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Roberto Aguayo set kicking back half a century
Younger fans of the NFL might not realize the extent to which kicking has improved through the years. To illustrate that, I tweeted yesterday comparing the success rate on field goals last season to the success rate in 1974, the first year that the NFL moved the goal posts back from the goal line to the end line. In 2016, NFL kickers went a combined 85-for-150 (57 percent) on field goals from 50 yards and beyond.
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Jabari Parker at anti-racism rally: “We all came here to build, not to destroy”
Events at a racist rally in Charlottesville, VA made national headlines this week after significant violence broke out and one woman, Heather Heyer, was killed after a car ran her over. The “Unite the Right” rally and subsequent coverage illustrated the continued rise of the alt-right and neo-Nazism in America, and the NBA has not turned a blind eye to the news. Milwaukee Bucks forward Jabari Parker is one of the NBA players that have also taken to public discourse on the subject.
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James Woods Disses Confederate Statue Removals, Gets Served
Conservative actor James Woods is monumentally unhappy that Confederate statues are being taken down.The movement to destroy these monuments has gained attention following the violent clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, where white supremacists rallied
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