Showing 46 - 53 of 53 articles tagged "National Anthem Protests"

• Posted Tuesday 9/26/17 at 5:44PM EDT

  NFL ratings actually went up 3% after President Trump’s attack on National Anthem protesters

  Updated numbers show that CBS saw a ratings bump on Sunday, while Fox was down.

• Posted Tuesday 9/26/17 at 2:26AM EDT

  Monday Night Football ratings are expected to rise because last year’s Week 3 game was vs. the first Clinton-Trump debate

  Last year’s game drew 8 million viewers.

• Posted Monday 9/25/17 at 1:24PM EDT

  NFL shows seriously covered President Trump’s comments berating players for kneeling

  ESPN’s three-hour Sunday NFL Countdown devoted 22 minutes to Trump’s comments at the start of the show (with the president’s...

• Posted Wednesday 9/20/17 at 2:21PM EDT

  Report: Jay-Z turned down the Super Bowl halftime show

  According to The Source, the NFL approached the rap mogul about becoming the 2018 Super Bowl halftime performer.

• Posted Friday 9/15/17 at 3:31PM EDT

  Kid ’n Play’s Christopher Reid meant no “disrespect” when he played Colin Kaepernick in unaired FOX Sports sketch

  “Let me be clear-the skit and photo were not meant to disrespect Colin’s message or political stance,” the rapper wrote...

• Posted Friday 9/08/17 at 11:02PM EDT

  Three American Idol alums reimagined the National Anthem in reaction to Colin Kaepernick

  Anthony Fedorov from Season 4 teamed with Season 1’s Tamyra Gray and Season 7’s David Hernandez on a revised version...

• Posted Thursday 9/07/17 at 9:21PM EDT

  FOX Sports opts not to air a potentially offensive skit mocking Colin Kaepernick

  FS1’s Jason Whitlock created a firestorm by tweeting a pic of Kid from Kid ‘n Play wearing an afro wig...

• Posted Wednesday 9/06/17 at 11:14PM EDT

  How NFL broadcasters plan to cover the National Anthem protests

  CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus says: “Week 1, I think it will be a story.