A Detroit Lions player says he is sorry if he hurt anyone's feelings.

The Lions crushed the Washington Commanders 44-22 in Landover, Maryland, on Sunday, in a game that featured a flyover from President Trump in Air Force One.

'It had nothing to do with who the president was.'

The event included the president in the commentary booth, and Trump swore in members of the military over a chorus of boos from Commanders fans.

Fans were likely equally as perturbed when Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown celebrated a touchdown with Trump's signature dance, which was a massive trend among athletes in 2024.

Evidence of displeasure from fans was apparent on social media following the game. Detractors called Brown "a f**king disgrace" and a "hoe ass n***a," while claiming he is "supporting an orange racist, sexist, felon currently stopping people from receiving food."

On Wednesday, St. Brown took to his podcast to address the controversy. His brother, Equanimeous, brought up the "elephant in the room" less than six minutes into the episode.

"You had a touchdown celebration. Talk about it," Equanimeous prompted his brother.

Amon-Ra then immediately apologized.

"First of all, if I offended anyone, I do apologize. I did not mean to offend anyone. It was just we're having fun," he said on the "St. Brown Podcast."

The 26-year-old added, "If any president was at that game — if they had a dance, I would have done it. It had nothing to do with who the president was."

While it seemed that St. Brown was deliberately fence-sitting, he commented on the historic nature of Trump's appearance at the Commanders' venue.

"Even after the game, I found out — someone told me that was the first game that a president has been to in over 40 years. So first regular-season game, which is crazy," he said.

The receiver said the controversy was simply a case of him and his teammates "having fun doing the dance"; "nothing more, nothing less."

Backing his brother, Equanimeous equally described the "quick shimmy" as "nothing serious, nothing political."

Trump has become intertwined with the Commanders franchise during his second term, as the team hopes to move back to D.C. and a $2.7 billion stadium.

Trump, the NFL, and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) praised the plans in May while announcing that the city would also host the 2027 NFL Draft.

The president subsequently threatened to suspend the whole deal if the Commanders refused to change their name back to the Washington Redskins. The team abandoned the moniker in 2020, going as the Washington Football Team until rebranding as the Washington Commanders in 2022.

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Fans devastated after Dallas Cowboys player found dead at just 24: 'I am shattered'

Second-year defensive end Marshawn Kneeland scored the first touchdown of his career on Monday night against the Arizona Cardinals. The Dallas Cowboys player recovered a blocked punt in the end zone, and although his team lost 27-17, it was the biggest play of his career.

With one sack and 12 tackles this year, the former Western Michigan player was certainly performing better statistically in his sophomore season than last year, after the Cowboys drafted him 56th overall in second round of the 2024 NFL Draft.

'I still feel like she's there watching over me.'

This made the Cowboys' announcement Thursday that Kneeland is now deceased even more shocking.

"It is with extreme sadness that the Dallas Cowboys share that Marshawn Kneeland tragically passed away this morning," the team said, per ESPN. "Marshawn was a beloved teammate and member of our organization. Our thoughts and prayers regarding Marshawn are with his girlfriend Catalina and his family."

Sadly, Kneeland's mother also recently passed away.

After a successful college career, Kneeland was preparing for the NFL Draft when his mother passed away suddenly.

As reported by the Dallas Morning News, she passed from an undisclosed illness. Kneeland said at the time that he just found a way to manage the loss and said he always told her he would make it to the NFL.

"She's still with me," he said. "I got this urn of her ashes I carry with me everywhere. I still feel like she's there watching over me."

Kneeland subsequently carried the ashes in a necklace following the draft.

After the announcement of Kneeland's sudden death, fans were understandably shocked.

"Bro scored a touchdown Monday night and 3 days later he’s gone. Life is crazy. I feel horrible for his family and friends," one fan wrote on X.

"Rest in peace man, he had such an insanely bright future," another fan replied.

Another noted that it was "hard to find the right words right now."

The poster added, "Marshawn Kneeland wasn’t just an incredible athlete he was the kind of person who lifted everyone around him."

'... a pain I can hardly put into words.'

Kneeland's agent, Jonathan Perzley, released a much more personal statement on the loss of his "dearest friend": "I am shattered to confirm that my client and dearest friend Marshawn Kneeland passed away last night," Perzley said, according to TMZ.

"I watched him fight his way from a hopeful kid at Western Michigan with a dream of being a respected professional for the Dallas Cowboys," he added. "Marshawn poured his heart into every snap, every practice, and every moment on the field. To lose someone with his talent, spirit, and goodness is a pain I can hardly put into words."

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Frisco Police issued a subsequent press release saying that Kneeland's death was being investigated as a suicide.

"A man was found deceased from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound following an outside agency vehicle pursuit that led to a multi-agency search in Frisco," the department wrote on X.

The release said that reports indicated Kneeland had fled the scene of a car crash after evading troopers on the Dallas Parkway.

"During the course of the search, officers received information that Kneeland had expressed suicidal ideations," Frisco PD wrote.

Kneeland was later located just after 1:30 a.m., dead by "what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound."

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Former Colorado star turns on Deion Sanders, calls for major overhaul of Buffaloes coaching staff

Matt McChesney, a former University of Colorado star and Deion Sanders defender, has changed his tune on Coach Prime — and wants major changes to the coaching staff for the Buffaloes.

“I’m shocked that Pat Shurmur still has his job. I don’t see anybody else giving him another opportunity in college or the NFL. I’m stunned that he still has a job, especially with how quick Coach Prime in year one was to get rid of Coach Lewis at San Diego State,” McChesney tells BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock.

“I don’t see how we can look at the staff and say that they’re helping Coach Prime. And I don't think Coach Prime is helping them necessarily. I think that when you put yourself in a situation where you’re surrounded by your friends, when it gets hard, are you going to fire them? And I don’t think that’s going to happen,” he continues.

“I think that the coaching staff needs to be extremely evaluated hard, and if they don’t make a bunch of changes, then they don’t want to get better because this is not acceptable,” he adds.

Whitlock agrees that there need to be changes, especially when it comes to their head coach and how they approach their next one.

“My concern, if I was a Colorado fan, would be, ‘Man, we went all-in on Deion. Will this administration, if Deion walks away or is fired, will this administration go all-in on the next coach?’” Whitlock says.

“Or will there be some hesitancy of, like, ‘Man, we just got burned. We owe Deion all this money.’ Any concern that there could be irrevocable or really serious damage done in the aftermath?” Whitlock asks.

“If Coach Prime were to walk away, selfishly, I hope if that were to happen, I hope that he would resign so they wouldn’t have to pay him. And that’s just, you know, that’s just the way it is,” McChesney says.

“Deion leaving without the money,” Whitlock laughs.

McChesney isn’t hopeful either.

“Usually, when nepotism and narcissism is involved at this level,” he says, “it’s really, really hard to get anybody to change doing anything.”

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Former ESPN host criticizes NFL star Travis Hunter for surprise baptism before Sunday game

Sports commentator Skip Bayless said Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Travis Hunter is checking out from football.

Bayless, a former ESPN2 and FS1 commentator, posted a 28-minute video on Tuesday in which he claimed that Hunter should not have taken time out of his day last Sunday to get baptized.

'It's Sunday. It's God's day.'

Hunter was baptized on Sunday before a home game against the Seattle Seahawks, completing the ceremony at Celebration Church, a non-denominational congregation in Jacksonville.

In a post on X, Bayless criticized Hunter, stating, "There is no way Travis Hunter should've chosen to be baptized on the morning of a game. He is losing interest. He is mentally checking out on the Jags."

A Christian himself, the 73-year-old went on to tell his audience that the baptism was evidence that Hunter was "starting to lose interest" in his team.

"So he was actually happy to be baptized on a game-day morning because football isn't taking that much concentration, or focus, or pregame mental preparation," he said.

The analyst continued to opine, citing Hunter's college coach Deion Sanders as saying that Hunter needs to be played a lot in order to stay engaged with football. This is allegedly because the athlete likes video games and fishing.

Explaining that he did not think the baptism was any sort of protest, Bayless still claimed that Hunter's attitude in this case was, "Hey, they're not using me that much anyway; why not get baptized on a game-day morning?"'

Hunter, on the other hand, was flabbergasted when asked by reporters about his choice to get baptized.

"Did you get baptized this morning?" a female reporter asked Hunter on Sunday, after his team lost 12-10 to the Seahawks.

"Yes," Hunter plainly replied.

"Why'd you do that?" the reporter continued.

"It's a crazy question: Why did I get baptized?" Hunter said with a smile.

Still pressing, the reporter then asked, "Why did you choose to go to church this morning?"

The 22-year old-provided a simple answer: "Sunday. It's God's day. I've been planning to get baptized for a minute. I changed my life over to become a better man."

A male reporter then chimed in to ask, "What did it mean to you?"

Hunter, turning to his right, revealed, "It means a lot. Becoming a better man, leaving my old flesh and just becoming the new Travis."

Bayless had stats to back up his claim that Hunter may not be getting the amount of playing time he is used to, stating that in his last year in college at Colorado, he was used in 87% of offensive plays and 83% of defensive plays. With Jacksonville, through six games, he has been used in just 63% and 39%, respectively.

"If given the correct opportunities, Travis Hunter will revolutionize modern-day pro football as a two-way player [on] offense and defense," Bayless claimed.

The now-independent commentator revealed in his remarks that he knows Hunter's baptism was special because he himself is a Christian who recently rededicated his life to God.

"I'm a God guy," Bayless said. "I was baptized as an infant in Methodist Church."

At the same time, Bayless added that he does not like to call himself Christian any more because "that's been condemned as this term for far-right nutcases, zealots. I believe in God and the Bible with all my heart and all my soul. My life is dedicated, start to finish, to God and the Bible."

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Jason Whitlock calls out NFL for ‘gay commercials’ and LGBTQ agenda

While watching the National Football League this week — which has announced that it will be platforming Bad Bunny as the star of the Super Bowl halftime show — BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock tuned in to the commercials and noticed something a little strange.

“What’s up with all the gay commercials during NFL games?” he asks.

The first commercial Whitlock cites is a PayPal commercial featuring actor Will Ferrell, who’s donning curlers and sitting in a bubble bath blowing bubbles.

Ferrell’s mannerisms are not only feminine, but in the commercial he talks in a high-pitched voice, yelling when someone knocks on the bathroom door and saying that this is “my time.”

And a DirectTV commercial features actors Kumail Nanjiani and Rob McElhenney wearing massive fur coats and excessive jewelry, sitting close together on a couch.

In a different version of the same commercial, Whitlock says it shows one man reaching between the legs of the other man to grab the remote.

“What are we doing?” Whitlock asks. “And you’re wondering why the NFL has booked Bad Bunny for the Super Bowl halftime, this promotion of gender fluidity, this promotion of the LGBTQIA+ silent P crowd. It’s all over their advertising.”

“What are we doing?” he asks again, answering, “And it’s clear as day what we’re doing. They want fathers and sons, fathers and children sitting on the couch, sitting in the living room, sitting in their man caves, watching football with their sons. And they want the sons and daughters to ask, ‘What’s that?’”

“They want that question. They’re trying to force that conversation on all parents and all kids. And they’re going to promote that at the Super Bowl with this Bad Bunny gimmick. Can we just watch football without getting the gay thing shoved down our throat? Could we just watch football without the sexual stuff shoved down our throat?” he asks.

“It’s unnecessary, and it’s intentional,” he adds.

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Did Cleveland Browns head coach just hint he regrets signing Shedeur Sanders?

Many football fans complain that Shedeur Sanders is a nepo baby — someone who has achieved prominence due to family connections (nepotism) rather than merit. They argue that his famous father, Deion Sanders, has laid a golden path for him, leading Shedeur to undeserved success.

Whether it was installing him as the starting quarterback at Jackson State University and later at the University of Colorado Boulder, where Deion ensured Shedeur was named the team’s quarterback without competition, or leveraging his own fame to secure high-profile NIL deals and public endorsements for Shedeur, Deion has consistently paved the way for his son’s success in football and beyond.

Maybe it worked for a while, but now that Shedeur is in the NFL playing for the Cleveland Browns, it seems Daddy’s influence is beginning to backfire, as it becomes clear that Shedeur isn’t the superstar Deion has made him out to be.

On October 7, the Browns traded first-string quarterback Joe Flacco to the Cincinnati Bengals, pushing rookie quarterback Dillon Gabriel to first string and Shedeur to second string. But during a press conference, head coach Kevin Stefanski avoided directly naming Shedeur as the clear QB2 behind Gabriel.

When asked by a reporter if Shedeur would now be the backup quarterback, he said, “I’ll let the week play out, make a decision later on that.”

For a few days, there was speculation that Bailey Zappe, who plays on the Cleveland Browns’ practice squad, could be promoted to the QB2 spot over Shedeur, but earlier today, Stefanski officially named Sanders as the backup quarterback behind Gabriel.

Even still, his hesitancy speaks volumes.

Jason Whitlock, BlazeTV host of “Fearless,” reads between the lines: The Browns don’t have a ton of faith in Shedeur Sanders.

“This is a no-win situation. If [Shedeur] succeeds, everyone’s gonna say, ‘Why didn’t he play to begin with?’ But if he fails, it’s like, ‘Well, they put him in a position to fail,”’ contributor Steve Kim says. “I think Stefanski’s in a real catch-22 here.”

Jason sees Stefanski’s reluctance to immediately confirm Shedeur as the number two quarterback as “an indictment of Shedeur Sanders and an indictment of the Browns organization.”

“What it really says is, ‘We shouldn’t have kept this guy,”’ he says.

“They’re keeping Shedeur out of some sort of political or fear factor or some other agenda other than what’s best for [the Browns’] roster.”

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Turning Point USA to offer 'All American Halftime Show' alternative to NFL's woke Super Bowl spectacle

The NFL, Apple Music, and Roc Nation announced late last month that Benito Ocasio, the cross-dressing Puerto Rican rapper known as Bad Bunny, will headline the Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 8 in Santa Clara, California.

While Ocasio, a supporter of Kamala Harris' failed presidential campaign, recently suggested on "Saturday Night Live" that "people all around the world who love my music are also happy" about the decision, a great many Americans appear deeply displeased with the league's choice of entertainer.

Ocasio has, after all, admittedly avoided touring in the U.S. because of the Trump administration's faithful enforcement of federal immigration law; cursed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents; and repeatedly dressed up in drag, in at least one case wearing fake breasts. Ocasio has also raised eyebrows with his suggestion that Americans — whose official language is English — will have to learn Spanish to understand his Super Bowl performance.

'One by one, conservatives will take back every great American institution.'

Fortunately, there will be an alternative for normal Americans. Turning Point USA announced on Thursday that it will be running a rival halftime show "celebrating faith, family & freedom."

While the conservative organization has yet to announce performers and key event details, the name of the Super Bowl halftime alternative contains a major hint: "The All American Halftime Show."

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The corresponding website for the TPUSA event asks visitors to indicate which genres of music they'd prefer to see featured, including Americana, classic rock, country, pop, worship, or "anything in English."

Blaze News has reached out to a TPUSA spokesman for additional insights into the event.

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The news was well received by American conservatives and other patriots.

BlazeTV host Auron MacIntyre said in response to the announcement, "It's time."

"The NFL chose Bad Bunny. Turning Point chose America. That’s how we win the culture war — by building something better," wrote Crystal Kate, senior adviser to Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts.

The New York Young Republican Club noted, "We're beginning to see the formation of a parallel culture in America, a revitalization of the true American Spirit, free from corporate wokeism and donor/advertising pressures. One by one, conservatives will take back every great American institution."

President Donald Trump suggested that Ocasio, the headliner for the official alternative to the TPUSA halftime show, is "absolutely ridiculous."

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