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Packers Ask Fans To Link Arms During Anthem, Shift Focus From Diversity To "UNI-versity"
Behold, another move to co-opt a crude outline of Colin Kaepernick’s protest, divorce it of any meaning or purpose, and cash it in for a branding opportunity. The Green Bay Packers released a statement tonight asking their fans to link arms in a display of unity during the national anthem before Th...
Lynx Hold Off Sparks Comeback To Take Game 2 Of The WNBA Finals
The Minnesota Lynx staved off a second-half comeback by the Los Angeles Sparks in tonight’s Game 2 of the WNBA Finals—with the Sparks squandering two key opportunities in a wild and messy final minute before losing, 70-68, to even the series at one game apiece....
Joel Ward: "I've Experienced A Lot Of Racism Myself In Hockey," May Kneel For Anthem
Sharks winger Joel Ward said that he may kneel in protest during the national anthem in a San Jose Mercury News interview focusing on his experience as one of hockey’s relatively few black players....
Addison Russell Spills Cardinals Fan's Nachos, Brings Him New Ones As Peace Offering
By the end of the first inning tonight, the Cardinals were down 4-0 to the Cubs. Things only got worse from there. It was clear that fans would not be able to rely on the product on the field to sustain them tonight—they would need to seek not emotional fulfillment, but physical. Like that which can...
Fans Cheer Bruce Maxwell In First At-Bat Since Kneeling For Anthem
In his first plate appearance since he began kneeling for the national anthem, Oakland A’s catcher Bruce Maxwell was greeted with a round of cheers from the crowd as he went to bat in the second inning of tonight’s game against the Mariners:...
Dallas Sportscaster On NFL Players Taking A Knee: "All Of Us Should Protest How Black Americans Are Treated In This Country"<em></em>
Sportscaster Dale Hansen of Dallas ABC affiliate WFAA—whose excellent work we have shouted out before—offered a beautifully strong and clear defense of the national anthem protests on his segment tonight....
Report: "NFL Owner," Who Is Actually Just Some Packers Fan, Is Very Mad About Anthem Protests
David Hookstead of the Daily Caller spoke to an NFL owner who is livid about the anthem protests, and he wants you to know:...
Cowboys Try To Please Everyone By Kneeling Before Anthem, Accomplish Nothing<em></em>
The Dallas Cowboys, including the team’s coaching staff and owner Jerry Jones, decided to collectively kneel before tonight’s Monday Night Football game—but before tonight’s national anthem performance, while nothing was happening, in a flimsy attempt to please everyone by taking the imagery of prot...
Jessie James Decker Claims Husband Eric Decker Was Tricked Into Staying In Locker Room For National Anthem
The Titans and Seahawks decided to stay in their respective locker rooms during the national anthem before yesterday’s game, with Tennessee declaring the gesture a display of unity. But according to Jessie James Decker, wife of Titans wide receiver Eric Decker, that unity wasn’t absolute: She claims...
49ers Lose Actually Good Thursday Night Game Despite Perfect Onside Kick
The 49ers and Rams made tonight’s game into a surprising offensive showcase, with Los Angeles fighting off a late San Francisco push to win, 41-39. Even though the Niners lost, they should still be able to take solace in the fact that they pulled off this textbook-perfect onside kick. After scoring ...
Kato Kaelin Has Had It Up To Here With Brewers Reliever Jeremy Jeffress
Today is Jeremy Jeffress’s birthday. So far, it’s sucked. The Brewers are just one game back in the NL wild card race, and in tonight’s crucial game against the division-leading Cubs, he was handed a one-run lead to protect for the ninth inning. He blew it—failing to cover first base quickly enough ...
NCAA Comes After Texas A&M Cross Country Runner For Promoting His Own Water Bottle Company
The NCAA is threatening the eligibility of 17-year-old Texas A&M freshman Ryan Trahan, a cross country runner with a YouTube channel that promotes the line of water bottles that he developed with a friend in high school. ...
Reds, Padres, Mariners, Rockies Announce Plans To Expand Protective Netting
The Reds, Padres and Mariners announced today that they would be expanding protective netting at their ballparks, while the Rockies said that they were in talks to set official plans to do so. The announcements came one day after a young girl was struck by a line drive at Yankee Stadium and hospital...
Come Bask In The Glow Of Rocky Gale's Delight At His First Major-League Home Run
Rocky Gale is 29 years old. He has been in San Diego’s minor-league system since 2010, and he has spent almost all of that time in Triple-A. Other than a very brief showing as a September call-up in 2015—eleven games, only one of which he got to play more than three innings, with ten plate appearanc...
Superman Metaphors Are Jerry Jones's Kryptonite
The Arkansas Razorbacks are remaking their football team’s alternate uniforms in the style of the Dallas Cowboys, in honor of alum and Cowboys owner Jerry Jones making the Pro Football Hall of Fame. They shared a clip today of Jones getting a little emotional while reflecting on his time playing foo...
Albert Haynesworth Accuses Ex-Girlfriend Brittany Jackson Of Physically Abusing Him, Using Racial Slur
Former NFL player Albert Haynesworth accused his ex-girlfriend, former basketball player Brittany Jackson, of repeatedly physically abusing him and calling him racial slurs in a string of tweets today. TMZ reported that Haynesworth tweeted in response to Jackson’s accusations that he wasn’t paying c...
The Matt Harvey Situation Is So Damn Sad
To look at Matt Harvey’s year is to see everything that could be and has been wrong with the Mets rotation lately: bad luck and bad health, managed rather poorly, resulting in bad pitching when there is any pitching at all. Individually, each of these factors typically gets reduced to a dumb punchli...
New York Giants Try, Fail
Eli Manning was sacked five times, Odell Beckham, Jr. was limited in his return from an ankle injury, and the Giants lost to the Lions, 24-10. Detroit is 2-0, and the Giants have now gone eight straight games without scoring 20 points....
Carlos Carrasco And Trevor Bauer's Baseball Versions Of Their Cleveland Teammates, Ranked
A little more than three months ago, Cleveland pitcher Carlos Carrasco revealed some breathtaking artistic skill in the dugout as he transformed an ordinary baseball into a remarkable sculpture of José Ramírez. (With the help of some of his rotation mates, of course.)...