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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....

Alejandro Villanueva Didn't Want Any Of This

Steelers offensive lineman and former Army Ranger Alejandro Villanueva, who stood for the national anthem before Sunday’s game even though head coach Mike Tomlin had stated all his players would stay in the locker room to avoid making any sort of statement, said Monday that he deeply regrets how his...

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....

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...

Los Angeles Sparks Leave Court Before National Anthem In Game 1 Of WNBA Finals

The Los Angeles Sparks walked off the court prior to the national anthem before today’s Game 1 of the WNBA Finals in Minnesota, and returned to the court after the song concluded....

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...

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....

Bruce Maxwell Becomes First MLBer To Protest During National Anthem

A’s catcher Bruce Maxwell became the first major league ballplayer to join the dozens of NFL pros protesting racial injustice by kneeling during the national anthem tonight before Oakland’s game against Texas....

Ohio Supreme Court Justice Goes Off On "Draft Dodging" Browns Players

Last night, a group of Cleveland Browns players knelt in a circle during the national anthem and held a group prayer in solidarity with Michael Bennett, Marshawn Lynch, and other NFL players who have staged similar protests to call attention to the racial inequality that is plaguing the United State...

Seth DeValve Is The First White Player To Kneel For The National Anthem

Last week, Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett issued a call to action to white players on national anthem protests: “It would take a white player to really get things changed, because when somebody from the other side understands and they step up and they speak up about it... it would change the...

Chris Long Has Malcolm Jenkins's Back In Anthem Protest

On Wednesday, Michael Bennett—who sits in protest of the national anthem, and was promptly challenged by a local columnist to quit football if he wants to have political opinions—said things would be very different if it weren’t only black players protesting. “It would take a white player to really ...

Michael Bennett Sits For National Anthem After Charlottesville Violence

Seahawks DE Michael Bennett became the latest NFL player to sit for the national anthem, ahead of Sunday’s preseason game against the Chargers. He referenced the still-unsigned Colin Kaepernick (of whom Bennett has said, “of course he’s being blackballed”), but Bennett said this weekend’s white supr...

Marshawn Lynch Sits Through National Anthem At Raiders Preseason Game

Marshawn Lynch of the Oakland Raiders sat through the pregame performance of the national anthem at last night’s preseason game against the Arizona Cardinals....

Slovenian National Anthem Played After Slovakian Win At IIHF World Championship

Slovakia beat Italy in overtime in their first match of the IIHF World Championship in Germany yesterday. They were promptly treated to a celebratory edition of the Slovenian national anthem, “Zdravljica,” rather than their own, “Nad Tatrou Sa Blýska.” Slovakian fans did their best to drown it out:...

Could Americans Have Done This With <i>O Canada</i>?

Jim Harbaugh And Chip Kelly Go To Bat For Colin Kaepernick

NFL free agency began three weeks ago, and Colin Kaepernick is still a man without a team, even in a league in which Mike Glennon just got $19 million guaranteed to actually start for someone. Is Kaepernick being blackballed because of his national anthem protest? It he still unsigned because of his...

U.S. Soccer Becomes First Major American Sports Organization To Require That Players Stand For National Anthem

Five months after U.S. Soccer lashed out at Megan Rapinoe for kneeling during the national anthem as a form of protest before an exhibition game, they’ve codified their dislike for silent and non-disruptive self-expression in this form. As of today, they’re apparently the first major American sports...