Hilarious ‘Bird Box’ memes offer comic relief for burned Saints fans

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After a fierce Sunday of back-to-back playoff games between the final four, the NFL has its Super Bowl LIII competitors — and Saints fans are furious.

They’re channelling their frustration through Bird Box memes. 

In the final moments of a sudden death overtime period, the Los Angeles Rams defeated the New Orleans Saints 26-23, an upset many Saints fans blame on a controversial non-call from the fourth quarter. Rams defender Nickell Robey-Coleman has admitted to the alleged pass interference on Saints receiver Tommylee Lewis that effectively stopped what looked like a game winning drive by the Saints and led to overtime — where the Rams won on a long field goal.  Read more…

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James Corden attempts to teach NFL players how to twerk and slow dance and it’s a sight to behold

If you want to be recognised as a truly exceptional footballer, then you not only have to be a stellar player, but you also need to perfect your end zone dances. 
For those not entirely familiar with the term, an end zone dance refers to the…

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The NFL launches its first standalone voice app with ‘A Rookie’s Guide to the NFL’ for Alexa

The NFL is giving voice assistants a go. Earlier this year, the organization had tested the waters with the launch of a flash briefing called “NFL in :60,” but today the company is debuting its first standalone voice-enabled app. The new Alexa skill, “A Rookie’s Guide to the NFL,” is designed to serve as companion that […]

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NFL fans are losing it after the Dolphins beat the Patriots with a wild trick play

Most fans of professional football that don’t live in or have family ties to Boston hate the New England Patriots. Those people are very happy on this late-season Sunday.
It looked like a Patriots win was all but secured as the game clock ticked into…

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The golden age of streaming sports isn’t perfect, but it’s still damn good

As the air turns colder and we approach the holidays, we also find ourselves knee-deep in one of the best times of the year for sports: The NBA and NHL are in full swing, college basketball is getting warmed up, college football is barreling toward B…

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Bots Distorted the 2016 Election. Will the Midterms Be a Sequel?

Tiffany Olson Kleemann Contributor Tiffany Olson Kleemann is the chief executive officer of Distil Networks. She formerly served in executive roles at Symantec and FireEye and was deputy chief of staff for cybersecurity operations under President George W. Bush. The fact that Russian-linked bots penetrated social media to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election has […]

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Cheerleader takes a knee in protest before an NFL game

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Even as a few players continue to kneel during the national anthem, the furor over the NFL’s anthem protests has been relatively quiet this season. But this week a San Francisco 49ers cheerleader took a knee and brought renewed attention to the protests.

The incident occurred on Thursday night ahead of the 49ers game against the Oakland Raiders. Fans in the crowd snapped photos of the unidentified cheerleader taking a knee in the endzone.

One of the Niners cheerleaders is taking a kneepic.twitter.com/DW5SJqh9zj

— 2004 never happened (@GatorLenny) November 2, 2018

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A @49ers #cheerleader takes a knee during the #NationaAnthem at @LevisStadium in @49ers game vs@Raiders #NFL #49ers #GoldRush pic.twitter.com/7AtI6adp8w

— Damian Trujillo (@newsdamian) November 2, 2018 Read more…

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Amy Schumer supports protesting NFL players by saying no to Super Bowl ads

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The Super Bowl is the biggest night of the year for two things: Pro football and very expensive commercials. Amy Schumer has decided to use one to influence the other.

Her concern stems from ongoing protest actions in which certain players kneel, raises fists, or stand together united during pre-game National Anthem performances. They’re doing it to take a stand against police brutality and racial inequality in America — sticking to the message of exiled NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

Schumer isn’t involved in football, but she does acknowledge that there’s one place she can push back: Super Bowl ads. She’s not doing them this year. She also urges Maroon 5 — the next Super Bowl’s halftime band — to drop out. Read more…

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Live streams of karate and niche sports are terrifying major sports leagues

Of the 100 most-watched live telecasts in the US in 2005, 14 were sporting events; in 2015, sporting events comprised 93 of the top 100 telecasts. That shift occurred because TV shows are shifting to online or on-demand viewing, and live broadcasts of the biggest sports are the main thing TV networks have left to […]

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