NYT Sports Page Bugs Athletes Suspected of Tolerating Trump

February 24th, 2017 5:20 PM

Politicizing sports -- it’s not just for ESPN anymore! No longer seeing sports as a respite from politics, the New York Times has joined the game of pestering and trying to pin down athletes suspected of secret anti-Trump tendencies, while celebrating supporters of illegal immigrants and Black Lives Matter protests: "Of the 56 players polled, 50 -- or 89.3 percent -- said they would play golf…

USAToday: NFL QB Winston ‘Reinforcing Ugly Stereotypes’ against Women

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February 24th, 2017 8:42 AM
Men are big, mean Neanderthals who degrade women and won’t even let them stand up and talk. First came the U.S. Senate President Neanderthal Mitch McConnell. And now Jameis Winston, quarterback of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, is the latest Neanderthal to be outed by the left-stream media.

Writer Calls out ‘Arrogant’ Sports Media’s Growing Bias

Culture
February 22nd, 2017 8:51 AM
“Today, sports writing is basically a liberal profession, practiced by liberals who enforce an unapologetically liberal code." -- Bryan Curtis, The Ringer. That’s the first honest thing a liberal sports writer has said this year. The writer busting on Curtis and his fellowship of left-wing media comrades is Michael Brendan Dougherty, a self-described “conservative” writing for The Week.

ESPN’s Bryant: Venus and Serena Wiliams Victims of Racism, Sexism

February 21st, 2017 4:09 PM
ESPN Magazine writer Howard Bryant, a sports reporter better known for his Black Lives Matter rants about police brutality and his disgust with public patriotism in pro sports, jazzed things up in his latest column with a nasty attack against an unnamed long-time associate (if they were friends before, they won't be anymore) in the February 27 issue. Tennis megastars Serena and Venus Williams…

Gaga, Other Celebs vs. Texas Over LGBT Bathrooms

Culture
February 15th, 2017 10:38 AM
Sadly, Lady Gaga wasn’t signaling that she’d sworn off politics when she just shut up and sang in Super Bowl performance. She’s now messing with Texas over Texas refusing to mess with biology. She, Jennifer Lawrence and some 140 other lefty celebrities, signed an open letter against proposed legislation making it illegal for any government within the state to mandate public bathroom arrangements…

NYT Mag: It’s Trump’s Fault Sports Writers Can’t Just Write Sports

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February 15th, 2017 9:45 AM
Sports media and pro athletes just gained valuable rationale for not sticking to sports anymore. For one thing, the point is already moot, and secondly, it’s impossible, writes Jay Caspian Kang, Tuesday in The New York Times Magazine.  
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Lauer Grills Patriots Owner Over His Friendship With Trump

February 13th, 2017 9:48 AM
During an interview with Patriots owner Robert Kraft about his NFL team’s Super Bowl win, on Monday’s NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer turned the conversation to politics and demanded Kraft defend his friendship with President Trump: “Your relationship with Donald Trump, I should mention, goes back a while.... Has your relationship with Donald Trump in any way strained your relationship with some of…

Spurred on by 1960s Radicals, NFL Players Boycotting Israel Trip

Culture
February 13th, 2017 8:26 AM
With the Super Bowl done and gone, it’s going to be a long offseason for pro football fans. For a growing, vocal and unhappy band of leftist brothers, the offseason can’t last long enough.

The Super Bowl Drove Me Gaga

February 10th, 2017 11:35 AM
WASHINGTON — For me the football season begins in mid-December (when everyone becomes serious) and ends at the Super Bowl (when everyone becomes deathly serious). This year it ended with the longest Super Bowl in history. Though I am the epitome of punctuality, I let the season go into the first overtime in Super Bowl history without turning off the television, so I could see whether President…

Sour Grapes Michael Sam Tells Bitter Sob Story

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February 10th, 2017 8:49 AM
Queue up the sappy violin music that usually accompanies left-stream media sob stories.  As the Albany Times-Union tells us, it was three years ago today that former University of Missouri football player Michael Sam “came out to the world.” Hauling himself and a huge chip on his shoulder up to speak before a few hundred students at the University of Albany Tuesday as part of “Sexuality Month”…

Social Justice Warriors Outraged Over Super Bowl Petroleum Ad

February 8th, 2017 9:55 PM
If you were like one of the many viewers watching the Super Bowl LI, you may have seen a commercial from the American Petroleum Institute (API) with the catchy opening line, “This ain’t your daddy’s oil.” It was actually a play on General Motors’ 1988 commercial pitch, “this is not your father’s Oldsmobile,” in an effort to attract a younger generation. 

Celebrities Celebrate ‘Gorgeous’ Liberal Super Bowl Ads

Culture
February 7th, 2017 1:01 PM
Despite apparent attempts to inspire unity, some Super Bowl advertising led to even more division as liberal ads sparked Twitter battles over what America stands for as a country. And, as usual, celebrities weighed in on the debate.

BDSM-Themed Super Bowl Ad Sparks T-Mobile, Verizon Twitter Battle

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February 6th, 2017 6:08 PM
Super Bowl commercials are known for being creative, funny, and sometimes controversial, but T-Mobile’s BDSM-themed commercials took the game day ads to a weird new level. Sunday night, two T-Mobile ads compared Verizon customer experience to BDSM during the 2017 Super Bowl. The ads were meant to reflect the controversial (and media-hyped) BDSM-themed movie 50 Shades of Grey and its sequel 50…
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Media Compare ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Super Bowl Ad to Trump’s America

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February 6th, 2017 3:30 PM
Among commercials for cars and beer, Super Bowl viewers got a 30-second glimpse of dystopian-society life – a life the liberal media compare to President Trump’s America.