Don’t expect LSU basketball standout Ben Simmons to send the NCAA a thank-you note anytime soon — or ever, for that matter. ESPN has published more details about the new ‘ONE & DONE’ Showtime documentary that will air Friday. In it, Simmons reportedly says the NCAA is “really (expletive) up.” The report also details Simmons […]
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NBA Players Considering Options Over Latest Anthem Controversy
PHILADELPHIA — The 76ers held a team meeting Thursday and may take action in the wake of the organization’s decision to cancel the national anthem performance by a singer wearing a “We Matter” jersey. Sevyn Streeter said she was told by the team she could not perform the anthem before Wednesday night’s season opener because […]
Ex-Penn State Coach Awarded 7.3 Million In Wake of Child Sex Abuse Case
BELLEFONTE, Pa. – A jury awarded a former Penn State assistant football coach $7.3 million in damages Thursday, finding the university defamed him after it became public that his testimony helped prosecutors charge Jerry Sandusky with child molestation. Jurors deliberated for about four hours in Mike McQueary’s defamation and misrepresentation lawsuit. McQueary remained stoic as […]
Giants Finally Release Josh Brown After Domestic Violence Revelations
Former New York Giants kicker Josh Brown watches his team play during the second half of a 2013 game against the Philadelphia Eagles in Philadelphia. The New York Giants have released kicker Josh Brown over his admitted abuse of his then-wife, in a case that has previously raised questions about the NFL’s willingness to punish […]
Cleveland Indians Take Blatantly Racist Logo to World Series
On Tuesday, the Cleveland Indians will play their first World Series game in two decades. Sharing baseball’s brightest spotlight with them will be what many people consider to be the most offensive image in sports: Chief Wahoo. Already, to the chagrin of the team’s fans, debate over the controversial logo has intensified — on Twitter, […]
NFL’s Domestic Violence Policy is a Failure
In August 2014, as the NFL faced massive public outcry over its handling of the Ray Rice domestic violence case, Commissioner Roger Goodell unveiled a new policy aimed at ensuring that he and his league would not repeat the same mistakes in the future. Two years later, it did exactly that. This time, the player […]
Wife Claims NFL Fired Husband for Anthem Protest
The Indianapolis Colts parted ways with veteran cornerback Antonio Cromartie on Oct. 4 after just four games for what Chuck Pagano deemed as football reasons. Cromartie’s wife claims that’s not the case, accusing the Colts of releasing her husband over his decision to kneel during the national anthem. Terricka Cromartie, in a since-deleted Instagram post, highlighted comments […]
Concussion: Study shows 91% of ex-college players have CTE
Former college football players from over 100 schools have CTE according to the Concussion Legacy Foundation. The foundation, which studies concussions and brain injuries, said Wednesday that 138 of 152 former college football players studied at the Veterans Affairs-Boston University-Concussion Legacy Foundation brain bank have chronic traumatic encephalopathy, more commonly known as CTE. CTE is […]
Team’s Season Canceled Due to Kneeling
All over the country, young people continue to take a knee during the Star Spangled Banner to protest police brutality and racial injustice in America. For them, perhaps because the world has not yet squeezed out all of their hope and optimism, or maybe because they know they have far more time left on this […]
Crowd chants “U-S-A” at Kneeling Kaepernick
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Amid loud chants of “USA! USA! USA!,” San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick knelt for the national anthem Sunday in his continuing protest against racial oppression and police brutality. Outside the stadium, vendors sold shirts with Kaepernick’s image in the sites of a rifle scope, and fans tackled a dummy dressed […]
Kaepernick’s retort to Ginsburg
Colin Kaepernick said it was “disappointing” to hear Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s recent criticism of his National Anthem protest. Ginsburg had told Yahoo News that Kaepernick’s decision not to stand for the “Star-Spangled Banner” to call attention to racial injustice is “dumb and disrespectful.” She likened it to flag burning and said that […]
T.I. Calls Out Floyd Mayweather for All Lives Matter Comments
During a recent interview with Tha Boxing Voice, Floyd Mayweather randomly decided that he wanted to talk about All Lives Matter. He was asked a question about why other boxers aren’t selling out fights like he used to, and rather than answering that question, he took the interview in a completely different direction. “I’m here […]