its way to try and appease President Oppression Von Anusmouth’s demands to stop black players from kneeling during the national anthem to protest the overpolicing of black communities. The NFL’s concession and new national anthem policy was to have players stay in the locker room while “The Star-Spangled Banner” plays—but…