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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...
Why Wasn't Sterling Shepard's Catch Ruled A Catch?
The Giants are 0-3 and their offense oscillates between scuffling and a shitshow, but they certainly didn’t get any help on Sunday from the NFL rulebook. Take a look at the GIF above. According to the rules, that Sterling Shepard touchdown catch was not a catch....
The Vanderbilt Rape Convictions Bucked The Status Quo
The following is excerpted from Blurred Lines: Rethinking Sex, Power, and Consent on Campus, which is available now....
The Patriots Are Sorry They Charged Fans $4.50 For Tap Water
In his new pseudo-health book, Tom Brady warns readers not to drink tap water. “Even when you use tap water for steaming vegetables,” he writes, “it’s better to filter it first.” Sunday, the Patriots ran out of Brady’s precious bottled water at the Gillette Stadium concession stands, and then had th...
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Here Are Jets And Patriots Fans Booing The National Anthem [Update]
National anthem demonstrations became the story at NFL stadiums around the country on Sunday. But at Texans-Patriots in Foxboro, Mass., at Dolphins-Jets in East Rutherford, N.J., and at Raiders-Washington in Landover, Md.,* the players who protested were met with jeers and boos from thousands of fan...
Josh Norman, LeSean McCoy, And Others Explain Why They Chose To Demonstrate During The National Anthem
President Donald Trump said Friday that any “son of a bitch” NFL player who kneeled during the national anthem should be fired. He was immediately and rightfully torn apart by professional athletes, both for that remark and for claiming he was uninviting the never-invited Golden State Warriors to th...
Report: Darren Sproles Broke His Arm And Tore His ACL On The Same Play
Eagles running back Darren Sproles ran into the worst luck imaginable yesterday, reportedly breaking his arm and tearing his ACL on the same play against the Giants. Adam Schefter says Sproles will have surgery on his arm today, then surgery on his ACL later....
Jaguars Junction: Week Three
“Taking a knee?” Yes—in the end zone among other places. ...
Von Miller Sealed A Broncos Loss With A Hilarious Penalty
The Broncos looked like they were going to get a chance at a comeback. Down seven points to the Bills midway through the fourth, Von Miller got pressure on Tyrod Taylor and forced an incomplete pass on third down. Buffalo would have to punt. Except:...
The Lions Got Screwed By A Correct Call
Which is the more painful way to have a win taken away: When a bad call goes against you, or when the call is correct but the rule is bad? In the end a loss is a loss, but man, leave it to the Lions to find a unique and brutal way to lose....
Holy Shit, Aaron Rodgers Made Another Impossible Throw
Aaron Rodgers had a frustrating start to his Sunday, but by the time it got late in the game against Cincinnati, he was delivering another vintage performance. With 17 seconds to play in the fourth quarter, Rodgers fired a bullet pass earmarked for Jordy Nelson and just out of reach of a diving Dre ...
Seattle Seahawks: "We Will Not Stand For The Injustice That Has Plagued People Of Color In This Country"
Ahead of this afternoon’s game between Seattle and Tennessee, the Seahawks’ players released perhaps the strongest statement yet from an NFL team about social justice. In a statement attributed to “the players of the Seattle Seahawks,” the team explains its decision to stay off the field and not par...
Eagles Beat Giants With Rookie Kicker’s 61-Yard Field Goal With No Time Left
Rookie kicker Jake Elliott—a fifth-round Bengals pick who was signed off their practice squad by the Eagles after Week 1—nailed a 61-yard field goal at the gun today to give Philly a 27-24 win....
Lions Come Within Inches Of Beating The Falcons
Matthew Stafford looked to be up to his old fourth-quarter tricks this afternoon. With under 10 seconds remaining, down 30-26 against Atlanta, Stafford threw a touchdown pass to Golden Tate on a goal-line slant route. That touchdown initially seemed to solidify a dream comeback for Detroit, giving t...
Odell Beckham Jr. Celebrates A Pair Of Touchdowns By Peeing And Protesting
Odell Beckham made a nice fourth-quarter catch in the end zone to give the Giants their first points of the day against the Eagles. Then he got down on all fours, lifted his leg, and pretended to pee....
Marcus Cooper Fumbles Blocked Field Goal Return At The One-Yard Line
One of the weirdest plays of the NFL season so far just happened at the end of today’s first half in Chicago, when the Bears’ Marcus Cooper returned a blocked Steelers field goal all the way to the one-yard line. Cooper slowed up right at the end of his journey, and the special teamer suffered the c...
Tom Brady Clowned By A Jadeveon Clowney Pick-Six
For most defensive linemen, an interception return is a recipe for some hilarious slapstick, but Jadeveon Clowney sprints right past all your #fatguyTD jokes. In the second quarter of the Texans game against the Patriots, a blind-side hit on Tom Brady turned into a gift for Clowney, who swiftly took...
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Here's How NFL Teams Demonstrated During The National Anthem Today [Updates]
President Trump’s call for NFL owners to get rid of “son of a bitch” players who chose to demonstrate during the anthem drew a ton of backlash from the sports world yesterday, and today, the players who were the focus of those remarks had their chance to respond before their games. Almost every team...
Singer For Falcons-Lions Game Kneels At End Of National Anthem
At the end of the national anthem before today’s Falcons-Lions game in Detroit, singer Rico LaVelle dropped to one knee and put up a fist....