The relationship we [players] have with the league is, they're gonna use us until our time is up and then they're gonna find somebody else. | | | | | Richard Sherman has something to say. (Keith Allison) | | | | | | “The relationship we [players] have with the league is, they're gonna use us until our time is up and then they're gonna find somebody else.”
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| | rantnrave:// This is, perhaps, what should really scare the NFL about the COLIN KAEPERNICK protest movement: Once one player finds his voice, other players will find their voice, and they may decide to use that voice to talk about the NFL itself. Not that RICHARD SHERMAN needs anyone's help or permission to speak up, but there's something distinctly post-KAEPERNICK about SHERMAN's four-and-a-half-minute monologue about player-owner relations, which he posted Thursday on THE PLAYERS' TRIBUNE. "We really don't have reason to trust the NFL," Sherman says in a raw, seemingly unscripted video that matter-of-factly describes a league of owners who use and discard players as the same way race-car owners use and discard cars. I eagerly await a response from JERRY JONES on THE OWNERS' TRIBUNE (URL not currently available, GODADDY tells me)... PRESIDENT OBAMA expanded on his support of Kaepernick at his CNN town hall on Wednesday, telling an ARMY officer that, "I want everybody to listen to each other. So I want Mr. Kaepernick and others who are on a knee, I want them to listen to the pain that that may cause somebody ... but I also want people to think about the pain that he may be expressing." Some pundits thought the president didn't go far enough, but if you're waiting for a US president who can do better than identifying with the pain of a black athlete protesting on behalf of black victims of police shootings, you may be in for a very, very long wait... If you're waiting for a US president who is prepared to fire hostesses at his golf club who aren't "pretty enough," your wait may be considerably shorter... THE TELEGRAPH's explosive undercover series about UK soccer corruption may or may not be ethical, but it continues to derail soccer careers. Catch up on the investigation and the consequences in our REDEF SportsSET "The Fall of Sam Allardyce... and the Fallout"... The SUPREME COURT has agreed to decide whether the US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE can deny trademarks for disparaging names. The case at hand is about an Asian-American rock band called the SLANTS, but the court's decision, the NEW YORK TIMES reports, will most likely settle the ongoing dispute over the WASHINGTON REDSKINS trademark... Fan heckles HENRIK STENSON, swallows his own vomit, makes 12-foot putt... NFL goes GAGA... Yes. Oh please, yes. | | | - Matty Karas, curator |
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| How one scout persuaded one marvel of physicality, Bo Jackson, to turn away from the NFL. | | |
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| Silicone wedding bands give NFL players a much safer and convenient option than traditional wedding rings, especially on game days. | | |
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| An undercover investigation by The Telegraph brought down the England national soccer team's manager while apparently exposing widespread corruption in English soccer. Read the full series and explore the fallout, which has spread from Allardyce to the newspaper itself. | | |
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| Climate change is affecting America’s recreation meccas--from Yosemite to Yellowstone--in profound ways. As the planet heats up and weather patterns shift, so will the ways we interact with the outdoors. | | |
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| Standing 7-feet tall, the Timberwolves’ Karl-Anthony Towns can bang in the post, shoot from deep, run the floor and defend inside and out. He’s got one of the best personalities in the League, too. What more could you possibly ask for? | | |
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| At the very least, he is just about ready to debut his new fitness start-up, Chorus. | | |
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| Matt Neil started compiling reports for the Football Manager game at the age of 15. After progressing from Truro City to Plymouth Argyle, his work was noticed by the League Two club and he was given a job as one of their football analysts. | | |
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| It’s a glimpse into the future for girls already playing the game. | | |
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| The former CEO found success with one of America's most famous sports franchises | | |
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| Donald Trump wanted only the pretty women, his employees said. When he saw less-attractive women working at Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes, according to court records, he wanted them fired. | | |
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| As dedicated as we players are to this game, it's getting more and more difficult to ignore the fact that we don’t have a league that shows the same kind of dedication when it comes to taking care of the players. | | |
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| "By holding games on stolen land, FIFA is tarnishing the beautiful game of football," Human Rights Watch says. | | |
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| The NFL still dominates everything else on TV, and there’s no reason to believe ratings will continue to drop. | | |
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| Phil Mickelson brought back some bad feelings from the 2004 Ryder Cup on Wednesday when he criticized decisions made by then-U.S. captain Hal Sutton during a news conference as part of this year's event. | | |
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| Fourteen months without contesting a tournament have seen the 14-times major winner watching a lot of golf. Over the next three days at Hazeltine he will be looking to put his observations into practice. | | |
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| Famous athletes are investing in the e-sports industry. What's drawing them to the world of competitive video games? | | |
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| One of the greatest fighters to ever compete in mixed martial arts has apparently hit his boiling point. | | |
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| Epstein helped the Boston Red Sox end an 86-year World Series title drought. Expectations are high he can duplicate the feat with the playoff-bound Chicago Cubs. | | |
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| Hey, did you hear? Racism in sports is solved! That’s the message from soccer’s international governing body. And if you needed any more evidence that FIFA does not operate in the real world, its recent decision to disband a 3-year-old antiracism task force provides plenty. | | |
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| We talked to Richard Ford, who says he might not have written his famous Frank Bascombe series if the magazine Inside Sports had succeeded. | | |
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