President Trump recently called on NFL owners to “fire” players who protest during the national anthem, throwing a historically politics-averse league into endless fraught debates. Meanwhile, the NBA is experiencing a renaissance in terms of player involvement in social actions, and college sports are always ripe for political conversations. Follow along with all The Ringer’s coverage of this growing issue here.
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October 9, 2017
Jemele Hill Suspended by ESPN Following Tweets Responding to Jerry Jones
‘The Six’ cohost suggested that unhappy fans could boycott the Cowboys’ advertisers and now will be sidelined for two weeks
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October 8, 2017
Jerry Jones Says “We Will Not Play” If a Cowboys Player Is “Disrespecting the Flag”
The comments are the most publicly hostile remarks from an NFL owner toward recent player protests
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October 8, 2017
Vice President Mike Pence Turned 49ers-Colts Into a Political Stunt
The VP left the game early after protests during the national anthem, then quickly took to social media to push the administration’s position
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October 1, 2017
The 49ers Used Their Protest to Call Out “Oppression and Social Injustices”
In their first game since Trump’s comments, a large portion of the team knelt during the national anthem
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October 1, 2017
Marshawn Lynch Dons “Everybody vs. Trump” Shirt Before Raiders-Broncos
Though protests across the league have been less numerous so far in Week 4, the Raiders running back delivered an unignorable statement
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September 28, 2017
The Future of Football With Kevin Clark and Bryan Curtis
Kevin Clark and Bryan Curtis discuss Donald Trump’s attacks on the NFL and the recent developments that may allow for the diagnosis of CTE in living patients
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September 27, 2017
Why the NBA Trumps the NFL on Athlete Activism
While the NFL grapples with how to respond to the president’s rebukes, the NBA is already leading the way once again
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September 26, 2017
On NFL Player Protests and the Opportunity to Create Meaningful Change
Plus: the Titans are surging and the tanking Bills have the league’s best defense
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September 26, 2017
The Only Side of the NFL Protest Debate
When Colin Kaepernick first sat down during the national anthem, he was protesting a specific kind of injustice. Everything else is just noise.
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September 25, 2017
The NFL Responds to Donald Trump
Many of the NFL’s most prominent figures have stood up to the President. Here’s a running list of what’s happened.
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September 25, 2017
How Trump Forced the NFL to Finally Acknowledge the Real World
Thanks to the president’s remarks, the league stopped worrying about "distractions" and brought politics into the center of its sport
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September 24, 2017
Kevin Durant Reacts to Donald Trump’s Tweets and Golden State’s Plans to Go to Washington
At Warriors training camp, the reigning NBA Finals MVP opened up about the president’s comments and the week of political protest across the sports world
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September 24, 2017
Trump Wants Fans to Boycott the NFL
The president of the United States seems intent on turning watching football into an act of defiance
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September 23, 2017
Donald Trump Rescinded a White House Invitation That Steph Curry Had Already Declined
By disinviting the Warriors All-Star on Twitter, the president has thrust himself into the sports pages for the second time in two days
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September 22, 2017
Donald Trump Views Protests During NFL Games Only As a Type of Reality TV
His comments from Senator Luther Strange’s rally in Alabama were a throwback to ‘The Apprentice’
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January 30, 2017
The End of “Stick to Sports”
Sportswriters have been awakened by Donald Trump’s presidency. Is that what their readers want?