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If You Wanted to See Footage of Antonio Brown Destroying a Security Camera Like a Dumb Ass, Then Today's Your Lucky Day
In society, we have this thing called “pretty privilege.” How it works is that if you’re conventionally attractive, your life tends to be a bit easier than the rest of us who resemble a half-eaten breakfast burrito. Your social interactions are much more fruitful, you appear to be more confident and trustworthy, you get the…
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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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About Damn Time: NFL Makes History With All-Black Referee Crew During Monday Night Football
If you watched Monday Night Football last night, not only were you treated to Tom Brady catching a glorious L at the hands of the Los Angeles Rams but for the first time in the history of the NFL, we were treated to an all-Black officiating crew. Lead by OG-triple-OG Jerome Boger, who’s got 17…
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Nice Job, Jameis: Tampa Bay QB Delivers Sexist Speech to Elementary School Kids
It was supposed to be an inspiring speech by an NFL quarterback. Instead, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis “Crab Legs” Winston decided to tell children—that’s right, little boys and girls—that men are strong and women should be silent. The Tampa Bay Times reports that Winston stood before third-, fourth- and fifth-graders at Melrose Elementary in…
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Does Sage Steele Think All Lives Matter?
ESPN commentator Sage Steele has found herself in the middle of a Twitter fray since Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans took a knee to protest Donald Trump’s presidential victory. Steele posted this: And all hell broke loose. Steele was accused of being everything but a child of god. Many saw her stance as…
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ESPN's Sage Steele Comes for Wide Receiver Mike Evans' Protest and Finds Miko Grimes
ESPN sports commentator Sage Steele is looking like she might be in the All Lives Matter camp. On Sunday, Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans took a knee during the national anthem to protest Donald Trump’s winning the presidency. “If this happens, then America’s not right right now,” Evans told USA Today. “I said…
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Why Miko Grimes’ Flavor of ‘Bou-ghetto’ Is Just Right for Me
I don’t like words like “ratchet” or “ghetto.” In short, they are reductive, marginalize a community, and tend to assign race to behaviors that are demeaning and demoralizing. Furthermore, they’re stereotypical language that tends to segregate us. I believe it’s elitist to sit back and ascribe language to a person’s behavior and attribute that to a class…
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Tony Dungy, 1st African-American Head Coach to Win a Super Bowl, Pays Homage to Those Before Him
On Saturday night, Tony Dungy, the first African-American head coach to win an NFL championship, gave a rousing Pro Football Hall of Fame induction speech, acknowledging that he didn’t get there on his own, and paying homage to 10 other coaches who came before him and made his path possible, ESPN reports. “Willie Brown, Buck Buchanan, Earnel Durden, Bob…