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

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daily reminder that Mike McDaniel is black

and Mike Tirico is italian

I thought this was going to be one of those fake UK news articles but they have convincing photographs.

Edit:

Mr. Hoffman has responded.

“TOILETS! … Three times the NBA average”

Steve Ballmer was fired up about the bathrooms in the Clippers' new arena 💀

(via @BenGolliver)pic.twitter.com/1YGLmeDUwH

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 8, 2023

Video circulating online:

https://x.com/SusieKxoxo/status/1633056862567297024

!football

First we have the pride

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At half time the belief starts to waver but many remain resolute

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As the final whistle blows the reality of what just happened finally sets in

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One intrepid fan comes up with an epic own to shut up his cocky colleagues

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!football !bharatiya

For context it's a chain of eateries which mainly sells prata/paratha which is a local favourite

For more context Man Utd suffered their biggest loss in 90ish years to our most bitter rivals: https://rdrama.net/h/sports/post/152107/marseygunshotsuicide

That particular dish is a plain prata which locals call "kosong" which means "zero" in Malay, so 7 "kosong" pratas for free means...

And it's a real deal so kudos to them because it's pretty funny lol

https://mothership.sg/2023/03/srisun-express-manchester-united-prata/

https://www.facebook.com/srisunexpress/posts/740605367587720

CAM WYNTER WITH THE WINNER FOR @PennStateMBB❕❕❕ pic.twitter.com/Y0LVV4Aigc

— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) March 5, 2023

>upset by Buttgers at home when you were up by 16 at half

>beat top-10 Northwestern at their home

>play ranked Maryland

>make the tourney in the last 0.5 seconds

This team is allergic to being normal. Unquestionably the most dramapilled college bb team.

@Morpheuswipe

THEY SCORED ANOTHER WHILE I WAS MAKING THE POST

@X (formerly chiobu) in the mud

We really need a Coach Prime Marsey, he'll be farming alot of DC before he gets fired for recruiting violations.

500 DC to anyone who gets a coach prime Marsey published in the emoji picked.

Asked about other quarterbacks who inspire him, C.J. Stroud first mentions Mike Vick, then Deshaun Watson.

— kyle meinke (@kmeinke) March 3, 2023

Ja Morant was accused of punching a 17-year-old boy 12-13 times and flashing a gun at him during a pickup basketball game last summer, according to a police report obtained by @mollyhc

Full story: https://t.co/NsRnhsIXlk pic.twitter.com/DH0utTt37V

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 1, 2023

Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant has been accused of punching and flashing a gun at a 17-year-old and threatening a mall security guard.

also mall cop, lol

In police records obtained by Molly Hensley-Clancy of the Washington Post, Morant was accused of punching the teen "12-13 times" during a pickup basketball game at the 23-year-old's house last summer.

Morant told police in an interview he "swung first" in the alleged fight with the teenager, but he was acting in self-defense because the teenager threw a basketball at his head and stepped toward him.

2.0 incoming?

The Pacers' traveling party also said someone in a "slow-moving SUV" that Morant was riding in "trained a red laser on them." It was unclear if the laser was attached to a gun.

This one kinda came out of nowhere

If you want me to create an American Football ping group, send me 9000 dramacoins. Or I can create a sportsball group.

!football @ManBearFridge @xa15428 @Count_Sprpr

Laugh at Chelsea for spending $600+ million dollars worth of players and WINNING NOTHING

We should have a soccerbros ping group btw. I'll create it if anyone gives me 2600 dramacoin.

Edit: Join here

@VOV @Avalon @X (formerly chiobu) @AverageBen10Enjoyer @ForgotMyPasswordAgain @HetsAreFeds @SCD discuss