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☆ ‘American Sports Story’ re-examines the rise and fall of NFL star Aaron Hernandez
  + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Max Gao | Max Gao Is A Freelance Entertainment | Sports Journalist Based In Toronto. He Has Written For Nbc News | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +10 min
Based on the Boston Globe and Wondery podcast “Gladiator: Aaron Hernandez and Football Inc.” and adapted by Stuart Zicherman, “American Sports Story,” which premieres Tuesday on FX, chronicles Hernandez’s meteoric rise to NFL superstardom and his stunning fall from grace after his arrest and eventual conviction of first-degree murder in 2015. Aaron Hernandez was a monster, a killer — and that’s just the way people talked about him. Michael DeHoog / Getty Images fileIn the years since his death, Hernandez’s sexuality has been the subject of much speculation, with some of his loved ones claiming he had come out as gay. “A person struggling with his sexuality in the NFL when Aaron played in 2010, 2011, would not have been tolerated, not one bit,” Zicherman said. Josh Rivera as Aaron Hernandez in "American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez."
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☆ Deal close for Washington Commanders football team
  + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +5 min
If finalized, the sale would mark the end of the controversial ownership of the Washington franchise by embattled billionaire Daniel Snyder. News of the near deal was first reported by Sportico, which reported the team sold for $6 billion, a record for a North American sports franchise. Snyder purchased the team, then named the Washington Redskins for a reported $750 million in 1999. It adopted the Commanders name last year, after playing two seasons with the name Washington Football Team. “Today marks the end of a long, difficult chapter for all employees and fans of the Washington football organization,” read a statement from Lisa Banks and Debra Katz, two attorneys representing more than 40 former Washington Commanders employees.
☆ Washington Commanders and District of Columbia Settle Over Ticket Deposit Claims
  + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( Louise Radnofsky | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The District of Columbia has reached a settlement agreement with the Washington Commanders football team. The District of Columbia has reached a settlement agreement with the Washington Commanders football team over allegations that the team systematically withheld fans’ ticket deposits, made the reimbursement process intentionally difficult and redirected those funds for the team’s own purposes, D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb said Monday. Under the agreement, the team’s ownership corporation, Pro-Football Inc. will pay $425,000 to the District for restitution, attorneys’ fees, costs associated with the investigation and contributions to D.C.’s litigation support fund, the attorney general’s office said.
☆ High school football incidents spark racism talks, programs
  + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +5 min
Moments before Amador was to play Rosemont — a predominantly Black and Latino school in nearby Sacramento — the game was called off. Amador has just four Black students out of about 750. The incident at Amador was one of several alarming examples of racism against Black people that occurred this fall in high school football around the nation. Amador High School in Sutter Creek, Calif. Google MapsAdministrators in some cases have used these incidents to start conversations about race that have been hard for them to bring up before and roll out programs they hope will have lasting impact. A TikTok video created by players at River Valley High School in Yuba City, California, featured a mock slave auction.
☆ No U.S.-born Black players expected on World Series rosters
  + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +6 min
The Houston Astros celebrate winning the American League Championship Series to advance to the World Series at Yankee Stadium on Oct. 23. In 1979 alone, Willie Stargell and Dave Parker were among 10 Black players on the “We Are Family” Pittsburgh Pirates champions. “It’s been a story that’s been ongoing since the late 1980s, the decline of Black baseball players,” he said. Hall wasn’t on the Phillies’ roster for any of the first three rounds this postseason and isn’t expected to be on the World Series roster. Many Afro Latino players embrace Black identity, yet perhaps not for the same reasons that Black U.S. players do.
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