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Fantasy Football Update

Kaz beat jveezy after jveezy’s kicker failed to get two points in a Monday night game.

Athlete Activism

14 year old GK Freyja Reed kicked off her team for speaking out against her team’s sponsor

• http://canadaam.ctvnews.ca/booted-b-c-teen-not-going-to-apologize-for-opposing-team-sponsor-1.2638379
• http://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/b-c-teen-kicked-off-girls-soccer-team-over-sponsorship-spat-1.2632883
• http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-island-soccer-club-suspended-1.3289999

University of Missouri Protests

University of Missouri System president Tim Wolfe stepped down as faculty threatened to walk out and the school’s football team went on strike in a show of support for students who say he’s done too little to combat racism on Mizzou’s campus.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_University_of_Missouri_protests
• http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/11/09/timeline-university-of-missouri-racism-protests-resignation/75467354/
• http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/mizzou-would-need-400-more-black-faculty-and-staff-to-meet-students-demands/
• http://sports.yahoo.com/news/missouri-protest-exposes-ncaa-s-greatest-fear-200005001.html

Silly Stuff

Ray Ray Armstrong investigated for taunting K-9 dogs

• http://pro32.ap.org/article/raiders-linebacker-investigated-alleged-k-9-taunting
• http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/25370061/raiders-jack-del-rio-calls-ray-ray-armstrong-dog-taunting-story-silly

Aqib Talib suspended 1 game for poking Dwayne Allen in the eye

• http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000576362/article/aqib-talib-claims-colts-allen-was-milking-eye-poke
• http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/aqib-talib-calls-eye-poke–honest-mistake—doesn-t-know-what-honest-mistake-means-142802062.html
• https://twitter.com/MikeKlis/status/663812576300564481

Chinese announcer fired for falling asleep in the middle of a match

http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/11/6/9681434/soccer-announcer-fall-asleep-real-madrid-zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Thursday Night Football indistinguishable for red-green color-blind people

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/color-blind-people-driven-nuts-watching-red-bills–green-jets-uniforms-021653681.html

Teaser for Next Week

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