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Ravens fans give Ray Rice standing ovation during practice
Sports Illustrated ^ | 29 July 2014 | http://www.si.com/nfl/2014/07/29/baltimore-ravens-fans-ray-rice-standing-ovation?xid=nl_siextra

Posted on 07/29/2014 2:16:44 PM PDT by Vigilanteman

Baltimore Ravens fans gave running back Ray Rice a standing ovation as he jogged onto the field during training camp practice on Monday, according to the team's website.

Rice acknowledged the cheering fans by pointing to the crowd.

Rice was seen on video in February dragging his then-fiancée out of an Atlantic City casino elevator. He was charged with third-degree aggravated assault after Janay Palmer, whom he later married, was left unconscious following the incident. Rice agreed to enter into a diversion program to avoid a jail sentence.

More: Lenient penalty for Ray Rice troubling proof of where NFL's priorities lie​

The NFL suspended Rice for two games without pay due to the incident, sparking debate as to whether the punishment was too lenient.

(Excerpt) Read more at si.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Sports
KEYWORDS: abuser; athletes; cad; nfl; ravens; standingo
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To: discostu
B - we still don’t know what happened.

Indeed, if it turns out she initiated the violence, will she be suspended from her job without pay for two weeks? Will others on this thread be as quick to refer to her as a thug?

21 posted on 07/29/2014 2:45:20 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (See my home page for some of my answers to the left's talking points.)
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To: Vigilanteman

Its not like he asked her not to hang around with black guys or anything.


22 posted on 07/29/2014 2:45:42 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: discostu

I cannot think of any reasonable scenario where it is acceptable to hit a woman.


23 posted on 07/29/2014 2:45:48 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: shove_it

I’d rent a snow making machine if she would shovel my walk.


24 posted on 07/29/2014 2:46:49 PM PDT by Nachoman (libertyarmstx.com is now open!)
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To: Vigilanteman
They say we evolved from hair dragging wife clubbing cavemen.

I'm pretty sure they have it bassackwards as usual. The laws of entropy pretty much have a slam dunk on the evolution belief system.

25 posted on 07/29/2014 2:47:21 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Jeremiah 50:32 "The arrogant one will stumble and fall ; / ?)
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To: Moonman62

It’s better than. It’s the only sport, of the big 5, where it is acceptable for two men to settle things with fistacuffs.


26 posted on 07/29/2014 2:48:07 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: Vigilanteman

I live near Baltimore and work in the city. I refuse to bow to the altar of the Raven. When my office has a football season opening lunch, they say to wear your favorite team colors. I wear a NASCAR shirt.

I was given tickets to a ravens game. My son and I were about the only ones not in purple. It felt good.


27 posted on 07/29/2014 2:48:23 PM PDT by cyclotic (America's premier outdoor adventure association for boys-traillifeusa.com d)
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To: Jonty30

Oh I can. They fall under the category of self defense. Meanwhile though we don’t actually KNOW that Rice hit anybody, we’re pretty sure he probably did, but we don’t KNOW. On the short list of things we do know is that the fiance is now the wife and the DA thinks his record should be expunged, and he’s still suspended for 1/8 with further fines eating up another good chunk of his salary. Which is a lot of punishment for doing nobody is quite sure what exactly.


28 posted on 07/29/2014 2:52:24 PM PDT by discostu (Villains always blink their eyes.)
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To: Jonty30

Really? Given how many women kill their children, would shooting them be OK? /half-joking


29 posted on 07/29/2014 2:52:42 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Jonty30
I cannot think of any reasonable scenario where it is acceptable to hit a woman.

How about in self defense against something like this?

30 posted on 07/29/2014 2:56:22 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (See my home page for some of my answers to the left's talking points.)
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To: ilgipper

Pittsburgh as well. The only Commie Red County in the entire southwest corner of our fair Commonwealth is Allegheny, home to Pittsburgh.

The light red (barely Commie) county in the center is Centre, home to Penn State.

31 posted on 07/29/2014 2:56:31 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Vigilanteman
Steelers fans have always known that the Baltimore Ravens represent a shameful culture from a shameful city

Yeah, Balto is a hell hole, but I think you're forgetting a few of your own infamous players - Roethlisberger, Holmes, Harrison, Burress, Davenport, Seigler, and so on. It's an American cultural problem which certainly isn't limited to one city. Steeler fans come to Balto and behave in abhorrent fashion. I've seen it far too often. Yeah, Baltimore and their fans have a lot of problems, and I get it that Steeler fans hate the Ravens, but you're throwing stones from a glass house.

32 posted on 07/29/2014 2:58:19 PM PDT by Mase (Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
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To: Vigilanteman

If he were white he’d been booed off the field. But, as usual there is a different standard for blacks. Think ‘OJ in the White Bronco’.


33 posted on 07/29/2014 3:02:44 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
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To: discostu

Exactly. SHE had been previously arrested for domestic assault. My guess is that she started it and he finished it.


34 posted on 07/29/2014 3:18:11 PM PDT by nonliberal (Sent from a payphone in a whorehouse in Mexico.)
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To: TigerClaws

LOL!


35 posted on 07/29/2014 3:53:58 PM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Vigilanteman

The ghetto culture taking over most sports is why I can no longer stand to watch them. I’m down to golf.


36 posted on 07/29/2014 4:00:04 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: aquila48
The ghetto culture taking over most sports is why I can no longer stand to watch them. I’m down to golf.
Me too - and I've never been able to watch a golf tourny if Tiger's playing. Can't stand him, or the over-the-top coverage he doesn't deserve.
37 posted on 07/29/2014 4:04:47 PM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Vigilanteman

Used to enjoy football. But that was before the players were all gangstas, the fans were all trash, and the sports media were all faggots.


38 posted on 07/29/2014 4:07:30 PM PDT by greene66
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To: aquila48

Well, there’s always http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxhqXzVBen4

Or the fastest game on grass: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmzivRetelE


39 posted on 07/29/2014 4:24:32 PM PDT by vladimir998
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To: Vigilanteman
"Typical for a Democrat politician, typical for a Democrat city. "

Well, yeah. But Pittsburgh is a Democrat city too!

40 posted on 07/29/2014 4:51:45 PM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim ("Your apathy is their power." - Sarah Palin Jul 19, 2014)
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