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Statement from Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin. Maybe my favorite response thus far.
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Holy crap. The Milwaukee Brewers and Cincinnati Reds have cancelled their game tonight in protest of the police shooting of Jacob Blake. To have this movement enter the world of baseball is like seeing a rock smash through a tank. It's damn near unfathomable.
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There was this NFL qb who was protesting this, saying you can’t cheer for us on the field and not give a shit what happens to us off the field. Other players joined his struggle. It was a whole thing. Not sure what became of him. Hey look! Red Zone!
This officer seems to have struck a handcuffed (and compliant) Tyreek Hill multiple times.
On a busy street in Miami in the middle of the day.
Unacceptable. Fire this idiot.
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Just consider how this was originally reported. Whenever the police are involved, the lie always comes first. Unwinding the lie then takes heavy work.
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'Teacher of the Year' kneels during anthem at college football championship attended by Trump abcnews.go.com/Politics/teac…
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Philadelphia Eagles wise receiver Torrey Smith said in February that most of his teammates wouldn’t go to the White House. Here was his reason. Sounds about right.
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Coaches leading high school prayers is deeply coercive. If you don’t understand that, then you didn’t play high school sports.
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Just heard from Fadi that I was the first journalist in Paris to interview him. That staggers me and it says so goddam much. He has a story unlike any athlete in Paris and yet remains deliberately unheard. Makes me want to holler.
Just interviewed Fadi Deeb, the only Palestinian Olympian from Gaza as well as the only Palestinian Paralympian. An incredibly kind, incredibly resilient human being. Thank you to @leylahamed for the introduction.
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As a Jew, I want to welcome anyone who wants to criticize a lobbying coalition funded by arms manufacturers, evangelical Christians, and allies of the right wing edge of Israeli politics. Criticizing AIPAC is not anti-Semitic and it’s absurd that this even needs to be said.
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Just spoke to Gregg Popovich who called Trump a "soulless coward" for lying about Obama & Bush not calling families of fallen soldiers...
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“'[Donald Trump] has empowered white supremacists' is not a partisan statement." Facts are facts. #StandWithJemele deadspin.com/espn-issues-cra…
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It's official: the Milwaukee Bucks are boycotting Game 5. They are putting the focus exactly where it should be. The police shot Jacob Blake in the back, justice is a pipe dream, and this is not a time for games.
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How long is the DC media going to pretend that everyone in town isn’t whispering that insurrectionist loon Ginni Thomas leaked Alito’s opinion because Bret Kavanaugh was wavering? There’s one discussion in front of the cameras and another behind.
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Pop on Trump: "Unfit intellectually, emotionally, & psychologically to hold this office & the whole world knows it." thenation.com/article/a-soul…
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There are 10,000 foster kids in Michigan. Want to guess how many the Jim Harbaugh family has fostered? Hint: it's around the number of national championships won.
Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh told @GenoEspn that he and his wife Sarah will "raise that baby" should someone in his family or program be involved with an unplanned pregnancy and doesn’t feel like they can take care of the child.
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The first Palestinian to ever compete at the Olympics (1996), long distance runner Majed Abu Maraheel has been killed by the Israeli blockade of Gaza, unable to receive medical treatment for kidney failure. We should all look forward to this story being covered on @SportsCenter
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I've been calling what the Milwaukee Bucks are doing a "boycott." I'm now convinced that the proper terminology is "strike". It's a strike for racial justice.
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Ummm.... they are doing interviews on Fox News live from the Willard Hotel and milling about the lobbies of the Marriott. Hope you can crack the case.
The FBI is seeking to identify individuals instigating violence in Washington, D.C. We are accepting tips and digital media depicting rioting or violence in and around the U.S. Capitol on January 6. If you have information, visit fbi.gov/USCapitol.
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ESPN fired a lot of folk to give this guy more money.
Pat McAfee weighed in on Algerian Olympic boxer Imane Khelif Thursday. "There’s no reason that we should be seeing a potential male physical body punching a woman." Read McAfee's full comments here: bit.ly/3WNjefS
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If you are using the memory of Pat Tillman to bash Colin Kaepernick, I say with utter assurance that Pat Tillman would have hated you.
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Feel like these NBA and MLB players are daring the entire labor movement to join them. If our society is in fact broken, then labor should assert itself as part of the solution.
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People who die of heart attacks tend to have eaten meals within 24 hours of death. AND WE WANT FOOD FOR ALL?!?!?!?!?
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She had a ticket. She wore an "I Can't Breathe Shirt." She was removed for "trespassing". Hoping that #SheilaBuck sues Tulsa police back to the stone age.
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I’m done with Tony Dungy and the way the NFL and NBC coddle his right wing extremism. So I wrote about it. thenation.com/article/societ…
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If Biden gets the nom, what will the rationale be to get young people to vote? What is he offering other than a line about a “return to decency”? I’m honestly asking. Does he have a position on college debt? Expanding healthcare? Drug decriminalization? Help me out folks.
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This part of the story is not getting nearly enough play and it has gotten NO PLAY from today's network talking heads.
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It’s Jay-Z and the NFL that organized a publicity stunt. They’re furious Kaepernick wouldn’t play their game.
EXCLUSIVE: Jay-Z is reportedly disappointed with Colin Kaepernick, and thinks the quarterback turned his NFL workout into a publicity stunt
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This is just growing. NFL owners thought they'd end this by ousting @Kaepernick7 but "they that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind".
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Can't believe I have to tweet this but for those in the cheap seats: as a Jew, there is nothing anti-Semitic about criticizing Netanyahu or the state of Israel. There IS something anti-Semitic about supporting Trump as his "very fine people" kill us in our houses of worship.
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If you’ve never dropped a banner in the middle of a high profile sporting event, it takes guts with security every two feet and fans who might pour beer on your head. Props to everyone.
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"The people around this @POTUS should be ashamed because they know how unfit he is, yet they choose to do nothing." thenation.com/article/a-soul…
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Coach Popovich called me to vent about Trump's latest outrage. Here's what he said thenation.com/article/a-soul…
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They took Kaepernick's protest against racist police violence and made it about the flag and the military. Now they're taking the largest protest movement in the history of this country, in terms of sheer numbers, and making it not about systemic racism but statues. (1/2)
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Hi, I'm Jewish. All solidarity with @marclamonthill. Criticizing Israel is not anti-Semitism. Real anti-Semitism is the assumption that all Jews are of one mind and abide - or even endorse - the horrific mistreatment of Palestinians. Shame on @CNN
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Pat Tillman's family has asked again and again that his death not be exploited to slam Colin Kaepernick. That's not stopping these guys. They should apologize to the Tillmans.
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DeSantis grants this favor, which will save WWE millions, as Linda McMahon announces that her Super Pac is dropping $18.5 million dollars into Florida for Trump reelection. What a bunch of bottom feeders.
Gov. Ron DeSantis deems WWE pro wrestling ‘essential business’ amid statewide stay-at-home order. hrld.us/3eiXnVg
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From the Israel-Paraguay soccer game. Amid the tightest security for any sporting event I’ve ever attended, this man in an electric wheelchair somehow smuggled in this Palestinian flag for at least one visible show of resistance to sportswashing
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They almost killed this man by telling him to ignore a cancerous growth on his scalp and now they’re saying sorry by not paying him. Worst franchise in sports.
After placing OT Trent Williams on the non-football injury list, the Redskins have elected to not pay him the remaining balance of his $5.1 million base salary for the 2019 season, league sources tell
@FieldYates
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Imagine if players said they were raising fists or taking a knee as a "gesture of support for the troops." Owners would've swooned. It isn't about the anthem. It's about silencing Black voices being raised against police violence. NFL loves black bodies. Black minds, not so much.
BREAKING: Miami Dolphins to discipline players who protest during national anthem with suspensions, fines or both.
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Algerian success in Paris gives chills. This Paris monument on the Saint Michel bridge is for the 120 Algerians who were drowned at this spot in the Seine by Parisian police in 1961. It’s why the Algerian Olympians threw red roses into the water during the opening ceremonies.
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Can't believe this wasn't a bigger story: NFL players Josh Norman and Demario Davis cover the $50,000 bail of a protesting undocumented immigrant who makes $20,000 a year as a farmer. dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
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"To lie about how previous @potus' responded to deaths of soldiers–is as low as it gets. He's a soulless coward." thenation.com/article/a-soul…
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I'm a sports writing guy. I am also calling Trump a white supremacist. Come fire me, @SarahHuckabee. #StandWithJemele nitter.app/theericruben/status/90…
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So…..we’re talking a ton of emails well beyond Gruden. Starting to understand why the NFL wanted to settle with Kaepernick on his collusion case.
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It's October 16th, 2020. That means today is the 52nd anniversary of the moment when John Carlos and Tommie Smith raised their fists to the heavens - and Peter Norman stood in solidarity - at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. (1/2)
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Democrats are divided on single payer healthcare. Republicans are divided on pedophilia. #RoyMooreChildMolester
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Rajoub was today arrested by the IDF. had his passport seized, and brought to a military interrogation center upon his return to the West Bank from Paris. His crime seems to be his insistence that Israel be barred from the Olympics. This response by Israel kinda proves his point.
Jibril Rajoub, head of the Palestine Olympic Committee, is using sports to show the world how Israeli occupation has warped even something as commonplace as organized athletics, writes @EdgeofSports and @JulesBoykoff.
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Not in the business of whataboutism or excusing Qatar for it’s horrific LGBTQ laws, but there’s a hell of a cognitive dissonance to see US media uproar about t-shirts & armbands when LGTBTQ people are being gunned down in Colorado Springs. We better bring home that same energy.
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I will never understand Jokic-hate. Unselfish player. Gracious in defeat. Dominant when he needs to be. Top five passer ever. A joy to watch hoops during his prime.
Nikola Jokic on whether the Timberwolves and Nuggets are rivals: “Yes. I think they’re built to beat us. They have basically two All-Stars, two All-Defensive First Team players, and Mike Conley, who’s the most underrated player in the NBA probably. I love the guy. He’s so good.”
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Charles Barkley on stage with Doug Jones. Barkley said prophetically about 12 years ago, "I was a Republican until the Republicans lost their damn minds."
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In 2018, Henry Aaron upon being asked whether he would visit Trump's White House: "'There's nobody there I want to see." Rest in Peace. usatoday.com/story/sports/ml…
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Why isn't Harris and/or Walz doing a rally or town hall in Springfield, Ohio? Or being forthright in solidarity with Haitian immigrants? Is supporting them considered that much of a liability? Is this campaign that risk averse? If I've missed something, please let me know.
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Seahawks could have had him. But they were more focused on getting rid of Michael Bennett, Richard Sherman and other "disruptors" in the locker room. There is so much revisionist history going on in the wide world of sports.
Pete Carroll said "we owe a tremendous amount" to Colin Kaepernick for taking a stand against police brutality and racial oppression. es.pn/2XrsRSN
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60 Minutes lost its bite a long while ago. But infomercials for fascists is a bridge too far.
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Things I’ve already learned today: that right wing dark money billionaire parasite Harlan Crow, the person who we learned this week annually bribes Clarence Thomas, is also a collector of Nazi memorabilia. Knock me over with a feather. washingtonian.com/2023/04/07…
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Haven't seen a photo or sign that sums up this country's policing crisis any better than this.
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This is horseshit @andersoncooper and the ugliest part is that you know it.
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From Colin Kaepernick to Nick Bosa in three years. From a racism resistor to a racist troll. Helluva ride, Niners Nation.
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Went to a Kool G Rap show 30 years ago(!) and Biz Markie was DJing. A fight broke out and Biz played sad country music and threatened to play it all night until everyone calmed down. Legend.
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"it’s more than just Trump. The system has to change. I’ll do whatever I can do to help because that’s what leaders do. But Trump can’t do anything to put us on a positive path because he’s not a leader." - Coach Pop
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Shortest interview in history. Coach Pop kicks a hole in the speaker, pulls the plug, and then jets. thenation.com/article/a-soul…
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I wrote about Brittney Griner’s wrenching prison conditions. Trigger warning. But so important also that we not look away. thenation.com/article/societ…
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The Seattle Mariners have voted not to play tonight’s game vs. San Diego Padres. The strike wave is now entrenched in the staid world of baseball. This is a sport that a week ago was freaking out because a young player hit an inappropriate grand slam.
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Max was doing a must see public access cable boxing show in NYC when he was 14. He paid his dues. It’s why he matched SAS well. But his great sin? He understood *way* before SAS, the importance of BLM in the sports world, which still makes SAS seethe. This is bush league.
Update: Stephen A. Smith says he hasn't spoken to Max Kellerman: 'I didn't like working with him.'
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"I didn’t want to go from No. 1 to No. 2 when Skip [Bayless] left. I wasn’t having that. That s— wasn’t gonna happen."
"You weren’t an athlete, and you weren’t a journalist. And the absence of the two components left people wondering 'Why should we listen to you?'"
More here:
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(h/t @JoeBuddenPod)
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One became famous for mocking a Native American man on a school trip, the other is trying to save the earth from climate destruction. Not complicated.
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People talk trash about Trump all day. But when Gregg Popovich calls him a "soulless coward" it feels like a moment. thenation.com/article/a-soul…
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He’s right. The media is obsessed with USA youth protestors and utterly erasing why they protest.
Sen. Sanders: "I suggest to CNN and maybe some of my colleagues here, maybe take your cameras, just for a moment, off of Columbia and UCLA . Maybe go to Gaza, and take your camera show us the emaciated children who are dying from malnutrition because of Netanyahu's policies."
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The Nazis have left. There were thousands of us anti-Nazis. There were 30 of them...and now they’re scurrying away. I have to say it was a good day.
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If they sat out a game in protest - or even threatened to - he’d be signed.
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My goodness. Herman Cain has died of COVID, sacrificed at the altar of @realDonaldTrump's maskless Tulsa rally. There's no way to spin this.
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Remember that Superman comic where he staked out the courthouse to deport a woman making a domestic violence complaint?
Superheroes don't always wear capes. Happy #NationalSuperHeroDay to the men & women of ICE who protect & serve our nation everyday
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That it was Bill Barr's father who hired a very young, very unqualified Jeffrey Epstein to teach at one of the most elite private schools in New York City, is the part of the story that has always given me double-take whiplash. Of course it could all be a wacky coincidence.
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A lot of folk are being pretty hard on Kansas CIty place kicker Harrison Butker for that commencement speech. Well lemme tell ya.... they're not being hard enough. thenation.com/article/societ…
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Tim Tebow has failed upward since his glory days in college football. Not everyone has that....privilege.
.@TimTebow passionately expresses his thoughts on the California Senate passing a bill allowing student-athletes to have endorsements.
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MSNBC chyron is “New Hamas leader complicates ceasefire talks.” My goodness. What, pray tell, happened to the old leader?
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It's midnight. It's October 16th. It's now - amazingly - 50 years since John Carlos and Tommie Smith raised their fists at the 1968 Olympics, and changed the world. God bless 'em.
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My dear friend @DrJohnCarlos finally was able to meet with @Kaepernick7 Meant so much to him. History lives. Crying. 🤧
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People like @IlhanMN who are calling out white supremacy and anti-Semitism in the same breath are heroes. People like @MeghanMcCain inflame Islamophobia and by doing so, aid the far right and put our Jewish lives at risk.
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Telling Big Lies to demonize others has a horrific tradition in our Jewish history. To see you adopt these tactics is a shanda and a sin.
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Happy birthday @Kaepernick7. There has never been a 30 year old qb with his resume and without injury who went unsigned. You can look it up.
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This is not why @jemelehill was suspended and that's not even what she did.
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Naomi Osaka!!!! To all the people who said she was distracting herself from winning this tournament by representing for those killed by police..... you officially get the gasface.
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I blame Kaepernick.
NASCAR viewership on Fox was down double digits from both 2016 and 2017
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Now the WNBA is sitting out their games tonight in protest of racist police violence. The WNBA has been leading on this question for years and this should be recognized when we have these conversations.
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Would a male tennis player be asked how they will someday explain their anger to their baby child? (No.) Serena handled the question with humor, but it still pisses me off.
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Appalled by the smearing of @BubbaWallace’s character. He was called by the head of NASCAR and told about the noose. He - and NASCAR - responded beautifully. Bubba did nothing wrong except be brave and speak out. Accusing him of being part of a “hoax” is racist slander.
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Time to interrupt previously scheduled message: @ZachLowe_NBA being laid off by ESPN is absurd. He's been the greatest part - one of the only redeemable parts - of ESPN in the last couple of dreary years of jock-pundits, Stephen A, Pat McAfee, and Greeny-Greeny everywhere (1/2)
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