I'm a dog so I acted like a dog. I don't know if the rulebook said you can't hike your leg. He said I peed on somebody, so I was trying to find the imaginary ghost that I peed on. But I didn't see him. | | | | Thirty-two Broncos players kneeled during the national anthem Sunday.
(John Leyba/The Denver Post/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “I'm a dog so I acted like a dog. I don't know if the rulebook said you can't hike your leg. He said I peed on somebody, so I was trying to find the imaginary ghost that I peed on. But I didn't see him.”
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| | rantnrave:// PRESIDENT TRUMP vs. STEPH CURRY and the WARRIORS. Trump vs. kneeling NFL players. The first MLB player taking a knee. A team walking off the floor before game 1 of the WNBA FINALS. Does sticking to sports now mean talking politics? What began with Trump calling any NFL players who kneeled "sons of bitches" became a full-on battle with the league. The image of dozens of NFL players kneeling during the anthem (and standing for GOD SAVE THE QUEEN) on a groggy Sunday morning from LONDON was a wake-up call. JAGUARS owner SHAD KHAN, a Trump voter and donor, stood arm-in-arm with players. (DOLPHINS safety MICHAEL THOMAS and REDSKINS cornerback JOSH NORMAN explain why they did it.) During TITANS-SEAHAWKS, even the anthem singer took a knee. Surreal doesn't begin to explain it. It was a historic day of player activism. Is this larger than the NFL having a moment? Will it continue? Does the NFL want to be in this position? The league has never been a bastion of liberalism. Its owners aren't, its infrastructure isn't player-friendly, and yet on Sunday it became a progressive cause célèbre. A mostly black league took on a president who has been accused of being a white supremacist and has continuously picked on black athletes. The NFL became a reason to talk about racism, freedom of speech, and police violence. For some fans, this might've been the first time they had the conversation in front of them and couldn't ignore it. Were the protests more remarkable because, unlike in the NBA, players are more replaceable, their jobs more unsure and have more reason to fear repercussion? Is sports the new venue for a culture war? Will there be repercussions? Will the NFL be able to handle a battle against Trump? Will fans get tired of politics in their sports? Will they stop watching? NASCAR owners said they'd fire drivers for protesting the anthem. The PENGUINS will go to the WHITE HOUSE. The WARRIORS had their invite revoked. Will the NBA pick up the torch when its season begins? LEBRON JAMES and STEVE KERR have set a tone; will it lead to more? Why is the anthem played before games? Will anyone sign COLIN KAEPERNICK? SportsSET: "Sports Takes a Knee"... The WNBA Finals didn't disappoint. A 28-2 SPARKS lead to start. An epic LYNX comeback. A game-winning dagger by CHELSEA GRAY with two seconds left. LA leads 1-0 in the series. Four more just like this please... Loved the ZACH LOWE podcast with IAN EAGLE. The BILL RAFTERY stories make it a must-listen. The impressions had me giggling and getting funny looks on my run. Wish it was longer... That squirrel could. Go. All. The. Way... If you can, help the people of PUERTO RICO. | | | - Mike Vorkunov, curator |
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| An unprecedented weekend in sports. Donald Trump called for NFL players to be fired if they kneeled during the national anthem. And then more kneeled than ever before. The president said the Golden State Warriors aren’t welcome at the White House, and they RSVP’d no anyway. | | |
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 | The Daily Beast |
| I spent a night with pay-per-view boxing investigators, who are told to target ‘Hispanic/Latino restaurants’ for their unauthorized watch parties--and ignore chains like Hooters. | | |
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 | The Indianapolis Star |
| Colts defensive back Darius Butler: ‘This line is being drawn in the sand. I need to do something to show exactly what side I’m on.’ | | |
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 | The New Yorker |
| Trump’s free-range lunacy shows that the last sixty years haven’t dimmed the dynamic confronted by any prominent black person tasked with entertaining millions of white ones. | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| Robinson, the player who integrated Major League Baseball in 1947, publicly badgered John F. Kennedy on civil rights. | | |
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 | Sports Illustrated |
| In his own words, Steve Kerr shares his feelings on President Donald Trump and explains why the Warriors won't visit the White House. | | |
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 | ESPN |
| Zach talks to play-by-play legend Ian Eagle about his career, the Nets, Bill Raftery, Mike & the Mad Dog, and much more. | | |
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 | Bleacher Report |
| Harvey took nearly everything from these six teenagers. Some are living in a windowless high school weight room. But this is how they're learning to survive: one game at a time. | | |
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 | Los Angeles Times |
| An explanation of how boxing matches are judges and what can be done to improve accuracy. | | |
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 | Penn Live |
| Which Steelers led and helped decided the conversation that ended with Pittsburgh players staying out of sight while the national anthem was sung before they played the Chicago Bears on Sunday at Solider Field. | | |
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 | HardballTalk |
| It’s not because of their political views as much as it’s about baseball’s nature of conformity. | | |
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| ESPN |
| The Golden State Warriors hadn't made a final decision on whether to visit the White House. But that was before President Trump fired a social media missive. | | |
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 | Yahoo Sports |
| Wednesday's (Sep 20) incident isn't the first time a kid was injured at the stadium this year. Just another victim of an anachronistic law and billion-dollar corporations perfectly happy to hide behind it. | | |
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 | Toronto Star |
| Suddenly sports hadn’t been this political since Muhammad Ali. LeBron James called Trump “U Bum.” Jim Harbaugh, the football coach at Michigan, said, “Read the Constitution.” | | |
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 | FiveThirtyEight |
| And use this one instead. | | |
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 | The Bill Simmons Podcast |
| Bill Simmons is joined by comedian Andy Samberg to discuss the Oakland sports scene, producing the first digital shorts on 'SNL', the best casts ever on 'SNL', impersonating Nicolas Cage, making mockumentaries with HBO Sports, selecting the essential 'Rocky' movies, preparing to host awards shows, and finding the right roles on TV. | | |
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 | SB Nation |
| The city’s many transplants have formed their own college football culture. | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| With the help of legendary ranter Mike Francesa, a deep dive into the visceral appeal of a talking head exploding in rage on live radio. | | |
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| The Washington Post |
| The city is changing, and the Raiders are leaving, but the NFL’s most enigmatic player won’t be doing either. | | |
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 | Outside Online |
| A consideration of hunting. | | |
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