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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....
The Steelers Will Skip The National Anthem Today
Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said in a pregame interview with CBS that his team will not be on the field during the national anthem, in what he says is a gesture of unity that eliminates the individual players’ decisions of whether to sit, kneel, or stand during the anthem....
Several Players Kneel During National Anthem Before London Game (Updated)
In the earliest game of an NFL Sunday that’s expected to see the most widespread national anthem protests yet, several members of the Baltimore Ravens and Jacksonville Jaguars took a knee during the American national anthem before this morning’s London game at Wembley Stadium....
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....
LeBron James Says Donald Trump Is Using Sports "To Try To Divide Us Even More"
Following up on his savage “u bum” tweet aimed at Donald Trump earlier today, LeBron James took to UNINTERRUPTED this afternoon to offer more expansive thoughts on our President’s deranged behavior:...
Teresa Kaepernick On Trump Calling Injustice Protesters Sons Of Bitches: “It’s What Most Of Us Have Come To Expect From Him”<em></em><em></em>
President Donald Trump has made something of a hobby out of attacking private citizens, Colin Kaepernick among them. During a rally held in Alabama last night, he referred to Kaepernick (among others), though not by name, saying that NFL owners should, when faced with a player kneeling during the na...
Stephen Hauschka Wants White Players To Get Involved In Discussing Racial Inequality
Buffalo Bills kicker Stephen Hauschka says he thinks “it’s important for white players to stay involved in the conversation” about racial inequality, per a story by Buffalo News columnist Kimberley Martin....
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...
Cleveland Police Union Will Protest Anthem Protests, Via Anthem Protest
Cleveland’s police union will refuse to participate in the raising of the flag during the national anthem ceremony at the Browns home opener, to protest Browns players kneeling during the national anthem....
Gymnast Crotches Himself Hard On Parallel Bar<em></em>
Oleg Verniaiev is one of the best male gymnasts in the world. In Rio, the Ukrainian nearly defeated Kohei Uchimura, the greatest male gymnast of all-time, for the Olympic all-around gold. And he’s looking to be an early favorite for the world title at the upcoming world championships in Montreal....
49ers Safety Eric Reid Returns To Kneeling For The National Anthem
San Francisco 49ers safety Eric Reid took a knee for the national anthem during Sunday night’s preseason game against the Minnesota Vikings, explaining after the game that he decided to resume his protest after conversations with Colin Kaepernick and after seeing what real “un-American” protests loo...
Get Rid Of Your Protein Shakers, Seriously, They Are Revolting
Your vile protein shakers fill my clean heart with dread....
The Coen Brothers At Work
Originally titled “The Joel & Ethan Story,” this piece first appeared in the October 1989 issue of Premiere and appears here with the author’s permission....
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...
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....
Tennis Player Loses Match After Being Penalized For Calling Himself A "Stupid Person"
Brydan Klein, the Australian-born British tennis player who was banned from the sport for six months in 2009 for racially abusing an opponent, was assessed an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty during his ATP Nottingham Challenger match on Thursday for calling himself a “stupid person” after he dumped ...
Red Sox Announcer Jerry Remy Says Pitchers Shouldn't Get Translators, Should "Learn Baseball Language"
Boston Red Sox broadcaster Jerry Remy took bizarre exception to Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka being visited by Japanese translator Shingo Horie and pitching coach Larry Rothschild in the fourth inning of Tuesday’s game....