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Colin Kaepernick called out the NFL on Twitter Sunday for engaging in “propaganda” with regards to their social justice efforts as the league appears to be actively blackballing his former San Francisco 49ers teammate, Eric Reid. In his tweet, Kaepernick cites a Deadspin article titled “The NFL is Blackballing Eric Reid, too,” which mentions that, despite being ranked by ESPN in late […]
The football season might be in full swing as of Sunday, but the realities that plague the country are still present. As a result, the Minnesota Vikings decided to show its solidarity with the social justice movement by paying tribute to George Floyd. Ahead of the Vikings’ season-opening game against the Green Bay Packers, the team decided […]
Former New York Jets wide receiver Josh Bellamy was arrested Thursday morning for his alleged involvement in a $24 million scheme where he llegally received coronavirus relief loans, ESPN reports. The U.S. Justice Department names 10 defendants, aside from Bellamy, in the case, none of which played in the NFL. Bellamy received a loan of more than $1.2 million from the Paycheck Protection Program for his […]
Fans at Arrowhead Stadium decided to boo the Chiefs and Texans during the NFL season opener when the two teams came together for a moment of unity before kickoff. The moment saw players from the two teams lock arms at midfield while the scoreboard displayed the following messages: We Support Equality, We Must End Racism. We […]
Alicia Keys has joined forces with the NFL to launch a $1 billion endowment fund focused on supporting Black-owned businesses and communities, Billboard reports. Their partnership coincides with the announcement that Keys would be performing at the NFL’s Kickoff event for the 2020 season. Keys told Billboard she wanted to build off these last few months […]
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott confirmed on Wednesday that his brother’s death was a suicide, the Dallas Morning News reports. During an interview with Graham Bensinger for an upcoming episode of In Depth with Graham Bensinger, Prescott explains that his older brother, Jace Prescott, died on April 24 in Orange, Texas. Although the death still remains an open […]
In news that’s especially relevant to the Ravens fan who likes to torture his or herself with what-ifs, a report from ProFootballTalk’s Mike Florio asserts that Baltimore would’ve been the team that ended up with defensive end/linebacker Jadeveon Clowney, and not the Saints (as was reported a day earlier), if the NFL had allowed a wild sign-and-trade […]
As if playing a full-contact sport during a pandemic wasn’t wild enough, one South Texas high school team reminded us all that things could always get crazier. Corpus Christi’s ABC affiliate celebrated the beginning of Friday night fever by showcasing two local teams. In doing so, the station highlighted a name that could almost make the NFL’s “Redskins” seem politically correct: […]
You get some right, you get some wrong. Ranking just about anything in sports is a completely subjective endeavor and our inaugural NFL QB rankings that dropped last August featured some astute slotting, if we do say so ourselves, and a few misses we have to own up to. While we’ll give ourselves credit for […]
The NFL will be painting social justice messages in end zones for the upcoming season, ProFootballTalk reports. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell revealed during a conference call on Tuesday that the phrases “End racism” and “It takes all of us” will appear on the field of every stadium. “The NFL stands with the Black community, the players, clubs, […]
