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Danielle Nickerson, the ex-wife of Mike Perry, breaks her silence on a tumultuous final few months of marriage to the UFC fighter.
Danielle Nickerson, the ex-wife of Mike Perry, breaks her silence on a tumultuous final few months of marriage to the UFC fighter.
Seattle Seahawks linebacker Ben Burr-Kirven will honor Breonna Taylor with his helmet decal that the players are adopting for 2020.
The Seattle Seahawks will honor victims of racial injustice by American police by wearing decals on their helmets for the 2020 season. Several players are each honoring a different Black American who has been subject to racial injustice. Linebacker Ben Burr-Kirven told Seahawks.com that he will pay tribute to Breonna Taylor, one of the more prominent victims in the news.
“When somebody gets shot asleep in their house on a no-knock warrant, something has to change,” Burr-Kirven said. “The way the news cycle works, it’s easy for things to fall out of the news and for people to forget. And you can’t forget what happened, you have to make something change, so the best way to keep this in the news and keep people paying attention is to put in a place where millions of people are going to see it every weekend when we play.”
The Seahawks will play the Falcons in Atlanta on September 13 at 10:00 a.m. PT if all proceeds as planned.
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Seattle Seahawks safety Quandre Diggs said that athletes and ordinary people must continue to make their voices heard to bring about change.
North American sports events were racked with player protests on Wednesday in the aftermath of the shooting of Jacob Blake. Some, like the NBA playoffs, even had some games postponed. Seattle Seahawks safety Quandre Diggs stated Friday that in the wake of the numerous incidents of racial discrimination and violence against Black people by police officers in the United States, he constantly fears for his family and makes sure he contacts his mother every day as a result.
“We’re more than entertainers, we’re more than athletes,” Diggs said. “We have families outside of this. My whole family’s black, so at the end of the day, I’m scared for them every day. I call my mom every day. No matter if I’m a multi-millionaire or not, she worries about me each and every day.”
Diggs heaped praise on the athletes across various sports leagues protesting the current state of affairs and stressed that they should continue to make their voices heard as much as possible.
“I applaud those guys. I applaud the NBA players, the WNBA players, MLB, all those guys that were able to take a stand and just shut the world down,” Diggs said. “Even if it was that day, that made a statement. It’s crazy times in the world, and at some point as athletes, as entertainers, it’s our job to let people know . . . I have respect for those guys, and I think as a league, as the NFL we’ve got to come together, we’ve got to figure out what our message is going to be, and just continue to keep the voices going and keep the movement going – don’t let our voice not be heard.”
Diggs emphasized that in addition to athletes, other notable figures with sizable platforms like high-profile celebrities must join in and publicly advocate for change and that all people should try to do the same, even if the impact is initially minimal.
“Anywhere, wherever you’re working at, whatever you’re doing in your life, you can always make an impact on somebody,” Diggs stated. “Of course we’ve got the bigger platform, and we’ve got to continue to use our platform, but people in my little town of Angleton, Texas, they can use their platform any way they have it. You can have impact on somebody, and all you have to do is leave an impact on one person every day, and you can help change the world. We all need to do better, and that’s including myself. The only way this world is going to get better is if we all do better and we all collectively do it better.”
If these incidents between police and Black civilians continue to occur with such frequency, the protests from athletes and postponements of sports games will likely follow suit.
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Former Broncos defensive lineman Justin Bannan has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity for attempted murder and other charges.
Former Denver Broncos defensive lineman Justin Bannan has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity for attempted murder and other charges.
Bannan, 41, shot a co-worker, Ashley Marie, in the right shoulder last October. He has been charged with “attempted first-degree murder, first-degree assault (extreme indifference), first-degree assault (intent to cause serious bodily injury) and first-degree burglary,” according to KDVR-TV’s Dara Bitler.
Bannan told police after he was arrested that he has hydrocephalus. The ex-defensive lineman also said the Russian mafia was following him. Bannan said he accidentally shot Marie and did not mean to hit her. Bannan will “undergo a mental health evaluation at a state hospital,” according to KDVR.
Bannan played college football at Colorado and was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the fifth round of the 2002 NFL draft. He went on to spend time with the Baltimore Ravens before spending a season in Denver in 2010. He then played one season with the St. Louis Rams, another season with the Broncos, and one season with the Detroit Lions before retiring.
In 32 games with Denver, Bannan totaled 67 tackles and one sack.
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“I think the policemen are great,” Broncos coach Vic Fangio said.
During Zoom conference call with reporters earlier this week, Denver Broncos coach Vic Fangio said Derek Chauvin should be punished to the “fullest extent of the law” following the death of George Floyd.
Fangio also indicated that Chauvin is not a good representation of the majority of police he has met.
“I’ve been able to meet — I’ve lived in eight or nine different cities all across the country, and I’ve met a ton of police officers during that time,” Fangio said on June 2. “We have a bunch that work with us for the Broncos, and 98-99 percent of the policemen are great people that perform a great service for minimal pay and do a great job. It’s the one or two percent that haven’t been able to uphold the honor of the badge and the uniform that have gotten us into this place.
“I think the policemen are great. I think most of our players would tell you that too. But when you have a situation that has come up here recently and has happened in the past and has probably happened other times that we never hear about, they have to be rectified. Maybe now is the time that we can all work together to get that done.”
Denver safety Kareem Jackson is considering organizing a march to protest police brutality and social injustice.
Breeland was reportedly arrested on multiple charges for having opened alcohol containers and possession of marijuana in South Carolina.
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Former Washington Redskins cornerback Bashaud Breeland was arrested on Tuesday in South Carolina for multiple charges that stemmed from a traffic stop in South Carolina, according to NFL.com.
Grant Gordon reports that the Kansas City Chiefs cornerback, who is 28-years-old, faces charges of resisting arrest, having alcohol in a motor vehicle with the seal broken, having an open container of beer or wine in a motor vehicle, possession of 28 grams or less of marijuana or 10 grams of hash and driving without a license.
According to Gordon, the Chiefs have said that they are aware of the situation, but have no further comment.
Breeland was a free agent target for the Redskins this offseason after winning a Super Bowl with Kansas City earlier this year, but he decided to sign a one-year deal with the Chiefs rather than come back to Washington, where he played the first four years of his career.
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Revealing moments from Jon Jones’ arrest video
Revealing moments from Jon Jones’ arrest video
Jon Jones bodycam arrest video: March 26, 2020, Albuquerque, N.M.
Jon Jones bodycam arrest video: March 26, 2020, Albuquerque, N.M.
