Tag: nfl
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Don’t Equate Protest With Disrespect
President Donald Trump catapulted the issue of growing numbers of athletes opting to “take a knee” during the playing of the Star-Spangled Banner before their contests further into the limelight this past weekend, jumping in on the side of the hyper-patriotic conservative reactionaries who have been, predictably, popping gaskets over this form of protest since…
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Colin Kaepernick Castigated For Free Speech
Seems like I’m writing about jocks a lot of late, but what’s a guy to do? Colin Kaepernick, the once beloved, now beleaguered quarterback from the San Francisco 49ers, hit the news with a big old bang by sitting out the national anthem before his premier appearance in a pre-season nfl game last night. When…
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Johnny “Football” Manziel Throwing It Away
The cops knocked on another door last night and guess who answered? If you said Johnny Manziel, the pride of Texas, you’d be right, although the odds were pretty much stacked in your favor. Something like 67% of all police calls these days involve the ubiquitously undisciplined (soon to be ex-?) Cleveland Browns quarterback. If…
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The Face Of Idiocy
My heart wants to call him the Face of Evil, but that sounds kind of cool, and Vontaze Burfict is anything but cool. I suppose “Face of Everything Wrong With the NFL” would work. I can’t say it was a pleasure watching him and Adam “Pacman” Jones throw away an entire season of sweat and…
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Patriots Hate Club? I’m a Lifetime Member
Just for the record, I hated the Patriots back in the early 1990’s, since long before it was cool. http://espn.go.com/…/1…/split-nfl-new-england-patriots-apart
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Jerome Bettis: About Damn Time
This is a good morning here in western Pennsylvania, despite facing the prospect of watching two of the most loathed and venal football coaches lead their teams on to the world’s largest stage tonight. I’ll be watching, in hopes its an exciting and well-played game, but my heart isn’t in it and I expect the…
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NFL Players Salute Ferguson–Cops’ Turn To Protest
Good For Them It’s encouraging to see athletes stand up, show leadership, and express connection to the communities that support them. I take exception to the old “I’m not a role model” stance of celebrities, particularly athletes, as expressed by Charles Barkley so many years ago. When these performers accept millions upon millions of dollars…
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