David Steele
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Author, It Was Always a Choice: Picking Up the Baton of Athlete Activism. Co-author, Silent Gesture, with Tommie Smith. Writes at @Law360 . 👨🏾💻✍🏾🐢
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Your president just blamed the victims
So many signs that the Florida shooter was mentally disturbed, even expelled from school for bad and erratic behavior. Neighbors and classmates knew he was a big problem. Must always report such instances to authorities, again and again!
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I forget, why was Kaepernick kneeling again?
BREAKING: Judge acquits 3 Chicago officers of trying to cover up the fatal police shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald.
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A starting quarterback just got three games for sexually assaulting an Uber driver, so sure, give a guy protesting police brutality four games, cool
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Sooooo to dramatize his political stance while at a sporting event, the vice president chose not to stand as a gesture of protest. Wonder where he got that idea.
The unified Korean team just entered the Olympic stadium. From where I was sitting, it looked everyone in the VIP box stood - except VP Mike Pence and Karen Pence (corrects previous tweet. It is not clear if Fred Warmbier is in the VIP box)
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Because "Black Lives Matter" was painted all over the fairways, probably
Ratings: final round of
#TheMasters
is lowest rated since 1957, declining 51% from Tiger's win last year (and 57% from 2018). Well below previous lows.
Joins World Series, NBA Finals, Stanley Cup Final, U.S. Open, Triple Crown in setting all-time lows.
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Jay Cutler, $10M after he announced his retirement
Sam Bradford, $20M after missing 14 games
Colin Kaepernick, “I’m not sure if he really wants to play football”
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This is a good time to remind everyone that Terrelle Pryor was once suspended five games for improper NIL benefits ... BY THE NFL
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Hey, I heard that an active NFL player used to peacefully protest crimes like this before every game, golly, whatever happened to that guy, is he still playing, NFL? 🤔
The NFL unveils an emotional public service announcement centered around the story of Botham Jean, an unarmed black man who was fatally shot in his own home by an off-duty police officer.
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Every 👏🏾Black 👏🏾player from that era has stories like this. Black American, Black Latino. Every single one. No exceptions. (They don’t all have supportive teammates, coaches and owners to talk about, though)
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To the surprise of absolutely nobody, the pandemic ratings plunge for the Super Bowl is being interpreted quite differently than the ratings plunge for the NBA 🤔
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“It’s in a losing effort, but tonight’s Fox/Ivermectin Player of the Game is…”
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Watching these impeachment videos and you all know good and well those are the same people who are constantly yelling at us about the anthem, the troops, the police and patriotism
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“No rookie ever, absolutely not.” - Jackie Robinson
No rookie in sports history has had a higher degree of difficulty than Lonzo Ball, thanks to his father.
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When he *was* having fun, fans wrote letters to the newspaper demanding he stop for the sake of the children
Cam Newton looked done Thursday night. He's a shell of his former self and looks like a guy who isn't having an ounce of fun playing football
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Challenging all reporters on this Flores lawsuit story to ask white players/coaches/GMs about it, not just Black players/coaches/GMs
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Excellent. Let’s make sure Richie Incognito gets every opportunity to play in the NFL for as long as he can.
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We’re still debating the rebel flag
How come Japan gets cool shit like suspension monorail trains, and we don't? 😠😖
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Looks like OF Mark Canha standing w his hand on Maxwell's shoulder, then hugging him
A's catcher Bruce Maxwell becomes the first MLB player to kneel for the national anthem.
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Police don’t seem to feel endangered by this, the way they are when one man is selling loose cigarettes
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Several Jaguars and Ravens players are kneeling during anthem in London. At least 10 of each at first glance.
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“The NFL is a business so it can tell players to do whatever it wants” Twitter sure is facing quite the dilemma right now
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USOC officials arrive at Lochte's room to ask him not to leave town right away
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Awful lot of people who have been dead silent for two days have suddenly found their voices concerning violence
#Dallas
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“Politics don’t belong in sports.” - everybody tweeting me all weekend about Kaepernick
BREAKING: On official
@Broncos
letterhead,
@johnelway
urges Senate Judiciary to confirm
#gorsuch
#copolitics
#coleg
#GorsuchHearing
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That guy Jairus Lyles hugged at the end: UMBC President Dr. Freeman Hrabowski
#UMBC
#MarchMadness
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Randy Moss just clapped back with “The days of telling athletes to shut up and play, that’s over”
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Watching these people depict MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL as The Woke Mob is pretty entertaining
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I hate social media
Between LaMelo Ball and Miles Bridges, Hornets have become must-see TV for the first time since ... well, ever.
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The rules on “keep politics out of sports” are so confusing
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It’s a job now? Not a “free education” and “a growth and maturity opportunity you can’t put a price on”?
Tom Izzo was asked about getting after Aaron Henry.
"I don't know what kind of business you're in, but I tell ya what, if I was a head of a newspaper, and you didn't do your job, you'd be held accountable."
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At least the police budget got another increased though
Schools that do not have air conditioning or that have units under repair will have early release at 12 p.m. Monday, August 30. A full list of the schools is available at .
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Maybe the cops will start putting these people in check if they start selling loose cigarettes on the Senate floor
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Michael Vick was signed to be a backup QB three times
My thoughts re:
@Kaepernick7
? Teams don't currently view him as a starting QB, and NFL teams accept ZERO distractions from their backup QBs.
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This is what US-Belgium would have been like without Tim Howard.
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Decades of Black parents sent their sons to play football for him. For free. This is what he thought of them. FTG.
Tuberville: They want reparation because they think the people that do the crime are owed that! Bullshit!
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Good morning. The Supreme Court justice nominee doesn't have to show her freedom papers whenever some white man demands it, and neither do you.
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Imagine if cops wore T-shirts that read “I CAN Breath.” Oh wait.
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Remember, kneeling to protest police brutality is disrespectful to the troops, but this is cool 👍🏾
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Sanchez and Orlovsky getting reprieves on the same day >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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After suspending their students for telling the truth, now the school is suspending itself 🤷🏾♂️
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For those who keep trying to count his money: count that
Obama says he's donating $2 million to donate to a summer jobs program in Chicago.
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They keep forgetting to bring their tear gas, tanks, rubber bullets, tasers and riot gear, oops 🤷🏾♂️
Whoa: Trump supporters going at it with the police on the steps of the Capitol as Congress counts the Electoral College ballots inside
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The New York Times looked at one of the biggest, most shameless scammers of all time and decided to go with “What about Black on Black crime?” 🤯
In the U.S., Sam Bankman-Fried is persona non grata. But in interviews across the Bahamas, residents say that his crimes were hardly comparable to the gang violence of the island, and expressed fears of economic fallout if crypto investors don't return.
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Christmas Card Karen has weighed in
The top picture is how you do a Christmas card. They are looking at us and wishing us with appropriate sized smiles. The bottom one seems fake, it’s like they don’t even care and are looking away. It’s all about them.
#DukeandDuchessofCambridge
#HarryandMeghan
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Other players are standing at attention with arms linked and fingers pointed to sky
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Jeff Fisher should be fired again for what he did to these Rams
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“If the failing, fake Tom Brady had shown up, it would have been the biggest crowd of players ever!” - tomorrow morning
Patriots' turnout for President Obama in 2015 vs. Patriots' turnout for President Trump today:
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Last year, the NFL fined more than two dozen players for holding an arm-wrestling contest at a Vegas casino
The Cowboys announce they formed a partnership with WinStar Casino becoming the first NFL team to be officially designated with a casino.
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Stephen Ross, also owner of the Miami Dolphins
Developer Stephen Ross, of The Related Companies, (which developed Hudson Yards and owns
@Equinox
and
@soulcycle
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I’m watching Joey Galloway on ESPN talk about how Maryland players need to suck it up or get out if you don’t want to play for D.J., and I wish he would shut the entire hell up
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You’s sho nuff a kind man, Mistah Jerry
Jerry Jones to allow Dallas Cowboys players to hold silent protests during anthem
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So all the people who spent a week calling Durant a cupcake (and worse) now want him to stop being so mean to l’il Shaq
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This country loves guns more than it loves children. I don’t know how to change that.
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If this doesn’t prove baseball is still the national pastime, nothing does
Jim Crane: "I don't think I should be held accountable."
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People are killing Serena in the replies for saying this, as if the reigning Super Bowl MVP isn’t Nick Foles
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Hasselbeck really just got on NFL Countdown and told Deshaun to shut his mouth and remember his place
@ESPNNFL
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Read this. That’s as politely as I can put this request. It should be mandatory. Kyle Korver gets it, or at least is on his way to getting it, which is a significant step.
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@jemelehill
Now that she’s banked enough wealth and fame off the muscle and sweat of Black men, she can go pursue her true calling
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Good thing every team has a strong stance against kneeling, though
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Bill Belichick also gave Antonio Brown a contract, so he can keep getting his feelings hurt for 14 more weeks
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Guess who won’t say anything as harsh and defiant about the Nazis and the Klan coming to D.C. this weekend, as he did today about the NFL players
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When you’ve won championships and haven’t retained lawyers and threatened lawsuits and don’t have “disgruntled” ex-players talking about you and generally are unbothered in the middle of the tournament
Dawn Staley brought her dog Champ with her to South Carolina's press conference 😂
"Until he gets a nameplate, he's not answering any questions."
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Leaving this one alone, I don’t have a dog in this fight
.
@MichaelVick
says Cam Newton's outfits are bad for his leadership: "It's not a fashion show." 🤔
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NFL announces millions in fines in Chicago for excessive celebration
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There’s an up-and-coming apparel business awaiting the love and embrace of all those patriots fleeing from Nike
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In the finest of American traditions, someone called the cops on her
Meghan Markle has found her Prince Charming. But before they can live happily ever after, she may have to deal with the IRS
#royalwedding
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@AdamSchefter
"We want you to hire Black coaches and GMs."
"Here's our counteroffer: we'll hire a racist strength coach."
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Good morning from
@HomeDepot
, which will never again get a dime of my money for anything
Home Depot's Ken Langone starts his take on the impeachment inquiry by comparing it to racism, and ends by telling people to research the minimum wage in Guam.
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Alex Boone when Colin Kaepernick began protesting: “You should have some f—ing respect … It’s shameful … We probably would have had a problem on the sideline”
Forget about the tweets. Alex Boone says the
#49ers
have to take Nick Bosa...
“These teams, they don’t care anymore. They’re not like, ‘Hey, listen, he’s conservative. We can’t draft him.”
“They don’t care.”
“He gets sacks.”
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Good time to share this, since people are now furiously defending the *author* of the Star-Spangled Banner
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He could always call for the arrest of the other three cops who killed George Floyd, but nah, let’s do this instead
Good morning. A US Senator is now threatening to turn the military on US citizens.
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Aaaaaand now we know why he's moved past kneeling
According to reports, JAY-Z is in the running to become the next owner of the Denver Broncos.
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@ArashMarkazi
Nicolas Cage bringing Joe Burrow to the podium as the first pick is announced
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Black Jesus is on Twitter 🤯🤯🤯
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A player died from heat stroke last year after his school took an hour to call an ambulance for him
Mark Emmert calls name, image, likeness "an existential threat" to the collegiate model. Biggest issue he's faced in almost 10 years on the job.
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Police bought Dylann Roof a hamburger
Norfolk cops suspect black teenager of skipping school; pepper spray him in the face and forcefully arrest him.
This is why we take a knee. ✊🏿
(And by the way, he wasn’t skipping school. But that’s not even the point)
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Next year, have an NBA pickup game at halftime, since the NBA took over Super Bowl week this year
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A notable anniversary slipped by on Sunday: 10 years ago, in the pre-game huddle in Philadelphia ...
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@NicoleAuerbach
@MatthewACherry
If you’re talking to players like that, you don’t need to be doing this for a living. The stench of entitlement jumped off the screen.
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“A TENSE EXCHANGE.” We really suck at this right now.
A Catholic high school in Kentucky is facing backlash after a video showed a tense exchange between indigenous marchers and a group of young men in D.C.
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Stop it. They were playing the harmless, popular White Robes Game.
Two students in Wyoming go to school dressed in KKK robes holding American Flags.
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Dear ABC: show this again tomorrow night instead of the Oscars.
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