Fox Sports 1 host and sports commentator Jason Whitlock is known for his polarizing takes about the Black Lives Matter movement and the ongoing discourse regarding the embattled NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
On Tuesday (September 5) during the network’s show Speak For Yourself, Whitlock discussed the still-unsigned QB. During this, he put himself at the center of a firestorm caused by his tweet which features a picture of himself smiling aside what some people alleged to be a white man mocking Kaepernick. The man next to Whitlock displayed a large afro, Kaepernick’s San Francisco 49ers jersey, mustache and beard, and a black glove raised in the air in Kaepernick’s likeness. That act sparked controversy, almost immediately.
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TOM PETTY DEAD at 66 after suffering an apparent cardiac arrest! RIP to a legend.
Tom Petty was rushed to the hospital Sunday night after he was found unconscious, not breathing and in full cardiac arrest … EMTs rushed to his Malibu home and were able to get a pulse. He was rushed to the UCLA Santa Monica Hospital and our sources say he was put on life support.
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Usher accuser “claps” back in herpes lawsuit response.
One of Usher‘s herpes accusers is firing back at his claim she assumed the risk of catching an STD when she got in bed with him — and says there was nothing for her to assume.
Laura Helm is the accuser from Georgia who’s suing him for $20 million — and in new docs, obtained by TMZ, she says it’s preposterous Usher is calling her out, saying she should’ve assumed STDs were a possibility when they hooked up.
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Female-Led Greatest American Hero Reboot Pilot Ordered by ABC
A reboot of the early ’80s TV series The Greatest American Hero has gotten a put pilot commitment from ABC, according to Deadline. The half-hour, single-camera comedy will feature Meera, an Indian-American woman as the lead. The reboot comes to us from Fresh Off the Boat writer/producer Rachna Fruchbom and Nahnatchka Khan’s Fierce Baby. 20th Century Fox TV will co-produce with ABC Studios. Fruchbom will write the script. She’ll produce with Mandy Summers from Fierce Baby as well as the original show producer Steven J. Cannell’s daughter, television director Tawnia McKiernan.Read more here
