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Former NFL Terry Glenn Dies In Car Crash
Dwyane Wade Has His Own Facebook Reality Show
Dwyane Wade and his wife, Gabrielle Union.
Dwyane Wade is bringing a new reality show to Facebook. The Cleveland Cavaliers star
has partnered with Facebook’s Watch platform to bring the five- episode series, “BackCourt: Wade,” to his fans and give them a chance to peek into his life be- hind the scenes and off the court.
The series, will premiered on Monday, November 20, with new episodes premiering every following Monday.
The move comes as Face- book is trying to generate more interest in its long-form video platform. It has seen some suc- cess in other shows, such as “Ball in the Family,” featuring Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball, from Bunim-Murray Productions, which takes a look at Ball’s fam- ily off the court. With Dwayne Wade, Facebook is likely hop- ing to attract more viewers on sheer star power.
President Trump Tweets For Oakland Raiders To Suspend Marshawn Lynch
MARSHAWN LYNCH
Donald Trump continues to add names to his list of pro- athletes who protest the national anthem for a cause bigger than the song’s lyrics.
President Trump opened his Twitter app Monday to aim one of his first thoughts of the day at Marshawn Lynch.
Before the start of a match against the New England Patri- ots in Mexico City, Mexico over the weekend, Lynch reportedly sat on the Oakland Raiders bench as the U.S.A.’s “Star Spangled-Banner” played. When Mexico’s national anthem blared throughout the stadium, Lynch allegedly acknowledged the song by standing up.
Of course, that gesture didn’t sit too well with Trump who called Beastmode’s actions a “great disrespect!” He also called for the NFL to suspend Lynch “for remainder of season.”
Adam Silver Meets With
TERRY GLEN
Former NFL wide receiver Terry Glenn has died after being involved in a suspected car crash in Texas, the Dallas County medical examiner's of- fice said. He was 43.
The medical examiner's of- fice said Glenn died at Park- land Memorial Hospital in Dallas early Monday morning.
The Irving (Texas) Police Department confirmed to
ADAM SILVER
Changes appear to be coming to the NBA’s one- and-done rule.
ESPN’s Adrian Woj- narowski reported on Thursday night that some high-powered officials met on Thursday to discuss making changes to the rule. Those in attendance included NBA commissioner Adam Silver and NBPA director Michele Roberts, who met with the Commission on College Bas-
ketball.
Silver has made his de-
sire to change the one-and- done rule well known over the past year. He said in Feb- ruary that he wanted to spend time with Roberts dis- cussing the matter. Silver wanted the league to raise the minimum age from 19 to 20, while Roberts wants to re- duce it to 18.
Silver said in June that the current system is “not working for anyone.” As it stands, athletes can go to col- lege and then declare for the NBA draft without even com- pleting a full academic year. That doesn’t serve a ton of purpose, and it worsens the college basketball product.
Meanwhile, the NBPA wants to give athletes a chance to begin their careers after high school rather than deny them the opportunity.
Colin Kaepernick:
ESPN that an accident oc- curred at 12:18 a.m. local time Monday and that the driver was killed, but it did not re- lease the victim's name.
According to police, the car was traveling eastbound in the 700 block of Highway 114, left its travel lane and crashed into a concrete barrier that di- vides the express lanes from the local lanes. The driver was ejected from the car, and a passenger suffered minor in- juries, police told ESPN.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
Glenn played parts of 12 seasons in the NFL with the New England Patriots, Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cow- boys. He made the Pro Bowl in 1999 as a member of the Patriots.
Over One-And-Done Rule
College Commission
LeBron James On
He’s Been Blackballed
LeBron James has never been shy about speaking his mind, this season even more so it seems. That’s why it made sense that sooner or later, The King of the NBA would weigh in on an issue that has capti- vated the sports community: kneeling, national anthem protests, and Colin Kaeper- nick.
Speaking at Cass Technical High School in Detroit on Sun- day, LeBron said that he thought Kaepernick’s ab- sence from an NFL roster was the result of clear action by teams to blackball the former San Francisco 49ers quarter- back.
James, speaking not only from the perspective of the most influential current NBA player on the planet but as an NFL fan, said that he felt Kaepernick was better than most backups.
LeBron stated:
“I do know Kap is getting a wrong doing. I do know that. Just watching, he’s an NFL player. He’s an NFL player and you see all these other quarter- backs out there and players out there that get all these second and third chances that are nowhere near as talented as him. It just feels like he’s been blackballed out of the NFL. So, I definitely do not respect that.”
“The only reason I could say he’s not on a team is be- cause the way he took a knee,”
LEBRON JAMES
James said. “That’s the only reason. I watch football every Sunday, every Thursday, every Monday night. I see all these quarterbacks — first-string, second-team, third-team quar- terbacks — that play some- times when the starter gets hurt or are starters that play. Kap is better than a lot of those guys. Let’s just be hon- est.”
James, along with players like Dwyane Wade and Der- rick Rose, has previously helped lead the way in the NBA when it’s come to social ac- tivism and high-level activism.
The NBA does have a rule about standing for the national anthem, and commissioner Adam Silver said before the season started the league would handle any infractions as they came.
Meanwhile, guys like Stan Van Gundy have also come out and called guys like Kaepernick “patriots”.
LeBron said that if he owned an NFL team that he would sign Kaepernick.
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