No one knows what was said when Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones met with his team on Wednesday to discuss his statement that Cowboys players would respect the flag, or not play. However, given that the song “F*ck Donald Trump” could be heard as the media entered the locker room, it’s safe to say tensions remain somewhat high.
The comments by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones that his players better stand for the national anthem or risk being benched are still reverberating. Now the American Civil Liberties Union is charging that the NFL owner would be violating his players’ civil rights by forcing them to stand.
There aren’t enough ironic illustrations, to adequately express what has happened to ESPN this week. The network that has become a bastion of left-wing media activism, was protested by two different groups of leftists, angry at ESPN for suspending an activist journalist that they should have fired a month ago.
Monday on ESPN’s “Pardon the Interruption,” co-host Mike Wilbon likened Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to a slave owner because he said Cowboys players will either stand for the national anthem or not play. “[T]he word that comes to my
In what is surely a sign of the times in which we currently live, the topic of how to players will conduct themselves during the playing of the national anthem, will be “front and center” part of the agenda when NFL owners meet next week.
President Donald Trump praised Cowboys owner Jerry Jones for telling players that he will bench them if they don’t stand for the national anthem, but Jones may be setting the stage for a lawsuit between players and the league.
President Donald Trump ridiculed ESPN host Jemele Hill after she was suspended from the cable sports network for her comments on Twitter.
Los Angeles (AFP) – National Football League Players Association chief DeMaurice Smith hit back on Monday after fresh criticism of athletes who kneel or sit during the playing of the US national anthem.
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones seems to be fed up with the disrespectful national anthem protests infesting the NFL. Jones basically told his players that if they don’t stand for the anthem, then the team won’t play. But, now the NFL player’s union is countering Jones’ comment and insisting that anthem protests are “conscientious” and “respectful.”
Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones had had it with anthem protests. Just how tired of it is he? Tired enough that Jones has now publicly said that if his team doesn’t respect the flag, they’re not going to play.
Goodbye interlocked arms, farewell raised fists, and see you later bended knee. The Dallas Cowboys will have no further use for those things because, starting Sunday, the Cowboys will simply stand during the anthem for the rest of the season.
President Donald Trump revealed that he had spoken with Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones about NFL player protests during the National Anthem.
ESPN star host Scott Van Pelt says he cannot understand why fans are angry that the Dallas Cowboys brought politics into sports when they kneeled as the U.S. flag was being transported onto the field and just before the national anthem was played.
Fox Sports 1’s Jason Whitlock said he was “completely shocked” when he saw Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones kneel alongside the players before the national anthem played on Monday Night Football. The team and Jones then all stood for the
Following a weekend full of NFL players refusing to stand for our National Anthem, the NRA released an ad making clear they will not take a knee after so many American heroes “charged into battle through bombs and bullets.”
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has been a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump, so the speculation was that he would not allow his players to kneel during the national anthem.
Outspoken Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones weighed in Wednesday on the national anthem protests around the NFL, saying the national anthem was the “wrong place” to protest. “I do not think the place to express yourself in society is as
CANTON, Ohio — Jerry Jones joined the likes of George Halas, Art Rooney and Al Davis, owners in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, when he was inducted into the shrine Saturday night.
Jerry Jones has conducted his investigation of the domestic violence allegation against his running back Ezekiel Elliott, and he is not impressed.
The owner of the Dallas Cowboys Jerry Jones will receive an ethical violation warning for giving gifts to public servants when he provided over 100 police officers with game tickets, airfare, and hotel reservations.
Jerry Jones is like a fine wine that only gets better with age. That’s if you ask Jerry Jones, of course.
It’s a common thing in America today for a parent to take away their child’s social media privileges. However, it’s kind of rare for the child to take away the parent’s social media privileges.
Donald Trump might have some competition from an unexpected source when he seeks re-election in 2020.
The Dallas Cowboys have one of the best offensive lines in NFL history. The combined weight of their five-man front comes in at nearly 1600 pounds. However, apparently that’s not intimidating enough for Jerry Jones’ team.
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
For the first time in five years, an NFL franchise is more valuable than the usual soccer juggernauts of Europe. The Dallas Cowboys now lead the world with an overall value of $4 billion despite their championship drought. Forbes’ annual
The NFL now says a link exists between football and chronic traumatic encephalopathy. The league’s most high-profile owner calls that “absurd.” He’s right.
So what is the NFL’s official position on the link between football-related head trauma and the brain disease CTE?
Monday on “Fox Sports Live,” Fox Sports 1 analyst Clay Travis reacted to the report Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel missed a scheduled medical exam, did not answer his phone and may have spent his Saturday night drinking and gambling in
If Christine Brennan could write a fawning eulogy to Senator Ted Kennedy that emphasized his love of the water without mentioning that Mary Jo Kopechne drowned while he swam to safety after driving his Oldsmobile off a bridge, why won’t she let Greg Hardy play football after enduring more punishment than that meted out to the late senator that she so admired?
Greg Hardy is, to paraphrase Dennis Green, who we thought he was.
During ESPN’s “Pardon the Interruption” on Tuesday, co-host Tony Kornheiser likened Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump while discussing the Cowboys owner calling second-string Brandon Weeden a “gifted passer.” Jones stuck up for his backup
For the ninth time in the last 18 years Forbes ranks the Cowboys at the top spot for NFL teams, worth a stunning $4 billion this year.
In an interview with Breitbart News, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said that if elected president, he would not spend any of his time golfing.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie celebrated with Jerry Jones in the owner’s box when the Cowboys came from behind to defeat the Detroit Lions in Sunday’s wildcard game. So, the Cowboys owner naturally wants New Jersey’s governor with him at
A spokesperson for Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) confirms that Jerry Jones, owner of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys, paid for the private jet that flew Christie from New Jersey to Texas to watch the National Football League playoff game between the Cowboys and the Detroit Lions on Sunday. The value of the round trip chartered flight was estimated to exceed $10,000. The value of the seat to watch the game in Jones’s private suite was estimated at $6,000. Both the round trip flight and Christie’s seat in Jones’s private suite during the game are apparently considered personal gifts from Jones to Christie.
During Sunday’s broadcast of the Dallas Cowboys-Detroit Lions NFL Wildcard Playoff game on FOX on Sunday, shortly after the Cowboys scored a go-ahead touchdown, the camera showed a shot of Cowboys owner Jerry Jones’ suite at AT&T Stadium, which included
