When disaster strikes on a live sports broadcast, it’s easy to say something wrong, especially in an age where words can be distributed widely, dissected and criticized on social media.
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Posted inFeatured, Health + Wellness
Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest during ‘Monday Night Football’ could be commotio cordis—a heart doctor weighs in
News outlets immediately began speculating that Damar Hamlin may have suffered from commotio cordis—a potentially lethal stoppage of the heart caused by a strong impact to a person’s chest.
Posted inSports, Vikings/NFL
Sanders criticized for doing what White coaches do all the time
Once it became public that Deion Sanders was being courted for the Colorado football job, social media and pundits quickly got their criticism dandruff up.
Posted inGophers/College, Sports, Vikings/NFL
Diverse hiring up at NFL League Office
The NFL’s racial hiring score went down from last year’s but its gender hiring score went up according to a new report.
Posted inSports
The search for elusive Black fans continues
We know there are Black sports fans, but the oft-asked question is, ‘Do they attend games in person?’ If not, why not?
Posted inSports, Vikings/NFL
Hope for Prescott
Prescott injured his thumb in the fourth quarter of this past Sunday’s season-opening 19-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Posted inSports, Vikings/NFL
Flag football gains momentum with Vikings support
The Minnesota Vikings have joined several NFL teams to help support girls’ flag football leagues in their team’s local areas.
Posted inSports, Vikings/NFL
Flores resists NFL’s forced arbitration threat
‘The American people are being hoodwinked, bamboozled, and led astray by the malignant presence of forced arbitration.’
Posted inSports, Vikings/NFL
Fallout from NFL lawsuit continues
Adofo-Mensah had at least 11 qualified Black candidates to choose from in hiring the new Vikings coach.
Posted inSports, Vikings/NFL
Lawsuit exposes NFL’s longstanding racism
‘The process for Black coaches revolves around two outcomes: one and done or never.’
Posted inNational, News, Sports
Ex-Miami Dolphins head coach sues NFL, three teams for racist hiring practices
Former Miami Dolphins Coach Brian Flores filed a lawsuit against the NFL and three teams alleging racism.
Posted inFeatured, National, News
How the ‘Kaepernick Effect’ inspired a new generation
‘It was just incredible to see my Black students be transformed through these protests.’
Posted inSports, Vikings/NFL
NFL fans are big spenders—by necessity
Being an NFL gamegoer isn’t cheap.
Posted inSports
NFL’s actual practices belie gestures of racial healing
‘There’s actually today probably more pressure on the Black athletes than there has been in the past.’
Posted inFeatured, Local & State, News
Are crowded sports stadiums a COVID risk?
For the first time since 2019, nearly all stadiums will be fully open to fans.
Posted inLocal & State, News
NFL agrees to end ‘race-norming’
Race-norming is the practice of adjusting test scores to account for the race or ethnicity of the test-taker.
Posted inSports, Vikings/NFL
North Mpls star Tyler Johnson hopes to make his mark at Super Bowl LV
Tyler Johnson will be playing in his first Super Bowl in his first season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday.
Posted inSports, Vikings/NFL
NFL playoff positioning heats up!
Amazingly, with several adjustments because of COVID-19, the NFL is back on schedule.
Posted inSports, Vikings/NFL
A second-degree knee!
Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick took a knee to protest police shootings of Black men. He was criticized and hasn’t played in the NFL since.
Posted inOpinion
ESPN projection of NFL draftees amounted to racist propaganda
The message is that Blacks are different, they can perform amazing feats on the football field but otherwise live tragic lives.