Tag: Violence

Joe Mixon: Another Case of Biased Media Reporting

Brandon King

Unprovoked violence against anyone, regardless of sex, is wrong. No one has the right to put their hands on another person in an aggressive fashion. The recent footage that was released (somehow I find the timing odd to say the least) of the altercation University of Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon had with fellow student Amelia Molitor is very telling. Terming the media’s, and particularly the sports media’s, coverage of this story as irresponsible would be giving them an underserved courtesy.  Every news outlet leads with some variation of Mixon…

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Josh Brown DV scandal draws different responses from media, social groups

Brandon King

Over the past few days, it came to light that New York Giants’ kicker Josh Brown has a history of assaulting his wife. The comparison has been made to that of the Ray Rice incident, however what I found rather interesting was the reaction of the sports media, certain organizations, and that of the NFL was in stark contrast to his case.  When the news broke over the Ray Rice assault, it seemed that nearly every news outlet from The View to Sportscenter ran the video of the incident and…

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From The Feet Up:Nike,Fights over Jordans and More

Brandon King

  If sneakers are not just footwear to you but more of an obsession then From the Feet Up with Sean “Paper Chasr” Williams is a show you should tune into. Sean Williams and his long time friend Dee Wells founded the first sneaker podcast in Aug 2007 . Since then Sean has spent a great deal of his life healthily obsessing over sneakers . In this episode Sean enlightens viewers on Nike’s new “creation”, the result of stepping on a black mans sneaker and Foot Lockers same day sneaker…

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