Barack Obama spoke to an ESPN audience from North Carolina A&T State University on Tuesday night, addressing the “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative, activism in sports, and historically-black colleges.
Tuesday, ESPN2 “First Take” co-host Stephen A. Smith weighed in on the vulgar comments Donald Trump made while being recorded in 2005 on a hot microphone, which the GOP presidential nominee later called “locker room talk.” Smith said he has been in
Thursday, University of Alabama backup quarterback redshirt freshman Blake Barnett left school in order to seek out playing time at another school. Barnett started the first game for Alabama, but was later replaced by true freshman Jalen Hurts. Alabama head coach Nick
Seattle Mariners catcher Steve Clevenger tweeted something someone didn’t like. He lost his job because of it. Colin Kaepernick kneels for the national anthem and he pockets $16 million a year for sitting on the bench (He sits for the song for free). Welcome to America, 2016.
During the Thursday broadcast of “First Take” on ESPN2, co-host Stephen A. Smith asked billionaire sports owners like the Dallas Cowboys’ Jerry Jones, the Washington Redskins’ Dan Snyder or Dallas Mavericks’ Mark Cuban to heighten their level of sensitivity when
Fox News finished in first place for the fifth consecutive week, securing its place as the number one news network on cable, beating out CNN and MSNBC combined in both the number of total viewers and primetime viewers.
Tuesday on ESPN2’s “First Take,” co-host Stephen A. Smith weighed in on the continuous protests in the NFL over racial injustice, as well as the recent police shooting of Terence Crutcher in Tulsa, OK. Smith said the protests, started by
Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem before the San Francisco 49ers home opener at Levi’s Stadium.
On Tuesday, former ESPN personality Skip Bayless debuted his new Fox Sports 1 show “Undisputed” with NFL Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe and moderator Joy Taylor. Bayless opened with a statement about the new show, saying it allows him to
ESPNW columnist Kate Fagan weighed in during Monday’s “SportsCenter” on United States Women’s star soccer player Megan Rapinoe’s decision to not stand during the pre-game national anthem, just like San Francisco 49ers star Colin Kaepernick. According to Fagan, Rapinoe “extends
Thursday on ESPN2’s “First Take,” co-host Stephen A. Smith responded to Carolina Panthers star quarterback Cam Newton not saying in an interview that he agrees with San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, by saying Newton is only out trying to
During Tuesday’s “College Football Live” on ESPN, radio host Paul Finebaum reacted to Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh’s criticism of his former quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s decision to not stand during the national anthem as an act of protest. Finebaum got
During Tuesday’s “First Take” on ESPN2, co-host Max Kellerman responded to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump telling 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick to find another country if he is unhappy with his current one. Kellerman argued that “America, love it or
Monday, ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith said on “First Take,” while discussing San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s decision to sit during the national anthem, that he hopes athletes and media are just as willing to bring attention to black-on-black
Stephen A. Smith reacted Monday on ESPN2’s “First Take” to San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick sitting during the national anthem in order to protest the oppression of black people, and the ESPN host said Kaepernick is bringing attention to the fact
Alex Boone, Minnesota Vikings offensive lineman and former San Francisco 49er, weighed in on former teammate Colin Kaepernick’s decision to sit during the national anthem due to the oppression of black people. Boone told reporters that he is “disappointed” in the
Twelve-time NBA All-Star Isiah Thomas said Friday on ESPN’s “First Take” that white silence during times of social injustice involving an African-American is the same thing as violence itself. “I look at white silence in these issues as violence,” Thomas
During ESPN2’s broadcast of “First Take,” author and radio host Michael Eric Dyson asked professional athletes to, like the NBA’s LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony, use their platforms to stand up for fellow African-Americans during social issues. “I am proud
In a discussion of inner-city violence on ESPN2’s “First Take” Friday, political analyst Michael Eric Dyson accused GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump of amplifying “the worst bigotry imaginable” for the last 50 years of in the United States. Dyson said, “The message
Friday’s “First Take” on ESPN2 was a continuation of ESPN’s “An Undefeated Conversation: Athletes, Responsibility and Violence,” a town hall held in Chicago on Thursday. Co-host Stephen A. Smith opened the discussion up by citing the difference between the shooting deaths of African-Americans like
Former NFL player and now ESPN personality Marcellus Wiley blamed slavery as part of the reason for black-on-black violence while speaking during ESPN’s town hall called “An Undefeated Conversation: Athletes, Responsibility and Violence” Thursday. ESPN’s Jemele Hill asked Wiley why
Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Curt Schilling told the King of Boston Talk Radio Tuesday he is considering a run against Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D.-Mass.).
During Monday’s “Highly Questionable” on ESPN, co-host Bomani Jones reacted to the Cam Newton GQ article, where the Carolina Panthers star quarterback said the United States as a nation is beyond racism by calling it a “bald-headed lie.” Jones’ co-host
During the Monday night “SportsCenter” broadcast on ESPN, host Scott Van Pelt reacted to New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez’s announced end to a polarizing 22-year career. While Rodriguez put up Hall of Fame numbers in his career, his legacy
On Monday’s broadcast of “First Take” on ESPN2, co-host Stephen A. Smith reacted to the belief that New York Yankees designated hitter and third baseman Alex Rodriguez deserves to be in the MLB Hall of Fame, despite using steroids in his
Hillary Clinton invoked the names of many of her African American women friends on her campaign, including one of her best friends in college, but did not answer the question.
During Thursday’s ESPN2 broadcast of “First Take,” co-host Max Kellerman discussed the name of the NFL’s Washington Redskins, who have been under fire, mainly by non-Native Americans, for having an offensive name. According to Kellerman, who said he would not
Tuesday on ESPN2’s “First Take,” co-host Max Kellerman reacted to Seattle Seahawks star quarterback Russell Wilson’s comments that “of course” black lives matter, but so do police lives and all other lives. Kellerman, who called Wilson’s Black Lives Matter stance “milquetoast,” said the
During Monday night’s broadcast of “SportsCenter” on ESPN, host Scott Van Pelt compared the vitriol in sports rivalries to that of a presidential race. Van Pelt listed off how numerous sports rivalries pit a red team against a blue team,
On Saturday, the Dallas Cowboys walked arm-in-arm onto the field for the start of their training camp with families of the Dallas police officers killed by a gunman last month. During Monday’s “First Take” on ESPN2, co-host Stephen A. Smith reacted to the Cowboys’
During the Monday broadcast of “Around the Horn” on ESPN, Washington Post sports columnist and frequent ESPN panelist Kevin Blackistone reacted to NBA great Michael Jordan’s statement regarding the tension between African-Americans and law enforcement. In the statement, Jordan said he donated
In his first show as co-host of “First Take” on ESPN2, Max Kellerman reacted to a video of what is believed to be the NFL’s Aldon Smith smoking marijuana by questioning why it is outlawed in the NFL when alcohol’s effects
On July 23 New Yorkers Against Gun Violence (NYAGV) will be holding a march to protest CroffFit Games’ “lethal” Glock giveway.
On Thursday’s “First Take” on ESPN2, ESPN’s Marly Rivera responded to former Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz comments at the Republican National Convention where he called the high number of immigrants an “invasion” and said immigrants should learn and speak English.
Mike Ditka says that ESPN definitely leans to the left politically and that despite supporting Donald Trump he does not belong at the convention in Cleveland.
ESPN’s Anthony “Booger” McFarland reacted Monday on “Mike and Mike” to the Baton Rouge shooting that left three police officers dead in his home state, saying there needs to be more communication between police and the people. McFarland, who starred at
During Thursday’s “The President and The People: A National Conversation” on ESPN, President Barack Obama gloated that violent crime rates “have dropped precipitously” during his time as president. “Things are much better than they used to be. They’re much better than
During the July 14 town hall simulcast on ESPN, President Obama doubled down on his gun control push by claiming that “it is easier to get a gun than it is access to a computer or a book.”
Thursday, President Barack Obama held a town hall event called “The President and The People: A National Conversation” that aired on ESPN. Obama spoke with Philando Castile’s girlfriend Diamond Reynolds, who asked the president how the nation can stop shootings at the
On Thursday’s broadcast of “First Take” on ESPN2, guest hosts Freddie Coleman and Bomani Jones reacted to Wednesday’s “ESPY Awards” opening where four NBA stars called for a change in police violence. Coleman and Jones both acknowledged that it was good of
