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ESPN’s Keyshawn Johnson Claims Jon Gruden Was Always A ‘Bad Person’
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The battles between Keyshawn Johnson and Jon Gruden were well-docu- mented during their time with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the early 2000s. Despite win- ning a Super Bowl together, the duo rarely got along and Johnson was often blamed for being immature.
Last Friday, the Wall Street Journal shared a 2011 email written by Gruden that in- cluded a racist trope to de- scribe NFL Players Association director DeMaurice Smith. “Dumboriss Smith has lips the size of michellin tires,” Gruden wrote, while he was a member of ESPN’s Monday Night Football booth.
“What he said about Smith is disturbing,” Johnson said on ESPN Radio’s national morning show. “It’s unaccept-
that big of a deal.”
Now the head coach of the
Las Vegas Raiders, Gruden claims he doesn’t have a “racial bone” in his body, in an at- tempt to move on from the scandal. But while Gruden finds himself shamed by a decade-old email, Johnson is reminding everyone he warned them about the disgraced head coach nearly 20-years ago.
“He’s a BAD PERSON. I tried to tell people this when I played for this man!” John- son said. “But I was in the wrong. ‘Keyshawn’s just a spoiled brat. Keyshawn’s just a diva. Keyshawn just wants the football.’ But here we are now, however many years later and stuff is coming to the sur- face. I’m not gonna let it just disappear, because I was the bad guy.”
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Granville Adams, ‘Oz’ Star, Dies At 58
KEYSHAWN JOHNSON
able and this is why in this country we are in the position that we are in as human be- ings, not only human beings, but as African Americans. Be- cause we gloss over these sorts of things and act like it’s not
Denzel Washington Is The U. S. Army’s Newest (Honorary) Sergeant Major
Granville Adams, the actor best known for his performance as Zahir Arif on HBO’s “Oz,” has died following a long strug- gle with cancer. He was 58 years old.
The news was shared in a tribute posted by “Oz” showrunner and executive pro- ducer Tom Fontana on his Instagram on Sunday.
“Goodnight, sweet prince/ and flights of angels sing thee to they rest,” Fontana wrote.
Fontana and “Oz” star Dean Winters launched a Go- FundMe campaign earlier this year to help Adams and his family pay for the actor’s med- ical care. The campaign had gone on to raise $99,800, ex-
Actor, director and Holly- wood icon Denzel Washing- ton is the “Honorary Sergeant Major of the Army” for 2021.
“We all are free because of the sacrifices that you’ve made,” Washington said of U. S. military service members at a small ceremony on Sept. 24 in New York City. “We all have the right to agree or dis- agree or complain or whine or whatever else Americans do these days because of the sac- rifices that each and every one of you men and women made. This really belongs to you.”
The Army formally an- nounced Washington as the 2021 Honorary Sergeant Major of the Army recipient at the Annual Association of the U.S. Army conference on Monday.
DENZEL WASHINGTON RECEIVING HONORARY TITLE.
GRANVILLE ADAMS
ceeding its $69,500 goal, though it remained active as Adams continued to require treatment.
Washington was chosen be- cause of his work with the Fisher House Foundation, a program focused on building homes at military medical cen- ters around the world for mili- tary and veteran families to stay in while their loved one is receiving medical care.
Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael Grinston, who pre- sented the award to Wash- ington, said that Washington represented everything he was looking for in this year’s honoree: humil- ity, dedication to soldiers, and respect for the Army.
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