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Former NFL player Martellus Bennett slammed President Trump for his ongoing criticism of football athletes’ protests during the national anthem. "It's the easiest way for him to attack the culture of black people," Bennett said in an interview with the Bleacher Report. "He sees the black athlete as someone that black people look up to,” Bennett continued. “So he thinks you can attack black culture by attacking black NFL players.” "Also, attacking black players helps him with his base. I think, too, maybe there's no rhyme or reason. Maybe he's just an asshole,” added Bennett, who won a Super Bowl...

The National Education Association thinks Colin Kaepernick is an ideal role model. Many members, however, may take their loyalty elsewhere. And frankly, they should. On July 1, the NEA honored Kaepernick, along with several other persons and organizations, with a “Human and Civil Rights” award in recognition of the former pro-football star’s campaign “to fight racial oppression through education and social justice activism.” The born-again political revolutionary, who these last couple years has been peddling the idea that police are conducting a nationwide pogrom against innocent blacks, accepted the honor with predictable melodrama. “To me, this is bigger than football...

<p>THE REGULATIONS SAY "THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF SCHOLARSHIP AID MADE AVAILABLE TO MEN AND WOMEN MUST BE SUBSTANTIALLY PROPORTIONATE TO THEIR PARTICIPATION RATES."</p> <p>Sarah Stowe is swimming her way through the University of Missouri at Columbia -- literally. The senior-to-be and distance-event specialist from Englewood, Colo., gets about $7,000 a year to swim on the women's team, ranked 25th in the nation.</p>