Wisconsin governor tells NFL players to stop anthem protests
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he thinks NFL players should stop protesting during the national anthem and instead speak out against domestic violence. The Republican former presidential hopeful sent a letter Monday to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell…
Poll: Americans divided on NFL protests
A Newshour/Marist poll shows stark divisions across different racial and ethnic groups, and also along party lines.
Column: As ‘America’s sport,’ the NFL cannot escape politics
The NFL, by way of embracing all the iconography of America, has also invited the pointed backlash to that iconography.
Baltimore Ravens’ national anthem singer resigns, citing attacks on NFL player protests
Joey Odoms, who took the job in 2014, announced his retirement in an Instagram post, saying, “The tone/actions of a large number of NFL fans in the midst of our country’s cultural crisis, have convinced me that I do not…
With his attacks on activist athletes, Trump again plunged into the middle of his favorite kind of drama — personal, aggressive, culturally volatile and entirely of his own making.
Several teams joined a chorus of NFL executives criticizing President Trump’s suggestion that they fire players who kneel for the national anthem.
The National Football League and its players' union on Saturday angrily denounced President Donald Trump for suggesting that owners fire players who kneel during the national anthem.
White Americans by large numbers disapprove of athletes protesting during the playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner," according to a new poll. Black Americans approve of the protests by even wider margins.
National-anthem protests have spread beyond the NFL and onto the sidelines at high school athletic events. Education Week offers a primer on how schools should respond.
