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Nebraska President Pens Letter In Support Of Football Players' Right To Protest
In the face of disparaging comments from several of Nebraska’s current and former high-ranking public officials, University of Nebraska senior linebacker Michael Rose-Ivey managed to garner some in-house support prior to his upcoming sit-down with governor Pete Ricketts....
Antonio Brown Says Refs Threatened To Eject Him For Wearing Cool Shoes
Steelers receiver Antonio Brown has long been one of the few NFL players willing to thumb his nose (or butt, rather) at the NFL’s joy-killing rules against self expression. It seems like the league has finally had enough of Brown daring to have a good time while playing football, though, as he claim...
Brandon Belt On His Friend D.J. LeMahieu: "He's A Nice Guy. I Still Want To Punch Him In The Face."
Giants first baseman Brandon Belt had three hits in his team’s 12-3 demolition of the Colorado Rockies last night, and he would have had four hits if not for the presence of Rockies second baseman D.J. LeMahieu:...
Nebraska Regent Calls For Kneeling Players To Be Kicked Off Team, Then Tries To Deny It
Nebraska player Michael Rose-Ivey held a press conference yesterday and discussed the litany of slurs, threats, and condemnations he and two of his teammates had heard from fans after they kneeled during the national anthem before the Huskers’ game this weekend. Unsurprisingly, there are higher-ups ...
Beef! We've Got Yankees-Blue Jays Beef!
The Blue Jays appear comfortably in the playoffs, and the Yankees solidly out, so why not devote a late September divisional game almost entirely to beefing, and the settling of said beefs, and to setting up beefs to come?...
Nebraska's Michael Rose-Ivey Addresses Racist Responses To His Anthem Protest
On Saturday, Nebraska football players Michael Rose-Ivey, Mohamed Barry, and DaiShon Neal protested racial injustice in America by kneeling during the pregame performance of the national anthem. During a press conference yesterday, Rose-Ivey passionately defended his decision to kneel, and shared so...
Tom Brady's Apparently Been Spending His Suspension Tanning His Butt
The New York Post just published a cool update on how Tom Brady’s been spending his Ballghazi suspension: tanning his large white ass in Italy....
49ers' Anthony Davis Retires From The NFL For The Second Time
San Francisco 49ers OT Anthony Davis abruptly retired from the NFL on Monday. It is Davis’s second retirement; he previously retired ahead of the 2015 season. ...
LeBron James On Police Violence: "It's A Scary-Ass Situation"
This afternoon at Cavaliers media day, LeBron James spoke for a good 90 seconds on police violence, framing the issue around the hypothetical of the police pulling his son over....
How Deep Does The Browns' Kicking Disaster Go?
As with all things Browns, failure is not enough by itself. It can never be simple. It must always be exquisite, and multipronged, and avoidable. The Cody Parkey saga, which saw Cleveland’s new kicker miss three field goals including a potential game-winner as time expired, is a great example....
Pedro Martínez On José Fernández: "I Saw A Better Talent Than I Was"
Pedro Martínez spoke today on TBS about the death of José Fernández, and how he imagines it feels for Fernández’s family. ...
Eduardo Pérez's José Fernández Remembrance Was Incredible
If you’re waking up today to the news that José Fernández is dead, and perhaps don’t quite understand how influential the Marlins pitcher and Cuban refugee was to people in Miami and to baseball fans around the world, you need to watch ESPN analyst Eduardo Pérez’s appearance on the network this morn...
Stanford Needed 59 Minutes To Score A Touchdown, But One Is All They Needed
Seventh-ranked Stanford came from behind to beat UCLA at the Rose Bowl tonight when Ryan Burns connected with JJ Arcega-Whiteside in the final minute of the game to give the Cardinal a 16-13 lead in a game that featured only a pair of offensive touchdowns....
Francis Owusu Knocked Out By Helmet To Helmet Hit; Officials Review Video, Somehow Declare It Legal
Chris Owusu’s NFL career came to an end in part due to his having suffered at least five documented concussions. Here’s his little brother, Francis, getting knocked out tonight by a blow to the head that Pac-12 officials reviewed on video and declared to be safe and legal....
Marvelous 50-Yard Touchdown Run Becomes Touchback After Ball Comes Loose
Nebraska should have opened its game tonight against Northwestern with an early touchdown on a 50-yard Terrell Newby rush, if not for the Huskers running back losing control of the ball as he leapt toward the goal line. Unlike previous instances this season, where runners dropped the ball in celebra...
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Ken Starr Believes Art Briles Is The True Victim In Baylor's Sexual Assault Scandal
Former Baylor chancellor Ken Starr (yes, that Ken Starr) praised the character of ousted head football coach Art Briles, saying he felt Briles had been the object of a “grave injustice,” in a Saturday interview with the Texas Tribune....
Another Night, Another Ejection For Targeting
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