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Ava DuVernay and Colin Kaepernick (Credit DFree & Shutterstock.com)
While it still remains to be seen if former superstar NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick will ever get a chance to return to the football field, there's no denying the societal and cultural impact his 2016 kneeling protest during the national anthem against police brutality has had over the years In light of the killing of[...]
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Today's Justice League takes a trip to Liverpool, and the football teams who play there, as writer Robert Venditti introduced us to the Finches and the Hammers. Today's Justice League Invents Brand New Liverpool Football Teams. Those familiar Liverpudlian teams the Finches and the Hammers, rather than Liverpool and Everton And if its nicknames, well, that would[...]
Roger Goodell speaks to the NFL players (Image: NFL)
The National Football League took heat from both current and veteran players for what was described at best as a tepid response and at worst as empty, hypocritical noise in their message of "support" for the George Floyd protestors and NFL players So much so that over a dozen NFL players got together to record[...]
Gronk soars to 24/7 Title win: WrestleMania 36 (WWE Network Exclusive)
WWE Superstar R-Truth has no problem with WWE 24/7 Champion Rob Gronkowski moonlighting as a football player But he wants The Gronk to return his championship belt, please and thank you The rapper/wrestler posted a video to Twitter congratulating Gronkowski on his return to the NFL to join his BFF Tom Brady on the Tampa[...]
The XFL has ceased all operations and layed off all employees.
It turns out that WWE partially owned the football league after all, despite claims that it would be completely separate from the wrestling company. The world learned last Friday that the XFL had ceased operations and laid off its staff, with no plans to return in 2021 That marked the end of Vince McMahon's second attempt[...]
Wide receiver and running back Nick Holley leaves the field, courtesy of XFL.
The pro football league created by WWE's Vince McMahon has fired nearly all of its employees as of Friday morning, according to ESPN sources They are also reporting that the league has no plans to return in 2021 This puts an end to the return of the XFL, which first came about in a partnership[...]
Riverdale chapter sixty-seven, "Varsity Blues" Preview
That's right: Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead, and all your favorite friends from the comics won't be back on your television screens until January 22 – but that doesn't mean we don't have a trailer and preview images for "Chapter Sixty-Seven: Varsity Blues". Get hype – some possible MAJOR SPOILERS if you're not caught up on the[...]
FOX Sets Fall 2019 Premiere Dates: "The Masked Singer," "WWE SmackDown Live," "Prodigal Son" and More
The series also stars Bellamy Young ("Scandal"), Emmy Award and Golden Globe nominee Lou Diamond Phillips ("Longmire," "Stand and Deliver"), Halston Sage (THE ORVILLE), Aurora Perrineau ("The Carmichael Show"), Frank Harts ("The Path") and Keiko Agena ("Dirty John"). Monday, September 23rd 8:00-9:00 PM 9-1-1 (Season Three Premiere) 9:00-10:00 PM PRODIGAL SON (Series Premiere) Tuesday, September 24th 8:00-9:00 PM THE RESIDENT[...]
XFL 2020 Kickoff Includes TV Deals with ABC/ESPN, FOX Sports
Looking to move out from underneath the shadow of the recently shuttered Alliance of American Football (AAF) as well as learn from its own disastrous past (with the hopes of not repeating it), WWE head Vince McMahon's XFL has announced multi-year deals with both ESPN and FOX Sports to televise league games beginning with the[...]
It's Always Sunny in Atlanta: The Bleeding Cool Gang Fixes The Super Bowl
Nay, we're here to fix it! Sure, we could go after a league… ● That suddenly got around to realizing–after selling a helluva lot of "NFL's Hardest Coma-Causing Hits"–type VHS tapes back in the not-that-long-ago day that two people colliding into each other constantly over a bunch of seasons might not be the healthiest thing in the[...]
Super Bowl LIII: Kaepernick Attny Mark Geragos on Adam Levine's Halftime Comments "Cop Out"
It's a cop-out when you start talking about, 'I'm not a politician; I'm just doing the music.' Most of the musicians who have any kind of consciousness whatsoever understand what's going on here." Credit: JStone / Shutterstock.com For her part, Grammy-nominated Cardi B expressed "mixed feelings" about the offer to perform before eventually declining, telling the Associated[...]
'Hanna' Pilot to Screen for Amazon Prime Members Post-Super Bowl; Premieres March
Two simple questions have haunted the teasers for Amazon Prime's series adaptation of Joe Wright's 2011 movie Hanna: "Who stole Hanna?" and "Why?" Starting this March, viewers are going to start getting some answers when the series premieres – but Prime members only have to wait until after this Sunday's NFL Super Bowl LIII to get a first-look: the[...]
Here's the 8 Lucky(?) Cities That Will Get an XFL Football Franchise
Vince McMahon's attempt to revive the XFL took a major step forward Wednesday, announcing its start date and the first 8 cities that will get their own XFL teams. XFL Cities and Stadiums: Official Announcement https://t.co/DLE6cq9rfp — XFL (@xfl2020) December 5, 2018 The cities to get teams include New York/New Jersey (even though they already have two, the[...]
2019 NFL Draft: ABC Airing All Days; Two Nights Original Primetime Coverage
The combination of making the game look prettier, giving fans different ways to watch, the growth of fantasy football, and more states looking to legalize gambling created a "perfect storm" for the National Football League (NFL) Over the past twenty years, the NFL's growth is nearly unprecedented – and with that growth came a lot[...]