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>> best headline, the "sports illustrated" cover that predicted the astros would win this year. in basketball for the third time in three years the cleveland cavaliers clashed with the golden state warriors and king james could not withstand the twin attacks from kevin durant and the amazing steph curry. the trophy went west. >> it's unbelievable atmosphere lease, the last of the pure role model. >> in hockey, the pittsburgh penguins froze out the nashville predators, skating off with the stanley cup for the second year in a row. ♪ football is still the most popular game. but viewership has ...

Daily caller" he finds nothing wrong with a new effort to dump the star-spangled banner as our national anthem. the california chapter of the naacp is pushing to remove the song, citing its third often unsung verse which critics say celebrates slavery. watch. >> it's racist. it doesn't represent our community. it's antiblack people. and it's become something that is dividing us. >> dagen: the chapter's president says she predicts that the nfl player protests will end once the song is removed. joey, i can't wait to get your take on this. >> johnny: as far as i'm concerned that song ends with "l...

Player protests in the national anthem, some blue-collar workers are taking a stand, three roofers in maine put down their tools saturday and stood for the national anthem as it played before a nearby high school football game. ♪ ♪ oh say does that star-spangled banner yet wave, >> bret: a video of coal miners in west virginia going viral, decided to sing "the star-spangled banner" during a routine safety meeting last night. he told the fox affiliate he wanted everybody to feel like a family. he said some of his coworkers are veterans and he knew the song would make them feel better. there...

Over the past few weeks, trump has taken to twitter and blasted the players' anthem protest, calling on the league to, quote, fire or suspend them. adding, nfl attendance and ratings are way down. but is he right? in the first three weeks of this year's season, tv ratings took a double-digit dip compared to last year. while the ratings appear to have stayed put in week four. measured another way the total number of viewing hours of americans watching nfl games actually shot up 17% that week. >> really surprisingly or maybe not surprisingly, the last two weeks have seen a pretty significant inc...

It is patriotic and honorable. it plays into the selective patriotism of the national football league that once took millions from the department of defense to honor service men. >> you wrote the player protests have put the nfl in the front of so-called cultural awawar fathf the united states. has it given players a chance to voice issues? >> it's great. players even sunday. a lot of players say this is great for us. we've been operating in this bubble since fifth grade, football, football. but this has forced us to talk about and think about issues. a lot of white players have said you know ...