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ESPN Showing College Games Because Of Players’ Skin Color Is Divisive And Wrong

September 24, 2021 admin

Jackson State’s Peyton Pickett shoved his Florida A&M defender to the ground to pick up extra yards on Sunday while the crowd went wild — something Pickett and other members of Jackson State’s football team are probably used to. But what they aren’t used to is being nationally broadcasted, as the game was. National coverage…

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Most People Support Women-Only Sports. Why Won’t Corporate Media Admit It?

September 24, 2021 admin

It’s been a banner year for male athletes making waves in women’s sports. Corporate media have shamelessly hailed these men edging out women as a great achievement in human rights, in contradiction to public opinion wherever it’s been fairly measured. Most recently, a man named Alana McLaughlin, a U.S. Army Special Forces veteran, beat female…

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Packed College Football Stadiums Will End The Pandemic

September 23, 2021 admin

It started when the University of North Carolina took on Virginia Tech at the start of college football season and a stadium full of fans jumped and cheered to Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” as the teams took the field. It continued into the second weekend, when fans at both Brigham Young University and University of Arkansas…

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The NFL Should Not Be Playing One Anthem For Black Americans And Another For Everyone Else

September 17, 2021 admin

In the long awaited return of NFL football, fans grew silent just before kickoff as players from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Dallas Cowboys lined up in the end zone and interlocked arms. Then a video of Alicia Keys lit up and she broke into song accompanied by the Florida A&M Concert Choir as they…

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Jump Around! College Football Is Back And Dr. Fauci Can’t Stop It

September 7, 2021 admin

I’ve been back in the SEC two days, and I’ve already lost track of how many college football references have cropped up in conversation. My college freshman brother, never a particularly big football fan, was checking the score between Florida and Florida Atlantic because, as he informed me, several of his friends were there. We…

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Soccer Legend Carli Lloyd Stands For America In An Era So Few Top Athletes Will

August 12, 2021 admin

Seeing athletes kneel to support the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement has become nearly as ritualistic as playing the national anthem. It now stands out when a player doesn’t kneel, a considerable change from just a few years ago, when players like Colin Kaepernick of the NFL generated controversy through their on-field protests. That’s perhaps…

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After A Year Of Self-Flagellation, U.S. Olympic Patriotism Is Confused

July 28, 2021 admin

“Sports is like a war without the killing,” once said Ted Turner, the founder of CNN whose greatest achievement is probably owning the Atlanta Braves. Cheering for your country on the field or in the stadium elicits competitive patriotism, giving nations around the world a chance to trample each other to victory without anybody getting…

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Cleveland Indians Go Woke With Name Change. Now They’re The ‘Guardians’

July 23, 2021 admin

The Cleveland Indians are officially changing their team name to “Guardians” after facing pressure from the woke mob. “The choice of Guardians will undoubtedly be criticized by many of the club’s die-hard fans,” the Associated Press noted. Narrator Tom Hanks officially announced the team’s shift away from the allegedly racist branding in a video posted…

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Spurning The Flag And Anthem Aren’t Protests, They’re Cancellation Attempts

July 9, 2021 admin

It’s getting so that we can’t go a week without an incident illustrating woke athletes’ contempt for both the national anthem and the American flag. Last week, hammer-thrower Gwen Berry became the most famous person ever to finish third in the U.S. Olympic trials in a relatively obscure field event. She achieved this rare distinction…

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I Shouldn’t Be Forced Into Politics To Play College Sports

July 5, 2021 admin

“Black Lives Matter is not political, it’s basic human rights,” my coaching staff and teammates heading our new “Call to Action Committee” told me and the other team members after practice. They were responding to some of the concerns I had expressed prior to the team meeting. By the next game, while running out of…

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Dear NFL: If ‘Football Is Queer,’ Why Haven’t You Signed Megan Rapinoe?

June 29, 2021 admin

A week after Carl Nassib became the first active NFL player to come out as gay, the NFL released a video on Monday declaring “Football is gay.” In the 30-second clip, the phrases flashing across the screen also included “football is lesbian,” “football is bisexual,” “football is queer,” “football is transgender,” as well as “football…

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Chelsea Wolfe’s Olympic Flag Burning Promise Is A Sign Of America’s Decline

June 23, 2021 admin

“My goal is to win the Olympics so I can burn a US flag on the podium,” wrote transgender BMX freestyle rider Chelsea Wolfe in a March 2020 Facebook post. Wolfe, a male, is now that much closer to making his dream come true after he was selected on Monday to be an alternate for Team USA’s…

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Former Reagan Attorney General Files Brief Against MLB For Relocating Atlanta All-Star Game

June 7, 2021 admin

On the heels of a business advocacy group filing a $100 million lawsuit against Major League Baseball (MLB) for moving its 2021 All-Star Game out of Atlanta, a former attorney general filed a brief in support. Former Attorney General Edwin Meese III, a fellow at The Heritage Foundation and a Reagan administration member, filed an…

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MLB Faces $100 Million Lawsuit For Moving All-Star Game Out Of Georgia

June 1, 2021 admin

A business advocacy organization is suing Major League Baseball (MLB), the player’s union, union executive director Tony Clark, and MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred for yanking its 2021 All-Star Game out of Georgia due to the state passing a law to ensure election security. The Job Creators Network filed suit Monday in a federal New York…

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Don Mattingly: Moneyball Analytics Have Made Baseball Unwatchable

May 21, 2021 admin

Marlins manager Don Mattingly said advanced game analytics have made modern baseball unwatchable, where elements such as swing instruction geared toward home runs result in a disproportionate number of strikeouts. “It’s great for your team when a guy throws a no-no, it’s great for that guy, it’s a great accomplishment,” Mattingly told reporters Thursday. “But…

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