Braun:The Raiders should consider changing their motto from “just win baby” to “just don’t get blown out baby!”However promising their 24-20 loss to the Chargers may have looked, it was just that — a loss. The defense performed well, giving up only 77 rushing yards and forcing two turnovers, but down the stretch Oakland let Philip Rivers and San Diego control the tempo of the game, ultimately leading to a game-winning touchdown.Usually I’m one to praise a team for performing well, especially the Raiders. I mean, how could you not root for one of the worst teams in the NFL over the past six years? Really, since their embarrassing Super Bowl loss to the Buccaneers, the Raiders have been in the cellar of the NFL.Making even matters worse for them is the fact that they haven’t beaten the Chargers, a division rival, in 12 consecutive games, tied for the worst current losing streak to a single team in the NFL.The reason why the loss hurts so badly stems from the fact that they played so well all game. Richard Seymour and Tommy Kelly looked like they can make a difference on the defensive line and their cornerbacks performed well too. The biggest question mark remaining, however, is JaMarcus Russell. The quarterback hasn’t played up to standards, and if he doesn’t improve quickly, the Raiders will be looking at yet another disappointing season.This year won’t be any different for Oakland. Blowing their late lead to San Diego just proved how much the Raiders haven’t changed one bit.Bleach:While the Raiders and Al Davis have become a running joke in my column this past year, the worst performance of the week easily goes to the Buffalo Bills.Or more specifically, kick returner Leodis McKelvin.Let’s break it down: When you are leading with two minutes left in the game there is only one thing you can do to hurt the team.Anyone have a guess as to what that is?If you said anything besides fumble the ball, just stop reading now.What made the fumble all the more appalling, however, was taking the ball out of the end zone and then continuing to fight for more yards after first contact. I think all 15 Bills fans at that point were screaming, “Just go DOWN!” at their TV sets. Seriously, fumbling was the only big mistake McKelvin made, and he proceeded to crush Bills’ nation town when he coughed up the ball.To make matters worse, McKelvin rubbed some salt in the wound with this quote:”I chose to bring it out because that’s me, no matter what it is,” McKelvin said of the lost fumble. ”If I had that choice, probably 100 times, I’d do it again.”Really? You wouldn’t learn from the biggest mistake the Bills’ have had since signing T.O.? Really?The Raiders loss was bad, but ultimately, expected. The Bills took the best team in their division to the brink of victory, only to have McKelvin fumble over the edge. read more
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Do not. We cannot continue to tolerate this type of racist behavior. In football, in sports, you also educate, and we must educate in tolerance and respect.A hug, @ Williaaams45. https://t.co/4jToGD8t7R– Pedro Sánchez (@sanchezcastejon) January 25, 2020Pablo Iglesias has also reacted, Vice President of Social Rights and 2030 Agenda: “All my support for Iñaki Williams. Racism has no place in our society. The permissiveness to this type of insults compared to other episodes produces misunderstanding and harms the image of our football.” The president of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has condemned this Saturday the racist insults that Athletic Club striker Iñaki Williams received in the match against Espanyol at the RCDE Stadium in Cornellá (Barcelona), and said that it is necessary to “educate in tolerance and respect”.“No. We cannot continue to tolerate this type of racist behavior. In football, in sports, we also educate ourselves, and we must educate in tolerance and respect,” Sánchez writes on Twitter. All my support to Iñaki Williams. Racism has no place in our society. The permissiveness to this type of insults compared to other episodes causes misunderstanding and damages the image of our football. https://t.co/QSyohe54N9– Pablo Iglesias 🔻 (@PabloIglesias) January 25, 2020In addition, Basque politicians as the leaders of the PNV and Podemos Euskadi, Andoni Ortuzar and Lander Martínez, and former soccer players like Rafa Alkorta, they have expressed their support and affection for the Athletic Bilbao striker.Your club has also issued a message of support on your social networks to Williams and has stressed that “for any racist insult, tolerance 0”.In his Twitter account, the president of the PNV, Andoni Ortuzar He stressed that “as a political leader, as a member of the Athletic Club and as a Basque citizen, all my support, closeness and affection”.The secretary general of Podemos Euskadi, Lander Martinez He has expressed in this social network the support of the purple formation to the player and asserted that “e racism must have no place either in sport or in society”.The Basque sovereignist formation, EH Bildu, on the other hand, he has remarked in the same social network that “racist aggressions are not admissible either in sport or anywhere! We want to transfer all our support.”The former player of Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid, Rafa Alkorta, on the other hand, he said that “more parents educated me to respect others without looking at the color, without looking at where each one comes from, without looking at the sexuality of the person in front of me; I do not understand what goes through people’s minds who insulted Williams, they give me PENA. “ read more