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HOUSTON (The Blaze/AP) — Carolina Panthers tight end Jeremy Shockey criticized members of the Houston Texans for not putting their hands over their hearts during the national anthem, calling their inaction “kind of offensive.” Shockey says he saw “about 10 players” who didn’t do the traditional gesture when the anthem is played, and he told some of them how he felt during Carolina’s 28-13 victory. “I was pretty upset in the way they weren’t showing respect to America during the national anthem,” Shockey said. “This is America and you should at least give respect to America.”

A Dutch football club has banned one of its fans for posing for a photograph with the local mayor with his penis hanging out. Mayor Wim Deetman did not realise the ADO Den Haag fan was exposing himself when he agreed to have his picture taken with him. He had just come from a meeting with club directors and gladly posed arm in arm with the fan who was clutching a bottle of beer. It was only later, when the picture was circulated on the internet, that Mayor Deetman realised he had been set up. He is now taking legal...

ALBANY, N.Y. - Most of the New York Giants' offense failed Thursday night to pick up where it left off last season, but tight end Jeremy Shockey continues to show he has not skipped a beat - at least with his mouth. Minutes after the Giants' 26-6 flop against the Patriots in their preseason opener, the second-year tight end again found himself discussing inflammatory comments attributed to him in a magazine article. This time it was New York magazine, which quotes Shockey calling new Cowboys Coach Bill Parcells a "homo." After the game, Shockey denied using the word, a slur...

Shockey calls Parcells 'homo' in magazine interview ESPN.com news services The season hasn't even started, yet Jeremy Shockey is getting a head start … off the field. The New York Giants tight end ripped into new Cowboys coach Bill Parcells, calling him a "homo" among other comments in an upcoming story for New York magazine, the New York Daily News reported Friday. "Let's see how much Parcells wins this year," Shockey is quoted as saying about the former Giants coach in the magazine issue that will be released Monday. "I'll make him pay when we play them. The homo." Shockey,...