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Five former NFL cheerleaders have filed a federal sex discrimination lawsuit against the Houston Texans, accusing the team of underpaying valuable employees and subjecting them to unsafe working conditions. The five plaintiffs—Hannah Turnbow, Ainsley Paris, Morgan Wiederhold, Ashley Rodriguez, and Kelly Neuner—are…

Bailey Davis, the former New Orleans Saints cheerleader who was fired after she posted a private Instagram photo of herself in a lace bodysuit, spoke with NPR on Sunday about the subsequent complaint she filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against the NFL and the Saints. But Davis says the complaint…

Bailey Davis, a now-former cheerleader for the New Orleans Saints, was fired in January over an Instagram photo of herself wearing what sounds like the equivalent of a bathing suit. Now she’s filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accusing the team of gender discrimination, according to…

For the past 29 years, the Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women has released an annual Femicide Report, which publicizes domestic violence and homicide in the state. This year, the report included information about the 24 Minnesotans who died as a result of domestic violence in 2017. The report recommended increased…

In a decision thematically consistent with the rest of 2017, Justin Timberlake will be returning to the Super Bowl Halftime Show stage on February 4 in Minneapolis as headlining act, this time sans Janet Jackson.

Welcome to Barf Bag, a daily politics roundup to help you sort through the chaotic Trumpian news cycle.

White House Press Secretary/bewitched doorknob Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Monday defended Donald Trump’s asinine and racist comments in which he said that any football player who takes a knee during the national anthem to protest police brutality and racism is a “son of a bitch” who should be fired.

“All anybody’s talking about is these NFL protests and that’s...unfortunate,” said Kathie Lee Gifford Monday on the Today show. Oh it it? Tell us more. “I understand that it’s on the minds of a lot of people but there are so many problems in the world.”

Things escalated quickly from some bullshit comments the president made recently, this time it has to do with sports.

Let me anger bigots around the country by wishing you a very happy holidays.

Ahead of their Sunday season opener, the Seattle Seahawks announced plans to link arms during the national anthem as a show of unity for an vague collection of causes, including “brotherhood” and “freedom.”

Ben Roethlisberger, the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback who’s been accused of sexual assault by two separate women, has weighed in on San Francisco 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick’s controversial decision to sit during the National Anthem as a protest of police brutality.

At this point, America has gotten pretty familiar with Jordan Rodgers, brother of Aaron Rodgers, because despite how much he’s argued he’s far more than just the brother of a famous football player, his edit on the show is certainly not showing up his other skills.

“I haven’t brought a girl home in years,” Jordan said on Monday night’s episode of The Bachelorette, before explaining to JoJo who she’d meet should she choose to come to his hometown of Chico, California, in next week’s episode: his parents, Darla and Ed, and “My oldest brother Luke, funniest guy I know, and…

Bachelor franchise creator Mike Fleiss, who is apparently now spoiling his own show in an attempt to outpace Reality Steve, has indirectly confirmed the latter’s claim that Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is featured on a Bachelorette group date during the show’s upcoming season.

The New York Jets are paying out approximately $324,000 to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by the team’s cheerleading squad over low wages.

On Wednesday, the Buffalo Bills announced Kathryn Smith as their first full-time female coach. Smith will serve as their quality control-special teams coach.

700-WLW, a Cincinnati radio station, is issuing periodic “Big Ben Warnings” in the lead-up to Sunday’s Bengals vs. Steelers game. “The Steelers quarterback has been spotted in the downtown Cincinnati area. All females ages 18-40 are to use extreme caution, especially if heavily consuming alcohol” the fake alert warns,…

Jezebel writers have grown accustomed to writing about the NFL, as players like Ray Rice, Greg Hardy, and Josh McNary make headlines for rape and domestic abuse lawsuits. In fact, scrolling through Jezebel’s archives paints a picture of the league repeatedly refusing to address an epidemic of violence against women.…