It’s over for Purduecels

The thread in Question

Context:

Kamaru Usman is a black American UFC wrestler who was born in Nigeria and lived there until his family emigrated to the US when he was 8.

Dricus du Plessis is a white South African UFC wrestler who was born in south Africa and still lives there.

Dricus Du Plessis claimed he and his teammate Cameron Saaimon (a different white South African wrestler) were the only true African UFC fighters. In an interview he took a jab at Usman (and a different wrestler whose family emigrated to New Zealand when he was young) and stated the following:

“Did those belts ever go to Africa?” Du Plessis questioned reporters at UFC 285 media day. “As far as I know, they came to America and New Zealand. I’m going to take a belt to Africa. I’m the African fighter in the UFC. Myself and Cameron, we breathe African air. We wake up in Africa every day. We train in Africa, we’re African born, we’re African raised, we still reside in Africa, we train out of Africa – that’s an African champion, and that’s who I’ll be.”

Which is an argument one can maybe understand, but one that is unnecessarily inflammatory as people have different understandings of heritage. It was a jab though at Usman, given how Usman has since taken the American citizenship and used "the American dream" as his nickname/moniker for a while. However, Usman responds

“I saw it, and I guess the thing about me is I try not to be quick to jump on someone and really kill them for those things,” Usman told reporters. > “I’m not part of this cancel culture. But, I understand what he’s trying to say, but I think the one thing he’s failing to realize is – just because I go to China, and my parents are in China and I’m raised in China, that doesn’t make me more Chinese than people from China. That doesn’t make me more Chinese, and *so just because you went over to South Africa and you were raised there, that doesn’t make you African. *So, I would say to him: Try to be a little bit more careful with what you say and how you say it.

Which is a pretty dumb take overall and is actually directly an argument that many racists around the world use to discriminate against other people, especially black people (in the veins of "you are not really German/English/Australian etc etc you are African")

This is where the before linked reddit thread comes in and it starts of good

Lmaooo imagine telling a black man hey listen buddy you might have been born in europe but that doesn’t make you European (also second comment notes how Usman hangs out with Kadryov, the horrible Chechen Islamist/dictator who is Putin's enforcer)

This comment sparks quite some reactions - "I'm more African than some people born in America who have never been to Africa and don't speak a single African language. I speak two of them"

We also got someone fulfilling the stereotype of Americans being bad at geography with following comment - "Africa is a country. It’s like saying I’m American but I’m from Denver."

somehow, Stalin managed to also make his way into the comment section

Thats it for now, will see if I post some other hot takes, but think the thread ran its course.

https://old.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/11sv23a/who_is_really_african_a_comment_concerning/

Hearing from my Memphis source that Ja Morant has checked in rehab for drugs and alcohol.

He will be gone for more than 2 games. Possibly the whole season. Apparently his alcohol addiction has been getting worse this year.

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— Steve Franklin (@MyGuySteve) March 7, 2023

Aaron Rodgers to @PatMcAfeeShow: "I made it clear my intention was to play for the New York Jets."

— Jeff Howe (@jeffphowe) March 15, 2023

Aaron Rodgers came out the darkness and decided tο go tο Jersey.

Trans lives matter, New Yorker lives don't.

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Post your brackets here if you want. You’ll only get criticism if you have Alabama winning it all since they don’t believe that trans lives matter.

National Championships:

1989, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020

Used to buy meat from them on campus, and it was very good.

Mainly posting cause I don't know how holes work and I dont want this one to go away.

President Trump:

"I would be the greatest basketball coach in history, I’d have a women’s team, I’d have all men... I don’t like LeBron James, but I’d say ‘Hey LeBron, you ever think of becoming a woman? Because you’re gonna be on my team.'" pic.twitter.com/2nvWq82KAF

— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) March 14, 2023

If I was this guy I wouldn't start out with such a nerdy stance for my big interview just saying.

>Lineker will return to football coverage this weekend for the FA Cup quarter-final clash between Manchester City and Burnley

>The BBC will launch an independent review of its social media guideline, although who will lead this review is yet to be revealed

>It will place a particular focus on how the guidance applies to freelancers outside the corporation's news coverage, like Lineker

>BBC director general Tim Davie has denied he took the presenter off air last week due to political pressure

>He has apologised for a "difficult period" for staff, contributors, presenters and the audience, following mass-walkouts over the weekend disrupting most of the BBC's normal football coverage

>The head of the BBC has also acknowledged "grey areas" in the current guidelines - introduced in 2020

>Lineker has agreed to stick to the current guidelines while this review is carried out - but what this will mean in practice is not clear

>The broadcaster has taken to Twitter to say he is "immeasurably proud" to work for the BBC and thanked people for their support over the last few days

Tar Heels choose not to participate in 2023 NIT.

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— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) March 12, 2023

The new, shorter version of Match of the Day which the BBC was forced to broadcast on Saturday night proved to be an unlikely ratings success, as curious viewers tuned in to see what was actually left of the programme.

The Premier League highlights show - which squashed six matches into 20 minutes, without commentary or punditry - attracted 500,000 more viewers compared to the previous week.

The BBC's Lizo Mzimba tweeted: "Last night's Match of the Day was watched by 2.58m TV viewers on BBC One.

"Up nearly half a million on last Saturday's figure of 2.09 million according to BARB overnights.

"It's the show's biggest audience since 5 November 2022 when 2.63m watched."

!football

https://nypost.com/2023/03/11/inside-ja-morants-50k-gun-toting-booty-bender-at-strip-club/

Memphis Grizzlies All-Star point guard Ja Morant dribbled and drooled over a stripper at the same Denver-area jiggle joint where he blew $50,000 in tips — and flashed a gun 48 hours later — shocking photos obtained by The Post and insiders reveal.

The new March 2 snaps show the bad-boy baller at raunchy Shotgun Willie’s in Glendale, CO, transfixed by the backboard of a G-string-clad brunette straddling his lap inside in the VIP room — and almost every inch of surface covered in cash.

“The whole room is full of money — it’s literally a pile. You’d need a rake,” according to one club insider who witnessed the eye-popping hardwood scene.

The vaunted 23-year-old point guard, who re-signed with the Grizzlies last year in a 5-year extension deal that could be worth up to $231 million, shelled out at least $50,000 in cash tips in the two-night booty bender, two employees told The Post.

Deborah Dunafon the majority owner of Shotgun Willie’s, confirmed Morant was a repeat customer on March 2 and 4.

“This kid, real young, was exceptionally respectful, and sweet and he did not drink [on his second visit],” Dunafon, 72, said. “We’ve had [Denver] Nuggets and Broncos … come in and pitch quarters at the girls, be disrespectful and nasty. He’s marvelous.”

The gun, however, “absolutely terrified” Shotgun girls in the backroom, claimed one dancer who wasn’t in the VIP room but heard complaints from her coworkers.

“He pulled the white boy excuse card: ‘I’m just going through a lot right now, so I’m going to act [like] a fool and put other people’s lives at risk,’” she said.

College ump suspended after egregious strike call ends game

Compensation update, per sources: Bears trading No. 1 overall pick to Carolina for:

🏈pick No. 9
🏈pick No. 61
🏈a first-round pick in 2024
🏈a second-round pick in 2025
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— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 10, 2023

heh pants pooper

Gary Lineker is to step back from presenting Match of the Day until an agreement is reached on his social media use, the BBC has said.

It follows an impartiality row over comments he made criticising the government's new asylum policy.

The BBC said it considered Lineker's "recent social media activity to be a breach of our guidelines".

It added he should "keep well away from taking sides on party political issues or political controversies".

The BBC said it had been in "extensive discussions with Gary and team in recent days" and "has decided that he will step back from presenting Match of the Day until we've got an agreed and clear position on his use of social media".

It continued: "When it comes to leading our football and sports coverage, Gary is second to none.

"We have never said that Gary should be an opinion free zone, or that he can't have a view on issues that matter to him, but we have said that he should keep well away from taking sides on party political issues or political controversies."

On Tuesday, Home Secretary Suella Braverman outlined the government's plans to ban people arriving in the UK illegally from ever claiming asylum, in a bid to address a rise in the number of people crossing the Channel in small boats.

Lineker reacted to it on Twitter calling it an "immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s".

Ms Braverman hit out at Lineker's tweet, saying it "diminishes the unspeakable tragedy" of the Holocaust.

Speaking on the BBC's Political Thinking podcast, the home secretary said the Nazi comparison was "lazy and unhelpful" and said her family "feel very keenly the impact of the Holocaust" as her husband is Jewish.

Many opposition MPs and charities also strongly objected to the government's plans.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak defended the proposals saying stopping the arrival of small boats is a "priority" for the British people.

Lineker has hosted Match of the Day since 1999 and is the BBC's highest paid star, having earned about £1.35m in 2020-21.

He is employed by the BBC on a freelance basis.

The ex-footballer has previously housed asylum seekers and publicly called for better rights and protections for refugees. He has also been critical of successive Conservative governments over issues including Brexit.

His comments have attracted widespread support on social media, with one tweet getting 235,000 likes.

There's always one of those idiots who can't just be happy for someone else

https://old.reddit.com/r/reddevils/comments/11n4qwj/manchester_united_4_1_real_betis_wout_weghorst_82/jbligzp/

daily reminder that Mike McDaniel is black

and Mike Tirico is italian