by A. Big Country The NFL is, without question, the favorite sport among U.S. television viewers. Just a year ago, the NFL’s pre-season games were drawing higher television ratings than every basketball or baseball game, excluding the NBA Finals and World Series, respectively. That’s pre-season, when the games don’t even count. This year, the NFL’s...
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NFL’s Arian Foster On Anthem Protest: “It’s about the message and the people saying it.”
Miami Dolphins running back Arian Foster has a few choice words about the real reason many Americans hate the National Anthem protest. Colin Kaepernick’s simple refusal to stand during an NFL pre-game recitation of the racist national anthem at the start of the pre-season three weeks ago, which eventually evolved into taking a knee during...
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Miss America Pageant Contestant Slyly Makes Plug For “All Lives Matter”
Not this “All Lives Matter” mess again. The 2017 Miss America Pageant, held on Sunday night, Sept 11, and broadcast into the homes of millions of viewers on ABC, made headlines because of the “politically charged” questions posed to the contestants. In a move that was almost surely adopted to help boost the program’s ratings, judges — such as R&B...