Normally, when basketball season happens NBA players talk about basketball. However, the times in which we live could be called anything but normal, which is how we end up with LeBron James talking about Colin Kaepernick during basketball season.
During his Sunday “Gotcha” segment on MSNBC’s “PoliticsNation,” Al Sharpton ripped Papa John’s owner John Schnatter for blaming the NFL’s National Anthem protests for a decrease in sales. “That Schnatter would echo President Trump’s condemnation of player protests is not
With the NFL’s Week 11 wrapping up, it quickly became clear that football fans have found other things to do as photos still show hoards of empty seats in stadiums from coast to coast.
The Raiders and the Patriots traveled to play a game in Mexico City during Week 11 of the NFL season. And it appears, at least in one case, that some brought their politics with them.
The number of NFL players protesting the national anthem continued to dwindle during Week 11. According to the Associated Press, only five players protested during the playing of the anthem.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter knows the NFL, and if his sources are correct, Roger Goodell’s contract extension could get signed right in the backyard of the man who is trying to stop it.
Herschel Walker had a legendary college and pro football career, in which he absorbed and delivered some of the most memorable hits in the history of the game. Now, in his fifties, Walker is still delivering hits.
The Los Angeles Chargers are taking criticism for using a three-year-old photo of soldiers holding an American flag and a Chargers flag, but cropping out a soldier to delete the “San Diego” segment of the Chargers flag.
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell wage war on each other, and the league’s media camp followers pick sides.
BuzzFeed News is reporting that the NFL has launched an investigation into a complaint from a female Uber driver, who claims that Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston grabbed her by the crotch.
Even as ratings continue to fall for the NFL’s games, the ratings for the various Sunday pregame shows on the broadcast networks have also cratered.
As the ongoing feud between outspoken Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell continues, Sunday Night Football’s Al Michaels believes Jones has some private support from other owners. Michaels guaranteed Thursday on Mike Francesa’s WFAN radio show that
The NFL recently let Jerry Jones know that they view his conduct regarding Roger Goodell’s contract extension as, “detrimental to the league.” On Thursday, Jerry Jones let the NFL know that he’d like to give everyone a piece of his mind.
Sunday Night Football’s Al Michaels did not hold back when asked how President Trump affected the anthem protests controversy in the NFL. Nor did he think twice in blaming those same anthem protests, for hurting the league’s ratings.
Former NFL running back Ricky Williams said that it was time for Colin Kaepernick to move on from the NFL. “I’d rather be somewhere I’m celebrated rather than where I’m tolerated,” Williams told TMZ Sports. “If they don’t want you, go do something
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott is ending his legal fight with five games remaining on a six-game suspension over alleged domestic violence.
If it seems like the NFL and Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones are waging a war with each other through leaked stories and press releases, that’s because they are.
Nate Burleson, an analyst on Showtime’s “Inside the NFL,” feels the NFL should sit down with Colin Kaepernick to discuss the quarterback’s initiatives off the field.
The sports media has spent a lot of tie making it appear as though Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones is a lone wolf among NFL owners, when it comes to his attempt to block or delay Roger Goodell’s contract extension.
Papa John’s issued a non-apology apology to ideologues angered by the NFL sponsor’s acknowledgement that national anthem protests hurt the company’s bottom line.
Both cable sports network ESPN and the National Football League have been losing fans and revenue hand over fist, but despite the cascading failures both entities have offered their chief executives huge contract renewals.
Only two weeks after publicly criticizing NFL leadership and saying that the anthem protests should have been “nipped the in the bud a year and a half ago,” Papa John’s has apologized on Tuesday for being, “divisive.”
The one NFL broadcast partner that has shown consistent, albeit slow growth this year, has been Monday Night Football. However, after the Week 10 edition of Miami-Carolina, even that’s not happening anymore.
Fox Sports 1 “Undisputed” co-host Shannon Sharpe believes activist quarterback Colin Kaepernick will go down in history with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and Muhammad Ali as “mythical figures” for his activism. According to Sharpe, Kaepernick, who was
Nov. 14 (UPI) — After a terrific performance in Week 10, New Orleans Saintsstar Michael Thomas tops my Week 11 fantasy football wide receiver rankings.
On Monday, we brought you a story from the New York Times, saying that Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones had received a cease-and-desist letter from the NFL’s Compensation Committee.
Tuesday on Fox Sports Radio’s “Outkick the Coverage,” host Clay Travis called GQ Magazine naming Colin Kaepernick “Citizen of the Year” an “incredible cry for attention” because the activist quarterback was chosen over someone like Houston Texans defensive lineman JJ Watt, who
From Keurig to the NFL, virtue-signalling is now associated with PR disasters. Has the time for its opposite, vice-signalling, finally come?
Men’s magazine GQ, awarded former San Francisco 49ers quarterback and national anthem protest inventor Colin Kaepernick its “Citizen of the Year” award on Monday. However, the choice did not sit well with former ESPN host Britt McHenry who had a much better candidate in mind for the honor than Kaepernick.
The NFL has circled the wagons, except, instead of circling the wagons to stop the Indians. This time the wagons have been circled to stop the Cowboys.
Monday on Fox Sports 1’s “Speak for Yourself,” host Colin Cowherd reacted to GQ naming activist quarterback Colin Kaepernick their “Citizen of the Year” for kneeling for the National Anthem, calling the move a “political statement.” After co-host Jason Whitlock said
If it wasn’t for moral ratings victories, the NFL would have very few ratings victories at all. Week 10’s edition of Sunday Night Football was no exception.
Monday, ESPN’s “First Take” praised Colin Kaepernick, who was announced as GQ’s “Citizen of the Year” for kneeling for the National Anthem and being a “lightning rod and a powerful symbol of activism and resistance.” “First Take” co-host Max Kellerman said Kaepernick “richly
NBC “Sunday Night Football” analyst Cris Collinsworth jinxed Denver Broncos quarterback Brock Osweiler in his week 10 game with the New England Patriots. When Osweiler dropped back, Collinsworth said the quarterback “looks better” and “looks sharp” as Osweiler’s pass went straight
On Sunday, San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Marquise Goodwin drew condolences from across the country when after a touchdown he dropped to his knees in tribute to the son he lost from complications of premature birth only hours earlier.
In his weekly appearance on WEEI 93.7’s “Kirk and Callahan,” New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady shared his thoughts on free agent Colin Kaepernick. Brady would not commit to saying Kaepernick is being “blackballed” for his activism on the playing
Who said unemployment wouldn’t have its perks? Despite being out of a job and achieving pariah status in the hearts and minds of most American sports fans, Colin Kaepernick is winning and scoring points somewhere.
Photos of empty seats continue to make their appearance on Twitter as the NFL’s Week 10 games debut on Veterans Day, this weekend. Even as some players decided to protest the country on this day dedicated to our soldiers, fans stayed away in droves.
Three players took a knee during the national anthem before the New York Giants game at the San Francisco 49ers, while the rest of the league stood during Veterans Day weekend.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Ben Roethlisberger’s 32-yard completion to Antonio Brown with 35 seconds set up a 33-yard field goal from Chris Boswell as time expired Sunday, giving Pittsburgh a 20-17 come-from-behind win at Indianapolis on Sunday.
