sports
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Colin Kaepernick’s Lawyer: Somebody Is Ready to Snitch on the NFL
The attorney for currently unemployed NFL stars and former San Francisco 49ers Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid dropped a bomb Wednesday on CNN when he hinted that a witness in their collusion case against the powerful football league was ready to drop dime with concrete evidence proving that NFL owners conspired to keep both men…
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Brown Girl Surf Wants to Change Surf Culture
Images of black and brown women are not the first thing that come to mind when one thinks of surf culture. The Oakland, Calif.-based organization called Brown Girl Surf challenges that by simply inviting women of color to dive into the water. “The goal of Brown Girl Surf is to change surf culture,” says Marlim…
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Serena Williams’ Ranking Falls to No. 453 in the World After She Has a Baby, Smacking of Sexism
Serena Williams, the 23-time grand-slam champion, and possibly the greatest athlete of all time, was ranked No. 1 in the world before she left her job to give birth and nurture her daughter, Alexis Olympia, as well as recover from a pulmonary embolism. Williams, who was away from tennis for 14 months, currently has a…
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Ayesha Curry Says Houston Fan Intentionally Bumped Her ‘8 Month Pregnant’ Belly After NBA Playoff Game
Steph Curry ’bout to whoop somebody’s ass. On Friday the Golden State Warrior’s wife, Ayesha Curry, tweeted that a Houston Rockets fan bumped her in her “8 month pregnant belly” after the Rockets beat Steph’s Golden State Warriors in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals. “Houston Corey,” who uploaded video of at least part…
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Protesters Challenge NFL’s National Anthem Rule in Front of the Master’s House
Tamika Mallory didn’t leave any wiggle room for misinterpretation when she took the mic after Minister Kirsten John Foy asked the crowd gathered in front of the NFL’s New York City headquarters to be respectful and not to use any foul language. Foy, Northwest regional director for the National Action Network, said that he and…
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Congratulations, NFL, You Played Yourself! Protest Fines Didn’t Appease Trump, Who Wants Players Who Don’t Stand for the Anthem Tossed Out of the Country
President Donald Trump knows how to light a tiki torch, doesn’t he? Shortly after news broke that the NFL had succumbed to the demands of the grand wizard of “Make America great again” to punish players who protest during the national anthem, Trump, who crusaded against players’ rights to protest, made it clear that he…
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Looks Like I’ll Be Sitting Out the NFL Again Next Season (and the Season After That, Etc.)
It was much easier to boycott the NFL last season than I anticipated. For one, I underestimated how much I’d enjoy having my Sundays back. Also, my NFL fandom belongs to a team with a racist name that also happens to suck more often than not, so boycotting because the NFL blackballed Colin Kaepernick was…
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The NFL Will Fine Players Who Protest During Anthem, Proving White Tears Matter More Than Black Lives
Welp, it’s official, and if you didn’t see this coming, you haven’t been watching. Surprising only those who still believe in fairy tales like Bigfoot, reverse racism and R. Kelly’s innocence, NFL team owners voted Wednesday to approve a policy that requires all players on the field to stand during the national anthem performance, proving…
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Footage of an NBA Player Being Tased by Cops Is Reportedly So Disturbing, the Entire City of Milwaukee Is Worried About Releasing It
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has seen the brutal footage of a NBA rookie’s arrest, and he has been worried ever since. According to reports, police spotted the car of Bucks rookie Sterling Brown around 2 a.m. on Jan. 26, parked across two handicapped-parking spaces. They began writing a ticket when the 6-foot-6-inch baller walked out…
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Colin Kaepernick’s Collusion Case Just Proved NFL Teams Believed He Was Good Enough to Start, so Why Doesn’t He Have a Job?
Colin Kaepernick filed a grievance claiming that NFL owners colluded to keep him out of the NFL. Team owners and several sports pundits who aren’t fans of the Movement for Black Lives claimed that Kaepernick’s days as a starting quarterback were behind him. Well, it turns out that Kaepernick’s collusion grievance against the league has…