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Down on one knee + Jesus = Tebowing Down on two knees + Allah = unsportsman-like conduct One shouldn’t blow this out of proportion, it is possible that the penalty against Husain Abdullah, safety for the Kansas City Chiefs, was just a bad call by the team of referees. Former referee and NFL rules media …
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The St. Louis Rams cut Michael Sam, best defensive player of the SEC and first openly gay man drafted by a NFL team, and don’t even consider signing him to the practice squad: Sam will hope to catch on elsewhere, and should have a decent chance to get a job based on his college production, …
This is powerful: Michael Sam, the openly gay defensive end from the University of Missouri, gets the call that he is chosen by the St. Louis Rams in the NFL draft. This is a video of him receiving the life-changing (and league changing) call: //www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/nW-_fFdkegs I love how his boyfriend is right by his side. The …
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By nature of their profession, NFL linemen are big, tough guys. There are linemen who are literally offensive like Miami Dolphins’ Richie Incognito, who bully and harass others, including fellow linemen. Then there are big guys who are more good-natured, like Carolina Panthers center Ryan Kalil, who serenaded retiring lineman Jordan Gross with the help of …
First, let’s address one major point: Michael Sam will only be a distraction if his organization, head coach, and teammates let him become one because of their own biases and lack of leadership. I’ve already talked to Missouri wide receivers coach Pat Washington, who coached me at the University of Tennessee, and other people close …
Good comment by NPR’s Linda Holmes on the coded, homophobic language ‘honest’ but anonymous NFL insiders use, and the masculinity they claim is not compatible with gay men in locker rooms.Defining Masculinity Down: The ‘Man’s-Man Game’ : Monkey See : NPR
Michael Sam, a defensive lineman who played college football for the University of Missouri, came out as gay yesterday. As a senior (6"2’/188 cm; 260 lbs/117 kg) Sam had a stellar season as Missouri finished 12-2 and won the Cotton Bowl. He was named first-team all-American, Associated Press defensive player of the year in the Southeastern …
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This multilingual rendition of America the Beautiful by/for Coke was one of the ads during last night’s Super Bowl that didn’t suck. It’s quite a beautiful, charming rendition of the song, young voices, celebrating the sublime landscape of the United States, a patriotic song, promoting the essential American drink. In its core, this ad is …
Every time I hear a NFL commentator complain that there is no way of stopping a player because tackles in the head area are now penalized, I imagine an entire commonwealth of rugby players erupt into raucous laughter.
However, consider this. According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, “Redskin” is labeled “usually offensive.” Other words to which M-W appends that description are “kike,” “dago,” and “darky.” Let’s all imagine, for the sake of argument, that the journeyman coach Marshall wished to “honor” had had a mother of possible Jewish, Italian, or African descent. How …
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