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Ben Utecht, a former NFL player with the Indianapolis Colts and Cincinnati Bengals, is on the road to promote his new book about losing his memories after suffering multiple concussions in the game. He also talks about how he stayed abstinent until marriage and wore a wedding band before the big day just to avoid temptation. But it’s worth noting that the same God who allowed those concussions to damage his brain receives nothing but praise throughout the book.
Trae Crowder, the Liberal Redneck, made a video for the New York Daily News about the Colin Kaepernick controversy, and how some people are overreacting to him remaining seated during the National Anthem.
The American Family Association is furious that NFL star Colin Kaepernick is exercising his right to stay seated during the National Anthem and condemn police brutality, so they’re calling on the NFL to discipline him:
Last night, before the start of a preseason game, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick remained seated during the singing of the National Anthem. It didn’t even become a story until well after the game ended, when a website brought it up, but it’s become a full-blown controversy today with people calling for Kaepernick to be fired, deported, or worse (depending on which anonymous commenters or right-wing blowhards you’re listening to).
But make no mistake: He did absolutely nothing wrong, and his patriotism shouldn’t be called into question.
Tom Daley is the British diver who failed to qualify for the finals in the Olympics’ Men’s 10m platform diving competition despite scoring highest in the preliminary round. It was just a rough day for him. The dives didn’t go his way. But the UK-based advocacy group Christian Voice rubbed it in with a dose of homophobia, suggesting that his sexual orientation didn’t do him any favors.
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