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Telling his detractors to relax, Jay-Z has explained that he and Beyoncé were not protesting when they were filmed sitting during the national anthem at Super Bowl LIV in Miami on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020. The Roc Nation mogul told a crowd at Columbia University in New York City on Monday, Feb. 3, that he…

Despite turning down the NFL’s request to perform at the 2019 Super Bowl, Jay-Z and his wife, Beyoncé, and daughter Blue Ivy did turn out for Super Bowl 54 in Miami Gardens, Florida. But the family incited widespread anger and surprise when they did not stand for the playing of the national anthem prior to…

Jay-Z and Beyoncé reportedly sat during the national anthem at the Super Bowl and Twitter has a lot to say about it. According to Fox News and MSN.com, the power couple was photographed sitting with daughter Blue Ivy while singer Demi Lovato’s belted out her rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the Hard Rock Stadium…

Colin Kaepernick may get a second chance in the NFL after all, but it’s not because of an act of fairness or kindness by the National Football League. Multiple NFL teams are simply desperate for quality quarterbacks. The NFL has announced it will hold a private workout with Kaepernick, 32, at an undisclosed location in…

A 39-year-old man was arrested after he snatched up a teen boy without notice and slammed him head-first into the ground for not taking his cap off during the national anthem. Curt James Brockway is facing a felony assault of a minor charge in Montana for picking up a 13-year-old boy and slamming him with…

Motown legend Gladys Knight incurred the wrath of Black Americans and members of the pro-Colin Kaepernick camp when she chose to throw shade at the former NFL quarterback for using the national anthem as a platform to stage his famous protests against police brutality. Knight, 74, was responding to the tidal wave of hate she…

Some people never fathomed they would see Colin Kaepernick running back onto the football field again. Well, now the nearly impossible looks as if it could soon become a reality. The much-maligned former quarterback’s attorney Mark Geragos spoke with TMZ in a live interview and said two NFL teams are interested in signing Kaepernick. “I would just…

We’re all familiar with how NFL owners quickly acquiesced to Donald Trump’s demands after he smacked them around with his misguided political fury and shaming owners for allowing players to “disrespect” the American flag and U.S. military. There is one NFL owner, David Tepper of the Carolina Panthers, who has dissented from the monolithic NFL ownership group.…

Who needs the National Football League when you are getting so much love (and money) from shoe apparel companies and your own hometown? NFL casualty Colin Kaepernick will most likely never be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. But more than 2,000 miles away in California is a place that…

One way to deal with the never-ending national anthem protest controversy in the NFL, which refuses to go away regardless of NFL machinations and presidential condemnation and right-wing vilification, is to actually not deal with it at all. That is what ESPN has decided to do when it comes to its “Monday Night Football” telecasts.…

In defiance of President Donald Trump and some NFL team owners, players this past Thursday night chose to protest in silence during the playing of the national anthem. Players on five teams mounted dome protests in the ongoing debate with taking a knee in remembrance of those who have fallen victim to police violence. The…

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott has been on the receiving end of a lot of enemy fire after he said it wasn’t appropriate to kneel during the national anthem as a way to protest police brutality and judicial inequality. However, the backlash spilled off from social media as an artist created a mural of Prescott in…

This past week, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones gave his players marching orders by mandating all team players standing during the playing of the national anthem. “You know where I stand,” he said, “our team knows where I stand. That is where we are. Our policy is you stand during the anthem, toe on the…

The former wife of venerated boxer Muhammad Ali blasted Donald Trump twice with one swipe for ignorantly telling the media that he was considering providing a presidential pardon for the beloved pugilist and activist. First off, Muhammad Ali doesn’t need a presidential pardon. And if he were alive he probably wouldn’t want one from an…

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The case of Colin Kaepernick’s alleged banishment from the NFL just got real. The exiled NFL quarterback and his legal team plan to haul Donald Trump before the courts because the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback says he’s going to prove that Trump broke the law by illegally using the office of the presidency to illegally…

Donald Trump insinuated strongly that NFL players who kneel during the national anthem to protest social injustice, police brutality, and murder “shouldn’t be in the country.” Trump was interviewed by Fox shortly after reports that teams whose players do not stand for “The Star-Spangled Banner” will be fined. However, the new policy enables players to stay…

ATLANTA — Colin Kaepernick remains one of the most influential and divisive figures in the National Football League — even though the exiled quarterback has not been in an NFL uniform for more than two years. The residue of Kaepernick’s singular powerful protest, that rocked the sport and this nation like a quake, still reverberates…

The award-winning and critically-acclaimed sitcom “Black-ish” is renowned for its deft ability to tackle controversial contemporary issues while inducing giggles, making it arguably the most bodacious show on network television that’s centered on race and society in this country. It turns out that the network that airs the show, ABC, is not that bold, however.…

Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross declares he is behind Donald Trump and will order all players on his team to stand for the national anthem beginning next season. “All of our players will be standing,” Ross told the New York Daily News on Monday. Three Dolphins knelt during the anthem several times last season. Wide…

Fergie has issued an apology after her rendition of the national anthem at the NBA All-Star game on Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018 was met with criticism. The 42-year-old singer performed the “Star-Spangled Banner” at Los Angeles’ Staples Center over the weekend ahead of the annual exhibition basketball match, and was slammed for the rendition by…