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Don’t look for Amy Schumer in any Super Bowl LIII commercials this time around. She’s sitting this one out as she stands with Colin Kaepernick and his take-a-knee protest against racism and police brutality.

In a lengthy Instagram post on Friday, actress Amy Schumer asked “why more white players aren’t kneeling” during the national anthem. The Trainwreck star also called on pop group Maroon 5, to cancel their Super Bowl performance.

Faced with stiff sports competition, ratings for the NFL’s ‘Thursday Night Football’ broadcast of the Arizona Cardinals and the Denver Broncos crashed to a season low.

The NFL is worried that the Chargers’ move from San Diego to Los Angeles was perhaps not the best idea, with reports that its financial state is increasingly problematic.

A new report finds that legalized sports gambling could bring a $4.2 billion dollar windfall to the various professional sports leagues.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has often been accused of being tone-deaf, or out of touch with how fans view the game. On Wednesday, we may have received the best possible evidence that those who believe that are absolutely correct.

In a recent interview with the Associated Press, President Donald Trump said that he did the NFL “a big favor,” but not with his attacks on the anthem protests.

USA Gymnastics CEO Mary Bono resigned her position Tuesday, after meeting criticism over her opposition to Nike and its “Just Do It” ads featuring anthem protester Colin Kaepernick.

Justin Crawford, a former Georgia high school and college football star and NFL flameout, has been arrested and accused of having sexual contact with a 12-year-old girl, police say.

A local Democratic official in Pennsylvania claims that he was made to resign over a Facebook post telling people to “Stand for the Flag.”

Three of the NFL players who have continued protests during the playing of the national anthem are reaping rich rewards, earning more than $16 million in combined salaries this season.

Tim Tebow is partnering with indie film distributor Roadside Attractions to obtain the U.S. rights to release Tebow’s faith-based film, Run the Race.

SEATTLE (AP) — Paul Allen, who co-founded Microsoft with his childhood friend Bill Gates, has died. He was 65.

The next beverage purchased by the fan who threw a beer at Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill on Sunday night, will not be bought at Gillette Stadium.

A new report claims that former NFL star and convicted killer Aaron Hernandez, hid a longtime homosexual relationship with his high school quarterback.

Oct. 15 (UPI) — New England Patriots fans gave Tyreek Hillthe middle finger and threw beer in his face after one of his three touchdowns in Week 6.

A protester got past Cowboys security during the national anthem at AT&T Stadium in Dallas on Sunday. The protester held a sign urging fans to “vote Republican” and “stop abortion.”

As the NFL’s Week Six kicked off across the country, it still looked as if stadium attendance had not rebounded despite the small increase the league has seen in the television ratings.

Panthers safety Eric Reid was the first player to join Colin Kaepernick in 2016, when the latter began kneeling for the national anthem. Now, with Kaepernick out of the league, Reid is continuing the protest begun by Kaepernick.

An Alabama grocery store is refusing to sell Pepsi products bearing the NFL logo to boycott the NFL players who are protesting the national anthem.

After new Carolina safety Eric Reid knelt during the national anthem last Sunday, Panthers coach Ron Rivera told reporters: “I’m not going to talk about a guy exercising his First Amendment rights.”

Original anthem protester Colin Kaepernick is urging continued protests, even as the number of players still carrying on with the demonstrations has dwindled to less than a dozen.

Colin Kaepernick had a few exceptional moments as a pro before the rest of the league figured him out, and he decided using football as a platform for politics was more important than using it as a platform for football.

Former NFL player Jim Brown blasted those who decide to kneel instead of stand for the national anthem at a Thursday afternoon press conference outside the White House.

An Arkansas county sheriff is being accused of requiring prisoners to wear Nike shirts in their mugshots, as a way to mock anthem protester Colin Kaepernick.

Kasper Rorsted, the CEO of sportswear giant Adidas, is slamming Nike’s Colin Kaepernick ad saying that all it has done is “separate society.”

Oct. 11 (UPI) — Snoop Dogg traveled to Ohio to check out the Cleveland Browns practice ahead of their Week 6 clash against the Los Angeles Chargers.

President Donald Trump is set to meet with rapper Kanye West and NFL legend Jim Brown on Thursday. In an interview on “Fox & Friends” before the meeting, Trump praised Brown as “the greatest,” adding the former runningback would be

The Seattle Seahawks have created their own fund to disperse money to social justice causes, and that fund just made several large payments.

Colin Kaepernick, former NFL quarterback and inventor of the national anthem protest, has filed for trademark protection for a graphic depiction of his face and hair, a report notes.

STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Alex Spanos, the son of Greek immigrants who used a self-made fortune from construction and real estate to buy the Chargers in 1984, died Tuesday. He was 95.

Former Eagles player and Fox 29 sports analyst Garry Cobb, has a suggestion to help the Philadelphia Eagles get out of their slump: The players need to stop having sex.

As players arrived at Mercedes-Benz Superdome for Monday’s game between New Orleans and Washington, Saints running back Alvin Kamara appeared wearing a Colin Kaepernick jersey and a red ball cap with the slogan “Make Africa Home Again:”

Oct. 9 (UPI) — Peyton Manning got in some jabs at Drew Brees in a video posted by the Denver Broncos after the New Orleans Saints quarterback broke his passing yards record.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The family of the late NFL star Junior Seau has settled its wrongful death lawsuit against the NFL over the popular San Diego linebacker’s 2012 suicide.

Maybe the Carolina Panthers thought newly-signed safety Eric Reid wouldn’t kneel during the anthem, like he did in San Francisco.