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The Super Bowl is set to kick off with a lot of controversy surrounding the halftime show. Maroon 5, Travis Scott, and Big Boi will play the halftime show despite calls for them to step down or take a knee during their performance. After a few artists passed on the show in solidarity with Colin […]
Just because Colin Kaepernick is no longer in the league doesn’t mean that he’s out of sight and out of mind. So when NFL commissioner Roger Goodell held his highly anticipated Super Bowl press conference Wednesday, he was subjected to a handful of questions related to Kaepernick, including fans’ negative response to his treatment, and how the Kaep situation will be […]
Donald Trump‘s meeting with Clemson football players was newsworthy, but not in the way that most of Trump’s attempted fetes for sports champions have been. While Trump has repeatedly made headlines when players refused to visit the White House, particularly in the NFL where Trump has made a point of inserting himself into the debate, the most recent […]
The usually anti-interview Marshawn Lynch was a guest on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday night. Now entering #BeastMode: Entrepreneur and Oakland @Raiders running back, @MoneyLynch is LIVE with @BillMaher! pic.twitter.com/ySGvkAQeyc — Real Time (@RealTimers) January 19, 2019 The NFL running back was asked by Bill Maher what he thought about a range […]
PJ Morton has been an official member of Maroon 5 since 2012, and in a new interview with People, he said he’ll be fufilling his “lifelong dream” when he joins the rest of the band during their controversial Super Bowl halftime performance next month. He also talked about the response to the announcement that they’ll be […]
Legendary soul singer Gladys Knight is the latest person to chime in about Colin Kaepernick‘s kneel. Knight is scheduled to sing the anthem at Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta next month and had some words about Kaepernick’s ongoing protest. “I have been in the forefront of this battle longer than most of those voicing their […]
Three officers were found not guilty of covering up the murder of Laquan McDonald—a black teenager who was shot 16 times by a Chicago cop in 2014. According to ABC 7, Cook County Judge Domenica Stephenson acquitted officer Thomas Gaffney, former officer Joseph Walsh, and former detective David March of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and official misconduct charges. The […]
Maroon 5 will perform at this year’s Super Bowl halftime show, joined by Big Boi and Travis Scott. Reportedly, La Flame only agreed to perform if NFL would match a $500,000 donation to a social justice cause, but a petition rapidly gaining attention is imploring him and the other two acts to take a stand […]
Hundreds of protestors gathered at an Alabama mall this weekend demanding justice for Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford, Jr—the 21-year-old black man who was killed by police earlier this week. As previously reported, the fatal shooting occurred Thanksgiving night following a physical altercation inside the Riverchase Galleria mall. The fight escalated to gunfire, and a nearby officer rushed to the chaotic scene. […]
A topless female protester charged at Donald Trump’s motorcade in Paris on Sunday to deliver a message. Reuters reported that the woman came close to Trump’s convoy before she was caught by the police. She had the words “fake peacemaker” scrawled across her chest. Trump was headed down the Champs-Élysées before a ceremony commemorating the end […]
