Demi Lovato will sing the National Anthem before kickoff at Super Bowl LIV, taking place at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami on February 2nd. The news comes shortly after she was announced as a performer for the 62nd Grammy Awards on January 26th. The singer confirmed the news on Instagram, …
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Update:The White House has released a second statement about the event. *** One of the unique perks to winning a major national sports title used to be traveling to the White House to meet the president. This hasn’t been the case since Trump took office, though, and what used to …
Read More »Roseanne Barr and the NFL: What Counts as Free Speech?
Yesterday, after Roseanne Barr tweeted a racist statement about former Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett, comparing her to an ape, ABC cancelled the comedian’s newly rebooted sitcom, Roseanne. In the wake of that announcement, many took to social media to preemptively scold those on the Right who might criticize the network’s …
Read More »J. Cole Calls for NFL Boycott Over Colin Kaepernick Treatment
As football players around the NFL took a knee and locked arms during the National Anthem in protest, J. Cole called on his fans to boycott the NFL over the league’s seemingly concerted mistreatment of Colin Kaepernick, the quarterback who started the anthem protests and remains unsigned by any pro …
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