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Three years later, as I remember the life of George Floyd and others we’ve tragically lost, I wrote about the hopes and dreams for my son’s future. I wish I could keep you little: A letter to my son.
#Remember929
#GeorgeFloyd
#BlackLivesMatter
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I learn more from
@minakimes
than 99% of analysts that played.
I played and I readily
admit she knows more about football than me.
We don’t do this in other industries. Imagine if you had to be an actor to critique a film? Be a politician to cover politics?
Just stop bro.
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Some stars send cryptic tweets. Others fight fans with burner accounts. Get you a
@StephenCurry30
who watches his summer league team with the enthusiasm of a fan who got moved down from the 500 level.
They were throwing shirts into the crowd and Steph wanted one 😂
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A Black man that kills with a gun is labeled a thug. A Muslim man that kills with a gun is labeled a terrorist. A white man that kills with a gun is labeled complex with mental health issues, who was nice to neighbours, cleaned graffiti and protected property.
#BlackLivesMatter
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Kyle Rittenhouse is 17 and apparently he’s a minor. Trayvon Martin was 17 & apparently he was an adult. Rittenhouse walked in a protest w/ an illegal AR-15 and was given water by police. Tamir Rice was playing w/ a toy gun & was killed by police. Which is why
#BlackLivesMatter
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For the racist haters. Nobody had an issue when they were producing man of the match performances. If you boo’d them when they kneeled or abused them when the missed from the spot you don’t deserve to have a reason to celebrate.
#Euro2020Final
#EnglandvsItaly
#BlackLivesMatter
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Congrats. So do coffee shops. The TV contract is $19.6 billion. Pay the players.
The NCAA provides free wi-fi to student-athletes at all of the team hotels during the DI men's basketball championship.
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I rate Marcus Smart but you can’t flop out of desperation then act hard. That’s not how that works. Just take the L and keep it moving.
#RTZ
#WeTheNorth
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Bill 21 in Quebec makes it illegal for government workers to wear hijabs or turbans. The Islamophohia in our country isn’t just radical and hateful it’s systematic and structural.
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Imagine if a Canadian hockey team was defending champions, had two all-stars and won 15 straight games.
#RTZ
#WeTheNorth
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Percent of population that’s Black:
Toronto - 8.5%
Phoenix - 7.1%
San Francisco - 5.1%
I guess we can cross a few rumoured destinations off KD’s list.
I never said Blacks are “treated worse in Toronto” than in America. Never! That’s ridiculous. I said living there is different and “not the same as living in America for Blacks.” Very diverse city. But just 8% Black. I love visiting Toronto. Visiting.
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The reason I love the
@Olympics
is that it forces everyone to pay attention to women's sport. Studies show female athletes receive just 4% of sports media coverage. In Tokyo thus far they are 100% of
@TeamCanada
's medals.
#Tokyo2020
#TeamCanada
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Tell me you know nothing about Toronto…or KD…or need to badly reach Caribana one time. One of the worst takes.
Typical American reaction by Broussard here. Dude has no clue that Toronto is basically the most multicultural city in North America. I’m pretty sure KD would easily embrace the city (as well country) and vice versa.
#WeTheNorth
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In the last 9 seasons the Lakers have made the playoffs twice.
In the last 9 seasons the Raptors have missed the playoffs once.
You choose.
#WeTheNorth
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Heteronormative, sexist, factually incorrect, a terrible take...there is so much going on here and none of it is a good look.
#ChangeHockeyCulture
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After being born w/ generational wealth 1 man uses his given power to separate kids from their families. After being born w/ generational poverty 1 man uses his earned power to fund a school to support at risk kids.
@KingJames
isnt just smart by any definition he’s a true leader.
Lebron James was just interviewed by the dumbest man on television, Don Lemon. He made Lebron look smart, which isn’t easy to do. I like Mike!
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Loved
@KingJames
showing respect to the Canadian national anthem by singing it. Loved that both the
@Lakers
and
@Raptors
showed respect for the fact that there is racial inequality and police brutality all across North America by kneeling for both anthems.
#BlackLivesMatter
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Because as members of society in a global pandemic we have a moral obligation to adhere to the social contract that states even if you have the privilege of not being adversely impacted you should think collectively and do what’s in the best interest of everyone. That’s why.
Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman is asking why the NHL is testing vaccinated players if they don’t have symptoms.
He said most of the cases across the league are at worst a mild cold.
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This time last year most of the fan base was mad the
#Raptors
took Scottie Barnes fourth. Now they wouldn’t trade him Kevin Durant, a top 75 player of all-time. The right answer is trust Masai & Bobby. Whatever they decide is the right move is, is overwhelmingly correct.
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My interactions with police don’t include jokes and tik tok videos. And I’ve never illegally occupied a city.
This is OPP pretty much cheering these people on as they get to ‘Ottawa’.
“Wait till you get there 😏”
“I get what you guys are doing”
“I support you guys 100%”
Cops are not here to keep people safe. /2
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.
@Kaepernick7
is available.
The most 2020 scene of all: Denver's QBs were deemed high-risk, close contacts because they were not wearing their masks. The Broncos will hit the field Sunday against the Saints without a quarterback.
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The next provincial election in Ontario is Thursday June 2nd 2022. Keep the same energy and make your voices heard at the polls.
#ontariolockdown
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#KamalaHarris
is now the 1st Black person, 1st woman, 1st Indian American, 1st Asian American, 1st HBCU grad. Time to give
@KamalaHarris
her flowers. Think about the amount of people she’ll inspire.
#bidenharis2020
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Now imagine if we had a female domestic team or even league in our country. Canada is the only major football nation that doesn’t have one. Let’s keep this momentum and get it done so our pro girls don’t have to go abroad and our young girls can be inspired in their own backyard.
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Largest cheer at Arthur Ashe stadium other than the introductions of
@Venuseswilliams
&
@serenawilliams
were for
@Kaepernick7
and
@E_Reid35
. Rousing ovation when they were shown on the big screen.
#USOpen2018
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“The great MLK said you have a moral obligation to object to unjust rules and rules that make no sense” - Aaron Rodgers. Comparing himself to MLK’s letter from a Birmingham jail is offensive and out of touch. MLK was fighting for equal rights. Rodgers is fighting for privilege.
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Which one deserves to lose his ability to work? Which one should be called out by politicians?
#GeorgeFloyd
#AhmaudArbery
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Thank you Darnella Frazier, the 17 year old who filmed
#DerekChauvin
murdering
#GeorgeFloyd
. For once the video tape mattered.
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I’d love for one of the games truly great players to wear
@PrideTape
for every game this season to see what the reaction is.
Allies are needed when it’s uncomfortable not when it’s comfortable.
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This cover is not ok. Black lives aren’t trivial. Violent crime is not funny. This lacks journalistic integrity and moral conscience. Be better
@TheTorontoSun
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We invented the sport. Hold that L.
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Let’s not forget
#MasaiUjiri
was the one accused of a crime. Imagine if he didn’t have the means to fight for justice. The problem is not just the officer it’s the system. Receipts to the baseless claims still exist.
Even when you’re the President of the team and a newly crowned NBA champion you’re still Black. Which means you get met with hands first and questions later. Hate this earned moment of achievement was momentarily ruined.
#WeTheNorth
#BlackLivesMatter
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Same people complaining about their freedom are free to break laws and commit traffic violations in broad daylight without consequence. This after promoting the fact they were going to do so.
That level of privilege must feel nice.
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WNBA owner
@KLoeffler
was adamant that her league should stick to sports and not publicly state
#BlackLivesMatter
. The
@WNBA
players answer was to get
@ReverendWarnock
elected over her in Georgia. Sports is a beautiful platform when used for good.
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Sometimes the personal and the professional collide. Poured my entire heart into this feature.
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🤦🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️
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To those who accuse myself and others of race baiting. Please understand some people start on 3rd base and others start with 2 strikes. Race isn’t a card to play it’s one you are dealt. If that makes you uncomfortable so be it because uncomfort is a state of being for minorities.
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.
@Raptors
not starting
@NBA
season in Canada is the safest option for Canadians but my heart breaks for the thousands of good people who work in and around
@ScotiabankArena
who depend on game nights for income.
#WeTheNorth
includes them also. This pandemic can't end soon enough.
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The outcome sucks. They title will reside somewhere else. But I’m not sure I’ve experienced more fun and had more respect for a player, team and franchise in my time watching sports. Respect to
@Klow7
and the entire
@Raptors
organization.
#RTZ
#WeTheNorth
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I’m just watching people storm the Capitol building like it’s nothing and my prevailing thought is what would happen if a bunch of Black or Brown people did that. It’s a privilege to break the law on national TV in broad daylight and have no consequences.
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No Rex, you’re immune to the ills of racism because you’re white, wealthy and don’t care. I dare you to travel to an Indigenous community and listen before you speak.
Rex Murphy: Canada is not a racist country, despite what the Liberals say
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Chris Schultz was one of the first Canadian voices I learned football from. Not just as a broadcaster he’d go to camps and combines and work with kids to help them reach their dreams through the sport. We’ve lost another valued member of the football community too soon. RIP.
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Salute to
@meghanmcpeak
@KayNurse11
@AmyAudibert
@Kayla_Grey
and
@KateBeirness
and all the ladies working behind the scenes on tonight’s
@Raptors
TV broadcast. The best part of
#WeTheNorth
is the ladies who continually lead the way.
#RTZ
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I’m not upset I’m just disappointed
@JonHeyman
. This is the type of mindset that on top of being illogical, holds baseball back not brings it forward. Every other league is trying to diversify markets and grow internationally. The future of the sport depends on it.
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Even when you’re the President of the team and a newly crowned NBA champion you’re still Black. Which means you get met with hands first and questions later. Hate this earned moment of achievement was momentarily ruined.
#WeTheNorth
#BlackLivesMatter
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Yes! Scarborough man reaches home!
Wayne Simmonds is coming home!
We’ve signed
@Simmonds17
to a one-year contract.
#LeafsForever
Details:
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You’re welcome to enjoy Canada Day but stolen land, genocide, decades of missing and murdered women and lack of clean drinking water are pretty bad. Not sure why the original inhabitants of our land or any marginalized group should have to move elsewhere to receive equality.
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The original inhabitants of the land actually lost their freedom. If they or any equity deserving group who has been systematically oppressed chose to shut down the capital until they got reconciliation & reparations, they’d be described as many things but patriots isn’t one.
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If I’m
@Raptors
I’d take a run at
@boogiecousins
on a one year prove it deal. Mutually beneficial. They can offer one of the leagues best medical staffs and more guaranteed money than other contenders. They’d retain cap space in 2021-22. Plus he’s friends with
@Drake
.
#WeTheNorth
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Aaron Rodgers has made $263 million as a
@NFL
QB. If he didn't want to get vaccinated or follow protocols he could have stayed home. Being MVP doesn't give you the right to make your own rules, mislead about your status then gaslight with misinformation when you get caught.
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No matter the scenario I’ll ride with
@FredVanVleet
on my team. Some of y’all have short memories.
#WeTheNorth
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Take a look at
@NBA
owners net worth. We always ask what more the players can do. Why do we place the burden for change on the oppressed and not the oppressor?
#BlackLivesMatter
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How comfortable he was doing it tells the story.
A disgusting gesture in the UHL was made towards American Jalen Smereck… This is embarrassing and pathetic for hockey.
@IIHFHockey
needs to step up here.
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Real one.👏🏿✊🏿
#BlackLivesMatter
"I don't think we should be here. I think the NHL should postpone the games. I really feel that we should be more supportive of Black Lives Matter."
@KellyHrudey
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1) You’re not sorry to say. You went out of your way to say. 2) When you say it’s not a race thing it’s always a race thing. 3) Do you tell white talent you don’t like it’s not a race thing then list off other white talent you like? 4) Two t’s in my last name. 5) FAIZAL IS A STUD
@SNFaizalKhamisa
Sportsnet has had some terrific new hires since they did the purge a few years, sorry to say you are not one of them. And it's not a race thing. Stewy Amber Bennet are studs. You just suck
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Anthony Bass was an example.
This disastrous press conference is an example.
This organization’s biggest issue is a lack of transparency and accountability.
Don’t take the enthusiasm of the fan base for weakness. They’ll lose them if they don’t begin to respect them.
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Easier fix: Get vaccinated in a global pandemic or don’t complain about the ramifications if you chose not to.
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The Lou Marsh award better be
@Bandreescu_
and it better be unanimous. No Canadian athlete in 2019 has been more dominant in competition and engaging off of it.
#USOpenFinals
#SheTheNorth
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Isn’t that a technical? Not only is he out of the coaches box he was on the court.
#wethenorth
#rtz
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Has the ever been a more compelling time in Canadian sports? This summer has been one amazing performance after another.
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The
#SuperBowlLVI
halftime show is essentially my university house party playlist. I have this entire performance on a burned CD.
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Why aren’t all baby sleepers made with zippers? Who wants the added degree of difficulty of fastening 10 buttons? Changing a sleeping baby in the middle of the night shouldn’t have the same level of pressure as defusing a bomb.
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This is what Kawhi left for.
Clippers fans doing the wave after a 38-18 third quarter in their do-or-die play-in game against the Pelicans
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Boucher and Baynes would give you a thunder and lightning center combo. Give them both 20 minutes a night. Plays small with Siakam at 5 and OG at the 4 for the other 8 minutes. Specifically closing games. Nurse has flexibility.
#WeTheNorth
#RTZ
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Like many Canadians I picked my child up from school today and tucked him in bed tonight. Not once did I fear he would be taken, separated from his language and culture while being abused. Part of
#TruthAndReconciliation
is empathizing with the first inhabitants of our land.
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This might be the most fun I’ve had watching a
@Raptors
game all year and it means absolutely nothing in the standings.
#RTZ
#WeTheNorth
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Love the Christian Koloko pick for the
@Raptors
. A beloved teammate, with high character that plays with a high motor and defends. Sound familiar? It’s almost like this team has a type.
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Don’t say it doesn’t happen here. Came here for a better life only to lose their life. Make sure you use the word terrorist. Premeditated. Targeted. Travesty. Prayers up for the London community I love and my Muslim brothers and sisters across the country who need our love.
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Being a
#MapleLeafs
fan is cruel and unusual punishment. Praying for all of you.
#tmltalk
#LeafsForever
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This would be as good a time as any to keep that same energy and ARREST THE COPS THAT KILLED
#BreonnaTaylor
.
#SayHerName
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Shout out to
@Sid_Seixeiro
joining the
@CityNews
@BTtoronto
team. No matter if it was interviewing me as an
@USPORTSca
athlete, mentoring me as a
@theScore
intern on
@CFL
snap or sharing his
@timandsid
platform on
@Sportsnet
, he’s always put me in a position to succeed. Respect!
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There are people literally fighting for kids to not learn about racism or say the word gay in schools but not willing to fight so that kids don’t get murdered in school. Think about that.
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Woke up this morning still disturbed. 7 times? From close range? In his back? I think people assume you can watch these videos and just move on. If you're Black you can never just move on. The kids in that car will never move on. Our trauma has compounding interest.
#JacobBlake
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I’m tired of being tired. So I wrote.
There’s an exhaustion that sets in when you’re constantly called upon to comment on crimes against your own.
@donnovanbennett
explains why white athletes must do more to fight for racial justice by winning over minds closed to their Black counterparts.
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Key word in this statement is “we.” This isn’t an issue of rogue cops or bad apples it’s a broken system that too often doesn’t protect and serve innocent Black people. Even when they have proof.
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Anyone who is cheering
#KevinDurant
being injured isn’t a true basketball fan or embody what our country is about. We’re better than that.
#WeTheNorth
#NBAFinals
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Real recognize real.
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More people just watched a women’s
@ncaa
quarterfinal basketball game than have watched any Stanley Cup final game since 1971. I promise you, this is not the fight you want to start.
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Indigenous Peoples of Canada who are looking for support with the traumatic news of late please know there are resources.
The Indian Residential School Survivors Society - 1-800-721-0066
Hope for Wellness Hotline - 1-854-242-3319
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This one was personal. Thanks to
@MichMethot
for the amazing production, Brian Spear and the
@hockeynight
team for the opportunity and my grandfather Clifton Bryan for immigrating to this beautiful country so I could have a better life and introducing me to this beautiful game.
Celebrating
#BlackHistoryMonth
means celebrating hockey too, so we can all say this is our game.
@donnovanbennett
opens
#HockeyNight
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"Black lives matter, Breonna Taylor's life matters."
@matt_dumba
is a real one. Canada, Minnesota and the NHL are all blessed to have you represent them.
“Hockey is a great game, but it could be a whole lot greater… and it starts with all of us.” -
@matt_dumba
#BlackLivesMatter
|
#isupportHDA
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To those that are trying to excuse the death of
#GeorgeFloyd
by saying he had preexisting conditions. You’re correct. His preexisting condition is the fact that he was black.
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If
#MarcusSmart
doesn’t become
#StephenCurry
in game two the
@Raptors
would be up 3-1.
#RTZ
#WETHENORTH
#WholeNewGame
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The players deserve better.
John Herdman deserves better.
The fans deserve better.
If we’re going to be an elite football nation we need to act like it.
#CANMNT
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This was the fear and it’s already started. Went from gutted to disgusted.
#Euro2020Final
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A reminder we need to give people their flowers when they’re around to see them. Rest In Power King. 🌺 👑
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Respect to
@theweeknd
! Love to see Toronto represented at halftime during the
#SuperBowl
. From music, to film, to sport, were taking over.
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Mine is him grabbing Masai Ujiri and dragging him on the court after his altercation to celebrate the championship.
Incredible vision. Incredible presence. Incredible leadership. Takes charge in conflict. Rides for his guys. Doesn’t take no for an answer.
That’s
@Klow7
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Depression is real. Hot takes are fake.
Canada – Crisis Services Canada: 1-833-456-4566
USA – The Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
Skip Bayless apologizes to Dak Prescott
I’m sorry ...
Skip Bayless does not apologize to Dak Prescott
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This is my story. I wish I could say it’s not unique to me but is the story of many Black journalists. But sadly there aren’t many of us.
Big Read: As a reporter,
@donnovanbennett
is used to being the only Black journalist in the locker room. That needs to change.
And with racial injustice dominating the public conversation in the wake of George Floyd's death, maybe it finally will.
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I’m always fascinated to learn how someone’s past impacts their present. Much respect to
@AM34
and his mother Ema for explaining to me how their family origin made him the unique player and person he is today.
Auston Matthews and his mom sat down with
@donnovanbennett
to eat traditional Mexican food and discuss his Latin heritage.
FULL VIDEO:
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