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Politicalization of patriotism, because of the protests that began two seasons ago when colin kaepernick began protests minorities in the united states. other teams soon followed his lead. last month, president trump used the anthem protest as a part of his justification for can selling a celebration for the super bowl champion with the philadelphia eagles when they were supposed to visit the white house. and president trump guaranteed they'd stop for the anthem the nfl decided that all players who were on the field must stand or their team will be subject to a fine. players will have the opti...

Writer at espn.com and author of the new book "the heritage: black athletes, a divided america and the politics of patriotism." howard good morning to you on this saturday. so not everyone was on board. so what happened here? and what does it tell you about where the owners stand on this issue? now that we've had a couple of days to process the blow-back. >> the nfl owners seem to have been completely engaging in the culture war that the president started when attacked the players back in september. he said back then that the players were sob's and then he said they were unpatriotic and he sai...

The week in sports was politically charged even before the president insulted the nation's most prominent athletes. hip hop institution jay z has reportedly turned down the nfl's offer to perform at the 2018 super bowl halftime show. this after he dedicated a performance to colin kaepernick at a concert here in new york last week. and at the global citizens festival in new york last night, legendary musician stevie wonder took not one but two knees in his words for our planet, our future, and the leaders of our world. joining me now is jason reid, a senior nfl writer for espn.com's "the undefe...

Dissidents told to get out Lisa Brady Fox news this morning I declared a local state of emergency and Broward County County Mayor Bob are sure refinancing mandatory evacuations beginning tomorrow before a possible hit this weekend from hurricane Irma the most powerful Atlantic storm ever still churning through the Caribbean right now as a Category 5185 mile per hour winds Florida Governor Rick Scott urging residents not to take a chance soon right now is going to impact the entire state evacuations already underway in the Florida Keys this as Congress prepares to vote on the 1st round of fund...

Chicago cubs pittsburgh pirates match up. it's been 107 years since the cub versus won the world series, but there isn't your average ordinary run of the mill mundane cubs team a. lot of young talent like stud pitcher dig air yet that. the pirates, no slouches, third straight appearance mission out on the playoffs over two decades. these two teams have the 2nd and 3rd best record if baseball this year. if they don't win tonight, it doesn't matter, it all gets going tonight. now, new york state attorney general eric snyder is launching an investigation of two leading fantasy football sites, dra...