Author: Michael

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Years of fighting in court resulted in the emails being released.
For years the New Orleans Saints have worked to suppress information about its extraordinary relationship with the Catholic Church, and now everything is spilling out on the week the city is hosting the Super Bowl.
In a court battle that has lasted four years, previously unseen emails were made public between the Saints and the Archdiocese of New Orleans detailing extensive assistance given to the church by the NFL team.

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Ratings for the NFL declined precipitously in 2016 and 2017, ultimately leading to double-digit declines. 
There were people within the sports media who pushed back on the notion the declines were a response to Colin Kaepernick and other NFL players kneeling before the national anthem, purportedly in protest of the relationship between police officers and minority Americans.
They were wrong.
A new study from Morning Consult all but confirms politics was responsible for the decline.

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NEW ORLEANS – The European mind (and some American minds, too) simply do not understand the Constitution of the United States of America and that was obvious during this Super Bowl week’s second press conference in New Orleans.
And it forced Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry to explain the Second Amendment to a reporter who stated he is from Germany when the reporter asked the Governor about his executive order designating Bourbon Street as “an enhanced security zone.

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Baltimore Ravens fan Jack Callis won’t spend more time behind bars.
Callis was arrested on charges of first degree aggravated assault and three second degree assault charges after he attacked two Commanders fans after a game in October. 
The video is nothing short of horrifying. One of the victims appears to get knocked out and could have easily been more seriously hurt if he hit his head going down. 
Callis faced more than 50 years in prison, but he won’t get close to that.

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