Sports & Politics Intersect: White House sticks it to sports
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Front Five: The top stories that shaped both sports & politics this week “As a woman, she has to shake off people who have convinced themselves they watch sports to escape their wives or girlfriends. She’s catching it worse than anybody else.” - ESPSports & Politics Intersect: White House sticks it to sports
Front Five: The top stories that shaped both sports & politics this week “As a woman, she has to shake off people who have convinced themselves they watch sports to escape their wives or girlfriends. She’s catching it worse than anybody else.” - ESPN host Bomani Jones on the increased pressure Jemele Hill faces as a female broadcaster On September 11, ESPN personality and co-host of the 6 p.m. show SportsCenter Jemele Hill tweeted that President Donald Trump is a “white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself w/ other white supremacists,” among other things. The stream of tweets caught the attention of the general public and has been an ongoing debate since they hit the social network. The debate intensified when White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders suggested that Hill’s tweets were a fireable offense saying, “I think that is one of the more outrageous comments that anyone could make. It is certainly something that I think would be a fireable offense by ESPN. Read more