No stand, no service. That would best describe the account being told by Oakland A’s catcher and anthem protester, Bruce Maxwell. Who claims that a waiter in an Alabama restaurant refused to serve him after the server recognized him as baseball’s sole anthem protester.
It’s turning into quite the week for former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick. First, he lands a $1 million book deal with a high-profile publisher. Now, the league he filed a grievance against only two weeks ago, has invited him to attend the next meeting between the players and the owners.
Despite the NFL’s struggles on Sunday’s and Thursday’s, the Week 7 edition of Monday Night Football between the Eagles and the Redskins, saw a ratings bump.
A Florida woman who pitched a sign supporting President Trump on her property for more than a year said the county ordered her to remove her sign after she added a phrase stating that she supports the national anthem.
Stevie Wonder knelt over the weekend while performing the National Anthem at Formula 1 U.S. Grand Prix in Austin, TX, following in the footsteps of NFL free agent Colin Kaepernick and other players. As Wonder performed the “Star-Spangled Banner” on
A new poll finds that many African Americans think former San Francisco 49ers second-string quarterback and inventor of the NFL national anthem protest Colin Kaepernick should give up football and become a full-time leader of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Did you get the joke God (or perhaps Mother Nature or some other supernatural being with a sense of humor) played on the NFL Sunday night? The league’s 32 owners certainly did not.
As the National Football League’s 2017 Week 7 wound down, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was once again speaking out about the now pervasive protests against the country staged by players during the playing of the national anthem with Jones insisting that the league is suffering “negative” consequences over the continuing protests.
Leave aside the Nielsen ratings and the empty seats for now. The fact that the statistic fans flock to involves what occurred immediately before the game, and not Tom Brady going 21-for-29 or Ezekiel Elliott rushing for 147 yards, demonstrates the trouble in which the NFL finds itself.
This season Tampa Bay Lightning player J.T. Brown became the first pro hockey player to join Colin Kaepernick’s protest against the country during the playing of the national anthem. But now he is ending his protest with an act that might make far more sense than protesting during the anthem.
Just in case you were thinking that the NFL’s speedy descent ratings oblivion would soon bottom-out and come to an end, don’t worry yourself, it’s not.
In a sit-down interview with “Fox & Friends” co-host Ainsley Earhardt, Eric Trump, son of President Donald Trump, expressed his disappointment in the National Anthem protests around the NFL, saying players should “stand for the flag.” “There’s many injustices in this
Colonel Kriste Etue posted a popular meme on her personal Facebook page in late September that called NFL national anthem kneelers “anti-American degenerates.” In response, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, who called the post “innapropriate,” docked her five days’ pay.
Four members of a city council in Michigan emulated Colin Kaepernick’s national anthem protests by taking a knee during the pledge of allegiance at a recent meeting.
TNT host and former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal is not a big fan of staging social justice protests during the playing of the national anthem. O’Neal told a group of reporters that he would try and do something “much bigger.”
The owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars is once again attacking President Donald Trump, this time saying Trump is only criticizing the NFL because he is “jealous” of the league.
A photo of three Maine roofers, who stopped what they were doing to stand while the national anthem played at a nearby high school football game, is gaining a lot of traction on the Internet.
Don Meredith helped make Monday Night Football famous, by singing ‘Turn out the lights, the party’s over” at the end of games. It might be time to sing that same song again for Monday Night Football, though, for an entirely different reason.
As the NFL’s 2017 season began, all the league’s broadcast partners were deeply interested in showing the national anthem in order to highlight the protests by millionaire players. But, as Week 6 hit and ratings had slipped to record lows, those same broadcasters began to end their attention on the protests to avoid angering millions of NFL fans.
The National Football League seeks to double down on politics despite the bad hand of anthem kneelers resulting in fans becoming boo-birds.
A Georgia doctor claims that a flight attendant barred her and other passengers from singing the national anthem during a Delta flight carrying home the remains of a fallen soldier.
The Jacksonville Jaguars have not been very good at football. Consequently, their fans have spoken out against them in a variety of ways. Though on Sunday, a group of fans took things to an entirely new level.
“That’s why she lost the election, honestly,” Trump said, referring to Clinton’s comments. “I think that her statement in itself is very disrespectful to our country.”
Colin Kaepernick’s lawyer went on the attack against President Donald Trump, after filing a grievance against the owners of the NFL for refusing to hire his client.
Members of the Kennesaw State University cheer-leading team have announced that they will protest against the U.S. as the national anthem is played at next weekend’s homecoming game.
A Baltimore pastor known for a flashy lifestyle and marital controversies organized a protest of several dozen people outside the Ravens game in support of Colin Kaepernick on Sunday, according to a report.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, has festooned its lawn with over 300 small American flags in an attempt to foster “unity.”
The National Football League is now seen as one of the most divisive brand names in America after two years of players protesting the country during the national anthem, a new report finds.
A Louisiana sheriff’s department is hitting the Ford Motor Company in the wallet and refusing to buy new Ford police cruisers because the carmaker announced its support of the NFL’s national anthem protests. This season, as the national anthem protests
President Donald Trump said that the NFL should have suspended Colin Kaepernick when he first decided to sit out for the national anthem.
Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” President Donald Trump sounded off on the protests by National Football League players that have sprung up over the opening of the season during the National Anthem. Trump argued former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick
No one knows what was said when Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones met with his team on Wednesday to discuss his statement that Cowboys players would respect the flag, or not play. However, given that the song “F*ck Donald Trump” could be heard as the media entered the locker room, it’s safe to say tensions remain somewhat high.
The comments by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones that his players better stand for the national anthem or risk being benched are still reverberating. Now the American Civil Liberties Union is charging that the NFL owner would be violating his players’ civil rights by forcing them to stand.
President Donald Trump celebrated the news that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is trying to end the national anthem protests.
As the discussion continues about what Vice President Mike Pence did at the Colts-49ers game last weekend, President Donald Trump is praising his number two for walking out on the game after players disrespected the country with protests during the national anthem.
Football players from opposing NESCAC teams at Trinity College and Hamilton College took the singing of the national anthem into their own hands Saturday when a reported failed public address system led to an announcement there would be “no anthem.”
The first National Hockey League player to protest during the playing of the national anthem, is now saying he has received death threats for his actions.
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones seems to be fed up with the disrespectful national anthem protests infesting the NFL. Jones basically told his players that if they don’t stand for the anthem, then the team won’t play. But, now the NFL player’s union is countering Jones’ comment and insisting that anthem protests are “conscientious” and “respectful.”
A regional airport commission in Minnesota is standing up against the NFL for allowing the constant protesting during the playing of the national anthem. The commission floated a resolution looking to bar flights into the area for the upcoming Super Bowl LII.
After two seasons of NFL players protesting during the playing of the national anthem, a USA Today columnist is now saying that the “real mockery” of the American national anthem was perpetrated on Sunday by Vice President Mike Pence.
