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Bears Superstar Khalil Mack Pays off Walmart Layaways in Hometown

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 15, 2019 13 Comments

As I watch my beloved Chicago Bears take on those putrid Green Bay Packers, I remember that Bears superstar Khalil Mack did something amazing last week. Mack paid off all the items on layaway at Walmart in his hometown Fort Pierce, FL.

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San Francisco 49ers Star Richard Sherman Gives $27K to Pay Off School Lunch Debt

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 02, 2019 21 Comments

San Francisco 49ers star Richard Sherman is known for lending a helping hand to those in need. He has done it again.  Sherman gave $7,491.27 to Cabrillo Middle School in Santa Clara, CA, and $20,000 to the Tacoma Public Schools in Tacoma, WA, to pay off school lunch debts. He also used to play for the Seattle Seahawks.

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Trump Booed, Greeted With Chants of “Lock Him Up!” at World Series Game 5

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on October 28, 2019 16 Comments

President Trump attended Game 5 of the World Series, held at the Washington Nationals' ball park. When Trump was shown on the park's big screen, locals booed and chanted "lock him up!"

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Houston Rockets Fans Show Support for Hong Kong at Home Opener

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 26, 2019 6 Comments

Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey rocked the NBA earlier this month in a now-deleted tweet when he voiced support for those in Hong Kong. The tweet caused backlash in China, which led the NBA to fix its PR in the communist nation instead of backing one of their own. Rockets fans, though, showed common sense during the home opener.

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College Coach Under Investigation for Allegedly Charging Athletes Rent to Sleep in Locker Room

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 13, 2019 1 Comment

“Nobody should live under circumstance like that”...

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Pete Buttigieg Says College Football is ‘Problematic’

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 24, 2019 7 Comments

"you need to look at what we owe students"...

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School Cancels Football Game and Puts Cheerleaders on Probation Over Pro-Trump Banner

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 24, 2019 6 Comments

"Upon receiving information, the NSHS football game scheduled for 9/20/19 is canceled."...

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U. Iowa Marching Band Members Claim They Were Abused by Iowa State Fans During Game

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 23, 2019 3 Comments

"We expect to get booed and cussed at. But never for violence to take place"...

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Survey Finds Majority of College Students Believe Student Athletes Should be Paid

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 12, 2019 7 Comments

"College and athletics administrators have mostly rebuked the idea."...

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Bernie Sanders Wants Colleges to Pay Student Athletes

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 07, 2019 6 Comments

"College athletes are workers"...

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North Dakota Court Dismisses Title IX Lawsuit Over U. North Dakota Cutting Women’s Ice Hockey

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 27, 2019 2 Comments

"The court stated that eliminating a program, in and of itself, did not tend to prove that female students had substantially disproportionate participation opportunities as compared to male students."...

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Funny Video: Watch The University of Texas Football Team Get Hypnotized

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 16, 2019 2 Comments

"the results were fantastic"...

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Pan Am Games: American Gold Medalist Kneels During National Anthem

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on August 12, 2019 35 Comments

So bold. So brave! During the medal ceremony at the Pan Am Games in Lima, Peru, Fencer Race Imboden kneeled during the playing of American National Anthem. Imboden was protesting, "racism, gun control, mistreatment of immigrants and President Donald Trump," reports CNN.

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Colin Kaepernick Quotes Frederick Douglass Out of Context, Gets History Lesson from Sen. Ted Cruz

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on July 05, 2019 28 Comments

Revisionism is a scourge. Cherry picking quotes to suit your own political agenda, when those quotes are in no way congruent with your agenda, is just as bad. Colin Kaepernick did just that, plucked a Frederick Douglass quote out of context and tweeted it with a patriotic gif. And then Ted Cruz happened.

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Transgender Weightlifter Who Broke Women’s Records Stripped of Titles

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 14, 2019 39 Comments

Last week, we brought you the story of Mary Gregory, a weightlifter born male, who others celebrated for breaking world records for women in the sport. Many people objected due to an unfair advantage. Now Gregory has lost all of the titles.

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Unfair Advantage: Transgender Weightlifter Breaks Several Women’s World Records

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 03, 2019 64 Comments

Mary Gregory was born male, but now identifies as female. Now that Gregory has broken world records in women's weightlifting, some people have pointed out the fact that biology provides an unfair advantage.

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Cleveland Indians Star Mike Clevinger Attends Prom for Pediatric Cancer Patients

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 23, 2019 1 Comment

"I mean for them to have that night and if I could add any light to their lives, obviously I’m going to go."...

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“God Bless America” singer Kate Smith target of new social justice crusade

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 20, 2019 43 Comments

It appears that social justice crusaders have moved on from targeting Civil War generals and are now aiming to Depression-Era ballad singers. The New York Yankees recently yanked Kate Smith’s 1939 recording of “God Bless America”, which has been regularly played during the seventh inning stretch for 18 years.

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