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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

Gambling and Daily Fantasy Sports

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That’s Interesting (Cordcutting, sports, TV deals)

ESPN is in trouble

• http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-espn-layoffs-20151021-story.html
• http://finance.yahoo.com/news/espn-made-two-critical-mistakes-132855270.html
• http://espnmediazone.com/us/espn-statement-regarding-grantland/
• http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/outkick-the-coverage/is-espn-a-giant-bubble-about-to-burst-071215

That’s Racist (Confirmed this time)

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2015/10/27/9621368/john-henson-wisconsin-jewelry-store-discrimination

That’s Stupid (Athlete Edition)

Julius Njogu

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/26/kenya-man-cheats-nairobi-marathon-second-place

Sammy Watkins

• https://i.imgur.com/RWIZQKQ.jpg
• http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/10/28/sammy-watkins-my-comments-were-inappropriate/

Austin Rivers

• http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/clippers/2015/10/29/austin-rivers-seat-cushion-hit-fan-nba-investigating-clippers/74815170/
• http://www.nba.com/video/channels/originals/2015/10/29/20151029-bbops-austin-rivers-cushion-throw.nba/
• http://www.csnbayarea.com/kings/clippers-rivers-fined-25k-drilling-kings-fan-seat-cushion
• http://abc7.com/sports/austin-rivers-fined-$25k-for-cushion-toss-that-hit-fan-says-he-apologized/1058154/
• https://twitter.com/newsbabe1530/status/660233510532198400

That’s Stupid (Fan Edition)

A sad Ravens fan ate 6 purple crayons because his team lost that many games

That’s Petty

Trabzonspor lock referee in after Gaziantepspor draw

Teaser for Next Week

Sponsorships and the responsibilities involved

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That’s Racist?

Thabo Sefolosha plans to sue the NYPD for $50 million for police-inflicted injuries

• http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2015/10/9/9486677/thabo-sefolosha-trial-not-guilty-new-york-police-department-resisting-arrest
• http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2015/10/21/9584632/thabo-sefolosha-nypd-sue-50-million

Bucks’ John Henson says ‘discriminatory’ jewelry store locked him out and called the cops

• http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2015/10/19/9570629/milwaukee-bucks-john-henson-racial-discrimination-jewelry-store
• http://deadspin.com/bucks-john-henson-says-he-was-racially-profiled-at-jewe-1737394259

That’s Weird (Athlete Motivation Edition)

Jimmy Butler hates looking back so much he literally took the rearview mirrors off his car

http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/10/19/9570911/do-not-tailgate-jimmy-butler

Dwyane Wade gives advice to his younger self in creepy #TBT Instagram post

http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/10/22/9600420/dwyane-wade-counsels-self-arm-around-instagram-creepy-miami-heat

Other Examples of Weird Motivation Tactics

• Coach Mike Singletary dropping his pants in the locker room
• “Jazz coach Quin Snyder also used a pretty good but odd motivational tactic during a timeout in the game. He didn’t like the way the Jazz were communicating with each other defensively and had a silent timeout. He just sat there, staring at his players for the entire timeout. It sent a message of intensity and spoke louder than just about anything he could have yelled at them.”
• Phil Jackson wore some of his Chicago Bulls rings to Lakers games to motivate Lakers players before they won their first championship
• Punter Chris Hanson hurt himself with an axe after coach Jack Del Rio brought a stump of oak and an axe to the locker room to have his players “keep choppin wood”

That’s Lame (Leagues pooping on parades)

MLB wants to end the extremely fun practice of teams spraying fans with champagne

http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/10/22/9595302/mlb-fans-mets-royals-blue-jays-champagne-for-my-real-friends-real-pain-for-my-sham-friends

Cameron Heyward pays tribute to his dad again, despite previous fine

http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2015/10/18/9564301/cameron-heyward-ironhead-tribute-fine-cancer

Key and Peele donated to Von Miller’s charity after NFL fined him for thrust dance

http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/10/16/9558429/key-and-peele-donated-to-von-millers-charity-after-nfl-fined

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That’s Interesting

• Gordon Hayward sticks up for eSports and video gamers – ‘The Herd’

That’s Violent

• Referee Whips Out Handgun During Brazil Soccer Match
• Priest alleged to have pulled gun on boy because he was a Dallas Cowboys fan
• Nats suspend Jonathan Papelbon for fight with Bryce Harper

That’s Nice

• NFL just finished a calendar month without any player arrests reported. That hadn’t happened in more than 6 years.

That’s Unfortunate

• Nike Runner Missed World Record Because His Shoes Disintegrated

That’s Petty

• Martellus Bennett of Chicago Bears angered by NFL uniform violation fine for wearing cleats that ‘were too black’
• Report: Packers’ Clay Matthews fined $10,000 for wearing white cleats