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NFL draft is a real passing game for quarterbacks
NEW YORK — Say this for the 2013 quarterback class: They've learned how to slide. Four of them were selected in the fourth round Saturday, two of whom — USC's Matt Barkley and Syracuse's Ryan Nassib — were widely believed to be first-...
Tags: NFL Pro Bowl, UCLA Bruins, Robert Mathis, Dwight Freeney, San Francisco 49ers
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NFL needs real refs back now
Upon further review, the state of NFL officiating is a joke. Jerry Markbreit only wishes he could laugh about it. "I watched highlights on the NFL Network last night,'' the retired NFL official with 36 years' experience said Monday. "I saw referees with...Tags: Charles Woodson, USA Today, New York Giants, Jim Harbaugh, Indianapolis 500
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NFL punters are being bullied on the block
Through the first half of the NFL season, there have been 14 punts blocked. That might not sound like a lot, but consider there were nine in the entire 2011 season, meaning the league is on track for more than three times as many. Sure, it could be a...Tags: Robert Malone, Darren Bennett, Indianapolis Colts, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Jacksonville Jaguars
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Ayanbadejo looks to bring same-sex marriage cause to Super Bowl
The Baltimore SunWith the national spotlight shining on the Super Bowl-bound Ravens this week, linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo is apparently hoping to divert some attention off the gridiron. According to New York Times columnist Frank Bruni, just hours after Baltimore&...Tags: Tom Cruise, Civil Rights, Gay Rights, Brendon Ayanbadejo, Family
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NFL players lend names to LGBT Pride shirts
The Baltimore SunThe NFL Players' Association has launched a One Team Pride Shirts T-shirt line meant to raise awareness for equality. Proceeds from the shirts (which are being sold on the NFLPA's official online store) benefit Athlete Ally, a nonprofit seeking to promote...Tags: Brendon Ayanbadejo, Chris Gocong, Scott Fujita, Football, Donte Stallworth
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Ayanbadejo, Vikings' Kluwe file marriage equality brief with Supreme Court
Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo and Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe, two of the NFL's most outspoken advocates of gay marriage, have taken their fight to the highest court. The two filed an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court of the...
Tags: Discrimination, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Minnesota Vikings, Marriage, Brendon Ayanbadejo
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Gay athletes: The corrosive impact of Adrian Peterson's remarks
It’s 2013, and finally the public is beginning to acknowledge that, believe it or not, there are gay athletes who, believe it or not, compete in major professional sports. And that’s a great thing. When NBA center Jason Collins made...
Tags: Bill Clinton, LeBron James, Homophobia, Adrian Peterson, Minnesota Vikings
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Adrian Peterson says gay marriage is 'not something I believe in'
Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson says he loves his gay relatives. He just doesn't think that they, or any other homosexual people, should have the right to get married. “To each his own. I’m not with it," the reigning NFL MVP...
Tags: Adrian Peterson, Sports, Gays and Lesbians, National Football League, Minnesota Vikings
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Scoreboard -- May 17, 2013
|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Auto Racing--Indy Racing League, IndyCar Indianapolis 500 pole day, 10 a.m. (NBCSN); Drag Racing, NHRA Kansas Nationals qualifying, same-day tape, 4:30 p.m. (ESPN2) College Baseball--Central Florida at East Carolina, 10 a.m....Tags: Major League Baseball, Chris Resop, Denny Hamlin, ESPN (tv network), College Baseball
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Hines Ward doesn't think NFL is ready for openly gay players
Hines Ward is all for gay football players coming out of the closet and just being themselves. But the former Super Bowl MVP doesn't play in the NFL anymore. And he apparently feels that some current players don't feel the same way he does. Ward...
Tags: Mike Wallace (football), Minnesota Vikings, Brendon Ayanbadejo, National Basketball Association, Football
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NBA veteran Jason Collins is first active player to say he is gay
Jason Collins had long been keeping a secret. As a standout high school player at Harvard-Westlake School, as a star at Stanford and through a 12-year NBA career, he had hidden something fundamental about himself from his family, friends and teammates....
Tags: Civil Rights, San Francisco 49ers, Gay Rights, Jeff Locke, Kobe Bryant
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Openly gay athlete Jason Collins is what 'we've all been waiting for'
National political leaders, gay rights groups and entertainment icons on Monday spoke in support of Jason Collins, the first active professional athlete to come out as gay. The 34-year-old Los Angeles native, who helped lead Harvard-Westlake School to...
Tags: Human Rights Campaign, U.S. Supreme Court, Bill Clinton, Civil Rights, Discrimination
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