Sports Media Veering Deeply Into Social Justice

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June 9th, 2020 12:38 PM

ESPN is not a political network, says its president, Jimmy Pitaro. Like heck it's not! The network has used the George Floyd story to completely go off the rails, veering far out of its lane and abandoning all pretense of sticking to sports. In a revealing Washington Post story, Ben Strauss reports ESPN has thrown its full capacity into covering the protests, through a sports lens and…

Unwatchable: Player Says Kneeling Will be Widespread When NFL Starts

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June 8th, 2020 3:49 PM

Ah, progress! Drew Brees is the most hated man in sports for saying that he didn’t believe in taking a knee during the national anthem. Roger Goodell issued some mealy mouthed “apology” for “not listening to NFL players earlier.” Now veteran running back Adrian Petersen is predicting widespread kneeling when the NFL season begins.

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'Embarrassed' White Person Popovich Says America Built on a Lie

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June 8th, 2020 7:00 AM

Charging that America was built on a lie, woke NBA coach Gregg Popovich calls the George Floyd killing a public lynching and says he's embarrassed as a white person. One of the foremost social justice warriors among professional coaches in the U.S., Popovich calls his inflammatory remarks a "teaching moment."

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Fox Sports Radio Host: LeBron Teed-Off On Brees. What About Hong Kong?

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June 7th, 2020 5:23 PM

In case it was not made clear, Drew Brees loves all people, hates injustice, and will support his teammates through thick and thin.

Media Tone Deaf: NFL's Apology Taken As Exoneration Of Kaepernick

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June 6th, 2020 3:36 PM

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Friday issued a video statement apologizing for the league's refusal to listen to player protests of police brutality. USA Today called it an exoneration of Colin Kaepernick's pathetic behavior in 2016 and demands he be signed by an NFL team. Deadspin says the commissioner didn't go nearly far enough and should have issued a lengthy apology to…

Female Athlete: America Built On Oppressing

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June 5th, 2020 1:01 PM

The Players Tribune is an athletes blog founded by Derek Jeter, and right now it is white hot with anger over the George Floyd murder. The most inflammatory diatribe among several current athlete posts was from Natasha Cloud, a guard for the WNBA's Washington Mystics. In her post, she seeted over America's so-called history of oppressing, Republican racists and additional injustices.

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Coach Tony Dungy: Drew Brees ‘Can’t be Afraid’ to Give His Opinion

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June 4th, 2020 4:01 PM

Well, Drew Brees has apologized for having his own opinions. It was to be expected. But at least one prominent African-American sports figure doesn’t want the Saints QB cast into the outer darkness.

USA Today's Sports Staff Goes All Out For Social Justice

Culture
June 4th, 2020 10:00 AM

USA Today sports writers/social justice warriors live for days like Wednesday. With multiple stories dedicated to social justice, Colin Kaepernick, racist team nicknames, anti-police hit pieces and the like, this left-stream publication's sports page is nothing more than a politicized, left-wing gripe publication.

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San Antonio Coach Rips 'Deranged Idiot' Trump to Shreds

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June 3rd, 2020 7:00 AM

Volatile San Antonio Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich unleashed a torrent of hatred for President Donald Trump during a Sunday night phone call to Dave Zirin, sports editor and resident communist for The Nation magazine. The Washington Post, Yahoo! Sports and Boston Globe, among others, jumped all over this golden opportunity to join in the roasting of the president.

Deadspin Argues Non-SJW Tiger Woods 'Hates' to Be Black

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June 2nd, 2020 11:51 PM

The progressive media attack on African American athletes who refuse to be Kaepernick-ized is definitely on! Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods are commonly in the line of fire by sports media who insist athletes should make politics as normal as their training regimens. By refusing to call America a racist police state, Woods, at least, is no better than the KKK, writes the unhinged Carron J.…

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Super Bowl MVP & Commentators Agree: Rebuild Culture Like Locker Room

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June 2nd, 2020 8:11 PM

Over the past week, George Floyd’s violent and tragic death has been well documented. Additionally, the tragic turmoil at the hands of violent rioters has also been at the forefront of the news.

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ESPN Guest: America 'Earned' Looting, Rioting, Burning

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June 1st, 2020 6:22 PM

Author and radio host Lenard Larry McKelvey, known professionally as "Charlamagne tha God," went H. Rap Brown on ESPN's First Take television show Monday. He claimed America earned every bit of the social unrest over its 400 years of white supremacy. The militant Brown said during the racial unrest of the 1960s that if America doesn't come around we will burn it to the ground, and…

Some in Media Defend Kaepernick's Call to ‘Fight Back'

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May 30th, 2020 10:00 AM
Amid the sports media reports on LeBron James and other athletes expressing outrage over the killing of George Floyd, the New York Daily News, Deadspin and the New Jersey Advocate featured excuses for the violent rioting. Sarah Valenzuela's story in the New York Daily News focused on former NFL player Colin Kaepernick (at right in photo) blatantly defending the riots and the arson:

Department of Education Ignites Media Whining Over CT Trans Policy

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May 29th, 2020 10:00 AM
The boys who would be girls in Connecticut have been told by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) to pick on someone their own size. In a 45-page letter obtained Thursday by the Associated Press, DOE's civil rights division says a Connecticut policy allowing transgender males to compete in girls sports is a violation of Title IX and it may seek to withhold federal funding over the policy. In…