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‘I am highly sympathetic to the players’ cause’: Veterans react to national anthem protests

Minutes after Breein Tyree stepped off the court following a win over Georgia — a game before which he and seven of his teammates knelt during the national anthem — he sent

March 5, 2019

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Ole Miss head coach Kermit Davis, senior Terence Davis speak out about players’ protest

It’s been almost a week since eight Ole Miss men’s basketball players, led by Devontae Shuler, knelt during the national anthem before the team’s game against Georgia. Before the team’s first game

February 28, 2019

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Rebel players kneel, overshadow neo-Confederate march on campus

Devontae Shuler knelt for 63 seconds on Saturday. The basketball team’s historic on-court protest was brief, yet it overshadowed a day’s worth of neo-Confederate demonstrations happening at the same time in the

February 25, 2019

2/23/19: Weekend Protests·Featured Slider·News

Letter to the Editor: Randy Morgan

On Feb. 23, Oxford and Ole Miss were the venue for a pro-Confederate rally, organized by Confederate 901, located in Memphis, and the Hiwaymen, who brought a handful of Civil War nostalgists

February 25, 2019

2/23/19: Weekend Protests·Opinion

Ole Miss basketball players kneel during national anthem as neo-Confederate activists march on campus

Update – 3:00 p.m. Sunday A video posted by ESPN identifies Devontae Shuler as the first of eight Ole Miss players to kneel during the national anthem on Saturday. Shuler’s decision to kneel

February 23, 2019

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Column: Kermit Davis doesn’t want his players to kneel. They already weren’t

At his public introduction as head coach of Ole Miss basketball, Kermit Davis gave the usual answers. As a seasoned professional – a college coach for some 35 years – Davis knows

April 2, 2018

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Opinion: Debating the NFL national anthem protests

It’s an American’s moral duty to stand for the national anthem It has been nearly one year since NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick made headlines by refusing to stand during the national anthem

September 28, 2017

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