Sports
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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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Sorry, Donald Trump, But It's Looking Like College Football Is a Wrap
As I’m sure you’re all familiar with by now…Donald Trump lives to lie. His latest flirtation with brazen dishonesty involves college football since apparently he’s feeling some type of way that it’s increasingly unlikely that student-athletes will be taking the field this fall. On Monday, he tweeted, “Play College Football!” after insisting that college players…
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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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Mid-American Conference Postpones Fall Sports; NFL Could Take Over Saturdays If College Football Is Gone
Mere days after UConn became the first major college football program to graciously bow out of playing this season due to the coronavirus, the Mid-American Conference—yes, an entire conference—will follow suit. In a statement posted on Twitter, the conference announced that it will postpone its football season until the 2021 spring semester in order to…
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I Regret to Inform You That Mike Tyson's Return to the Ring Has Been Pushed Back to November
I know, I know. I wanted to see Roy Jones Jr.—or at least what’s left of him—get his ass whooped too. Sadly, as this pandemic continues to rob us all of our joy, ESPN reports that the scheduled bout between Mike Tyson and Jones has been postponed from its original September 12 date to November…
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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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Nazi or Nah? Oakland A's Coach Apologies for 'Unintentional' Salute
Unlike others, I don’t spend a lot of time fraternizing with Nazis—as in at all. So when news began to circulate of Oakland A’s bench coach Ryan Christenson doing this on Thursday: I didn’t immediately recognize what it was. Thankfully, plenty of other people did. They then, of course, called him out on it, and…
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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…
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I'm Gonna Need the New Orleans Pelicans to Stop Babysitting Zion Williamson
Since the NBA’s bubble began, I’ve struggled to comprehend the New Orleans Pelican’s rationale. Yes, Zion Williamson is their pride and joy, but if you’re trying to make the playoffs—the Pelicans are currently 11th place in the West—the Duke product has to be on the floor. Instead, the Pelicans shoved a pacifier in his mouth…
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Meet the XFL's New Part-Owner, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
I really wanted to like the XFL. Sadly, much like countless other businesses during this pandemic, it was shut down in its infancy, a mere five weeks into its inaugural season. In the time since, there were mass layoffs and bankruptcy filings, and hours before the league was set to go to auction, Bleacher Report…