Sports

ESPYs: Rams Players' 'Hands Up, Don't Shoot' Gesture an Example of How 'Sports Inspires'

Alexa Coombs — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 18:22:55 +0000

The ESPYs brought back the discredited Ferguson "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" narrative. In the awards show's opening montage, the St. Louis Rams players' protest gesture was shown while the narrator said, "sports inspires in so many ways, whether it's through ... simply a gesture." Ironically, the next line was "Sports has the power to connect us" - hard to think of a worse example of people connecting than Ferguson. Watch:

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Serena Williams: ‘I Have to Give Thanks to Jehovah God’

julia.seymour — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 21:15:13 +0000

Wimbledon victor points to faith as reason for success.

Sarah Stites

During an interview following her July 11 Wimbledon victory, a radiant Serena Williams pointed to the sky and declared: “I have to give thanks to Jehovah God for today. I just really relied on His strength.”

Obama Pal Kornheiser: Rubio’s Gullibility at 8 Years Old ‘Disqualifies’ Him

mike.ciandella — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 19:13:53 +0000

Fake fans Hillary and Obama got a pass though.

Dylan Gwinn

On Tuesday’s Washington D.C. ESPN 980’s “The Tony Kornheiser Show,” host and Obama golfing buddy Tony Kornheiser let fly with an inferno of silly in reaction to Sen. Marco Rubio’s (R-FL) announcement that he intends to run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.

Liberal Sports Media Demand NFL Bow to Agenda

dan.gainor — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 22:21:36 +0000

Owners, league fear massive power of activist journalists.

CMI Staff

This week the Indianapolis Colts and the NFL paused for an obligatory ode to the radical, leftist sports media that covers them by trashing the RFRA law passed in Indiana.

According to Mike Florio’s Pro Football Talk article on Monday, the NFL said:

NBC Ignores NFL Coaches Honoring NYPD; Hyped Rams’ Ferguson Protest

dan.gainor — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 19:27:32 +0000

Network displays it’s bias by reporting on protests that are distinctly liberal.

Kristine Marsh

— Kristine Marsh is Staff Writer for MRC Culture at the Media Research Center. Follow Kristine Marsh on Twitter.

On CNN, ESPN's Granderson Likens Michael Sam's Detractors to the KKK

matthew.balan — Mon, 12 May 2014 22:36:13 +0000

Matthew Balan

On Monday's CNN Newsroom, ESPN senior writer L.Z. Granderson compared those who decried Michael Sam's kiss with his boyfriend after he was drafted by the St. Louis Rams to a racist organization that lynched minorities: "Yes, some of the objection is part of the storyline, but we didn't celebrate the KKK during...the March on Washington."

— Matthew Balan is a News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Matthew Balan on Twitter.

Into Left Field: 5 of the Most Obnoxious Political Intrusions on Sports

mike.ciandella — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 14:16:06 +0000

Can’t we just watch our games?

Matt Philbin

It’s Opening Day week and all things are new again. Except the fact that liberals won’t let us just be happy watching our sports. That’s not new. In fact, as anyone who’s read Roger Kahn’s “The Boys of Summer” knows, determined liberals have been trying to suck the joy out of the sporting endeavor for decades.

Tebow Vs. Sam: A Tale of Two Draft Picks

matt.philbin — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 18:15:13 +0000

Remember the media hate a young Christian generated.

Matt Philbin

Feel that? Something “historic” and “important” just happened. It might even be a “teachable moment,” and it’s certainly therapeutic. Why, liberals will be able to like their country just little bit more. Come on people, feel the love!

CBS Hypes 'Anti-Bigotry Hat'-Wearing Chris Kluwe's Plight; Still Hits Him from the Left

matthew.balan — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 21:47:25 +0000

Matthew Balan

Ben Tracy boosted former Minnesota Vikings player Chris Kluwe on Tuesday's CBS This Morning for his activism in favor of same-sex "marriage." Tracy hyped that "Kluwe was one of the best punters the Minnesota Vikings ever had", and that despite being let go from the football team, "Kluwe continues his advocacy, wearing an anti-bigotry hat."

— Matthew Balan is a News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Matthew Balan on Twitter.

HuffPo: NFL Players Cut over Gay Support, Not Performance

matt.philbin — Fri, 10 May 2013 14:36:56 +0000

Writer says aging, overpaid special teamers were targeted for their marriage views.

Matt Philbin

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. And sometimes a business decision is just a business decision. Like the Vikings cutting punter Chris Kluwe. Kluwe is an aging, expensive, mediocre performer, and the Vikings just drafted a new punter.

P.C. and the NBA

tim.graham — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:54:22 +0000

L. Brent Bozell III

Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III started tongues wagging when he posted this cryptic message on Twitter: “In a land of freedom we are held hostage by the tyranny of political correctness.”

This was in response to liberal activists showing their rabid intolerance by demanding, so obnoxiously, that the Washington Redskins be renamed the “Redtails.” But the sentiment absolutely fits the reaction to professional basketball player Jason Collins proclaiming “I’m black and I’m gay” in Sports Illustrated.

NBC's Lauer Impatiently Wonders: 'What Is It Going to Take' for Gay Athletes to Come Out?

kyle.drennen — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:37:00 +0000

Kyle Drennen

Leading a panel discussion on Tuesday's NBC Today about the possibility of a professional athlete coming out as gay, frustrated co-host Matt Lauer implored: "It's interesting that in 2013, with attitudes towards homosexuality changing so dramatically in this country, there isn't a single major athlete in a major professional sport playing right now who has come out and said, 'I'm gay.' Why is that?...What is it going to take to change that and have someone come out and say it?" [Listen to read more

‘Glee’ on the Gridiron?

matt.philbin — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:26:44 +0000

Sports, news journalists obsessed with homosexuality in athletics.

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Matt Philbin

If liberals in the sports media have their way, your favorite sporting event will soon be a little more like an episode of “Glee.” Writers and talking heads at outlets from ESPN to NBC Sports are in a full-court press. They want to see openly gay athletes in American sports, no matter what it means for the games, the fans, or the athletes themselves.
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Backlash Continues After NYT's Vicious Attack on Olympic Hurdler Lolo Jones Days Before Her Events

clay.waters — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:42:59 +0000

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Clay Waters

The backlash against New York Times sportswriter Jere Longman's vicious attack on U.S. Olympic hurdler Lolo Jones continued after her events. Jones, who narrowly missed a medal in her final competition on Tuesday, went on NBC's Today show to respond to a Times story that trashed her as a "vixen, virgin, victim," telling co-host Savannah Guthrie: "...it was two days before I competed. And then the fact that it was from a U.S.
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Days Before Her Event, 'Mean-Spirited' NYT Attack on Olympic Hurdler Lolo Jones as 'Vixen, Virgin, Victim'

clay.waters — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:10:16 +0000

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Clay Waters

New York Times sports reporter Jere Longman doesn't approve of a certain Olympic female track and field athlete.
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