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Showing posts with label football. Show all posts
Showing posts with label football. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Doug Williams Selected As The 2024 AFCA Trailblazer Award Recipient

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Doug Williams, former head coach at Morehouse and Grambling State, and longtime executive in the NFL, has been named the American Football...
Sunday, September 12, 2021

Maia Chaka becomes first Black female official in NFL history

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Maia Chaka made history on Sunday, as she became the first Black woman to officiate an NFL game. Officiating in Sunday's New York Je...
Sunday, February 07, 2021

Los Angeles Rams Aaron Donald named the NFL's defensive player of the year.

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Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald were named the NFL's offensive and defensive players of the year. Donald received 27 ...
Friday, August 09, 2019

Brian Banks in Theaters Today

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Brian Banks is being released in theaters today. The movie is the inspirational true story of Brian Banks, an all-American high school...
Friday, September 28, 2018

Carolina Panthers sign Eric Reid although he is suing NFL over National Anthem protest

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NFL safety Eric Reid signed with the Carolina Panthers Thursday, in a move that could complicate his suit against the league over his pr...
Friday, August 31, 2018

NY Giants star Odell Beckham meets with survivors of NJ bus crash

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Prior to Thursday night’s preseason finale between the New York Giants and New England Patriots, superstar wide receiver Odell Beckham...
Tuesday, July 10, 2018

NFL Players Union files grievance against NFL's new national anthem policy

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The NFL Players Association announced Tuesday it filed a grievance against the league's new national anthem policy. The Union rele...
Saturday, June 02, 2018

Rep. Keith Ellison To Boycott NFL Over Anthem Protest Policy

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Despite being a NFL fan U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison says he will be boycotting the NFL this season in the wake of the league’s new policy on...
Wednesday, May 23, 2018

NFLPA Statement on NFL's New Anthem Policy

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In response to mostly African American players kneeling to protest police brutality and racial inequality, NFL owners passed a resolutio...
Sunday, October 29, 2017

Rev. Jesse Jackson: NFL owners have 'plantation mentality'

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Reverend Jesse Jackson, the noted civil rights activist, wants to have an extensive conversation with Texans owner Bob McNair. In the w...
Wednesday, September 06, 2017

Michael Bennett Discusses Violent Police Incident In Las Vegas Police

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Seattle Seahawks star Michael Bennet has accused Las Vegas Police of throwing him to to the ground and threatening to blow his head off...
Friday, August 25, 2017

Colin Kaepernick thanks fans for support

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A day after a rally in support of him outside the NFL's offices in New York, Colin Kaepernick thanked the participants in a tweet on...
Tuesday, August 08, 2017

Spike Lee holding rally for Colin Kaepernick at NFL headquarters

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Spike Lee doesn’t like the way unemployed former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick continues to be shunned by the NFL and he’s doing ...
Monday, May 29, 2017

Richard Sherman makes good on scholarship promise

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Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman told a Virginia high school student last year that he would give her a personally funded s...
Sunday, December 11, 2016

CHARLIE STRONG NAMED HEAD COACH OF USF FOOTBALL

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USF Director of Athletics Mark Harlan announced today the appointment of Charlie Strong as the fourth head coach in USF football pr...
Monday, September 05, 2016

Obama: Kaepernick exercising his constitutional right

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While on a diplomatic visit to China President Obama said that he thought San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick was exercisin...
Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Veterans show support for Colin Kaepernick #VeteransForKaepernick

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By George L. Cook III, proud U.S. Army Veteran. AfricanAmericanReports.Com [ EMAIL ] Don't tell conservatives but many veterans li...
Sunday, July 31, 2016

Michael Bennett: NFL stars must step up, promote social change

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Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett is calling on NFL players to follow the lead of some of their NBA and WNBA counterparts in using ...
Friday, June 24, 2016

Zaevion Dobson Honored with the Arthur Ashe Courage Award

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July 13, 2006 ESPY Awards Zaevion Dobson honored In December 2015, Zaevion Dobson, a 15-year-old high school football star from Kn...
Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Cleveland Browns’ player is teen’s surprise prom date

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Seventeen-year-old Elyria High School senior Elna Wright is nonverbal and uses a wheelchair as a result of a rare progressive disorde...