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Week 8 Friday, Oct. 20SMU at Temple | 7 p.m. | ESPN2Saturday, Oct. 21 No. 7 Penn State at No. 3 Ohio State | 12 p.m. | FOX UCF at No. 6 Oklahoma | 12 p.m. | ABC Mississippi State at Arkansas | 12 p.m. | ESPN Rutgers at Indiana | 12 p.m. | BTN Boston College at Georgia Tech | 12 p.m. | ACC Network Baylor at Cincinnati | 12 p.m. | ESPN+ Memphis at UAB | 12 p.m. | ESPN2 No. 22 Air Force at Navy | 12 p.m. | CBS Western Michigan at Ohio | 12 p.m....

Week 7Friday, Oct. 13Tulane at Memphis | 7 p.m. | ESPN Fresno State at Utah State | 8 p.m. | CBSSN Stanford at Colorado | 10 p.m. | ESPNSaturday, Oct. 14No. 1 Georgia at Vanderbilt | 12 p.m. | CBS Indiana at No. 2 Michigan | 12 p.m. | FOX No. 3 Ohio State at Purdue | 12 p.m. | Peacock Syracuse at No. 4 Florida State | 12 p.m. | ABC Arkansas at No. 11 Alabama | 12 p.m. | ESPN Michigan State at Rutgers | 12 p.m. | Big Ten Network Iowa State at Cincinnati | 12 p.m....

CHICAGO - There was outrage in Chicago and the south suburbs after students at Marist High School were caught on video kneeling during a Spanish-language song at their Homecoming dance over the weekend. Some were calling the act a racist gesture. However, more details surfaced Tuesday that revealed more about the incident. In a statement, the school said in part: "Students showed displeasure of the songs (being played at Homecoming) by kneeling, crouching down, or sitting at multiple times throughout the dance." School officials confirmed the kneeling was not isolated to that specific Spanish-language song heard on the viral video,...

More than 65,000 fans packed a stadium in Tampa to watch Tom Brady lead the Buccaneers to a win in the NFL’s season opener, just hours after President Joe Biden announced a sweeping new plan to slow the latest COVID-19 surge. Most people at the open-air stadium Thursday night didn’t wear masks. There was no vaccine requirement for fans, something Biden has urged sports and entertainment venues to impose. Many other football stadiums are taking a similarly lax approach to pandemic measures this fall, and that worries health experts. This fall’s crowded college and professional football stadiums could create ripe...

Great Britain’s women’s soccer team has taken the knee before their Tokyo 2020 Olympic soccer match against Chile, the first time the protest to highlight racial injustice has been performed at the Games. The women’s team had previously confirmed that it would be taking the knee before its matches in Tokyo after England’s men’s soccer team also did before every game at the Euro 2020 competition this summer. Chile’s players responded by also taking the knee in the Sapporo Dome in Japan’s capital, which is being played without fans in attendance as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. […] New...

The Republic of Ireland players were booed as they took the knee as their game against Hungary kicked off. Stephen Kenny’s men played out a 0-0 draw against the Hungarians in Budapest on Tuesday night. As the referee blew the whistle to get things under way, the Ireland players took the knee in support of the anti-racism movement in football. However, the Hungarians stayed standing, pointing the UEFA’s “Respect” badge on their sleeves, while the home fans booed. …

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott (D) warned residents Thursday to refrain from attending Super Bowl parties this weekend due to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, instructing them to “stay home.” The Democrat mayor shared a popular clown meme to social media , depicting the progression of an individual transforming into a circus clown as he outlines his plans to go to a Super Bowl party. The decision to go to such an event, the governor said, impacts the entire community.

STEPHON TUITT Prediction: Lots and lots of his teammates will have a problem with it. Remember what happened when Alejandro Villanueva simply got caught in the open during the anthem three years ago? His Pittsburgh Steeler teammates threw him under the bus for not getting out of sight, and after a brief spike in Villanueva jersey sales, the lineman ended up issuing a public apology.Stephon Tuitt has decided to dispense with the whole apology approach up front. In fact, Tuitt invites anyone who objects to perform an unnatural act on themselves: Also I’m not kneeling for the flag and screw...

Houston Texans head coach and general manager Bill O'Brien says he'll take a knee during the national anthem next season with his players to protest racial inequality and police brutality. "Yeah, I'll take a knee -- I'm all for it," O'Brien told the Houston Chronicle. "The players have a right to protest, a right to be heard and a right to be who they are. They're not taking a knee because they're against our flag. They're taking a knee because they haven't been treated equally in this country for over 400 years."

I was appalled to see a kneeling white marine in full dress uniform have a piece of black tape across his mouth saying "I can't breathe", apparently in Washington DC. I was equally appalled at the sight of the police officer laying prone on the ground before his protester masters, and a whole group of police (mostly white) kneeling at some demonstration. Have any of these kowtowing idiots been disciplined for their actions?

For years it’s seemed like Trump’s famous line about how he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and not lose any votes has been getting truer. When he first said it during the campaign it was a half-joke about the devout loyalty of his supporters. It’s not really a joke anymore. He actually could shoot someone, I think, and count on his hardcore base to instantly start arguing that it was justifiable homicide, whatever the circumstances. There’s literally nothing he could do to alienate them. Not a thing.Or so I thought. But then I read this and it rocked...

Unlike his assumed hero, Colin Kaepernick, Olympic fencer Race Imoden has a pretty good lock on his career: he has a day job as a super man-child model. Race Imoden’s publicity photo for the Wilhelmina Agency Why do you care? You probably don’t but Race (who names their kid “Race” – weenie liberal parents, that’s who) is the Olympic fencer who took a knee on the podium last week after his team won gold at the Pan Am games. Then used the opportunity to tweet his feeble mind: Never mind that he signed a statement promising to refrain from demonstrations...

Who would have thought that the Super Bowl Halftime show, an American institution watched by more than 100 million people, would become the least wanted gig in music? But thanks to the ongoing controversy concerning the NFL’s stance on a player’s right to protest, brought to the forefront by football’s top conscientious objector Colin Kaepernick, Maroon 5 are learning the precarious stance that the performance represents. According to sources, the band has reached out to more than a half-dozen stars to appear as featured guests during the 13-minute slot midway through Super Bowl LIII, but so far, none have agreed...

After two seasons of declining ratings, viewing of NFL games is up in 2018. There are a few reasons for the uptick in TV viewing, including a lot of high-scoring games and marquee matchups in prime time. In 2017, the ratings for the NFL regular season had dropped by 10% from the 2016 season. It marked the second consecutive year ratings had declined. So far, 11 weeks into the 2018 season, NFL ratings are up by 4%, marking the first ratings increase in three years.

NFL LIVE THREAD Week 7 THURSDAY, OCT 18, 2018 (All Times Eastern) Denver at Arizona 8:20 pm NFLN/Fox State Farm Stadium SUNDAY, OCT 21, 2018 Tennessee "at" L.A. Chargers 9:30 am CBS Wembley Stadium (London, UK) Buffalo at Indianapolis 1:00 pm CBS Lucas Oil Stadium Carolina at Philadelphia 1:00 pm FOX Lincoln Financial Field Cleveland at Tampa Bay 1:00 pm FOX Raymond James Stadium Detroit at Miami 1:00 pm FOX Hard Rock Stadium Houston at Jacksonville 1:00 pm CBS TIAA Bank Field Minnesota at N.Y. Jets 1:00 pm FOX MetLife Stadium New England at Chicago 1:00 pm CBS Soldier Field...

The firestorm over NFL players disrespecting the national anthem is not over. The NFL Players Association, a union that represents all NFL players, sued the NFL on Tuesday for their adoption of a new anthem policy. The NFLPA filed a grievance challenging new policy that forces all players to stand on the field during the anthem. “The union’s claim is that this new policy, imposed by the NFL’s governing body without consultation with the NFLPA, is inconsistent with the collective bargaining agreement and infringes on player rights,” a press release from the union said.

Not an article but a video which is great...Needs to be circulated widely.

NFL owners have now reportedly offically adopted a new national anthem policy and it will certainly bring forward a pretty big discussion around the football world. According to MMQB’s Albert Breer, league owners decided to vote in favor or the anthem changes during their annual spring meeting on Wednesday.

ATLANTA -- NFL owners have unanimously approved a new national anthem policy that requires players to stand if they are on the field during the performance but gives them the option to remain in the locker room if they prefer, it was announced Wednesday. The new policy subjects teams to a fine if a player or any other team personnel do not show appropriate respect for the anthem. That includes any attempt to sit or kneel, as dozens of players have done during the past two seasons. Those teams will also have the option to fine any team personnel, including...

The policy adopted today was approved in concert with the NFL’s ongoing commitment to local communities and our country — one that is extraordinary in its scope, resources, and alignment with our players. We are dedicated to continuing our collaboration with players to advance the goals of justice and fairness in all corners of our society. The efforts by many of our players sparked awareness and action around issues of social justice that must be addressed. The platform that we have created together is certainly unique in professional sports and quite likely in American business. We are honored to work...