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Marshawn Lynch is really trying to make a difference in the lives of young people. To offer some community support, a barbershop owned by Marshawn Lynch is offering free haircuts to students who come in with their report cards.

Marshawn Lynch has been a real dude since high school. Growing up in Oakland, witnessing ongoing police violence and brutality can have that effect on an individual. During a recent discussion with Conan O’Brien, Lynch explained how he feels about Colin Kaepernick taking a knee during the national anthem and what it means for justice.

NFL fans are preparing for what appears to be their first season without one of the sport’s most charming, yet least talkative players. Marshawn Lynch announced his retirement in as cryptic a fashion as he lived his life and now appears to be enjoying his retirement.

Marshawn Lynch is looking to trademark, “I’m just here so I won’t get fined.” Lynch told that line to reporters during the pre-Super Bowl pressers. As reported by the Seattle Times, Lynch has previously trademarked, “Beast Mode” and “About that action, boss.” h/t Colorlines

Jay Smooth is back at it spitting the truth and nothing but the truth with his latest video on Marshawn Lynch.

“Black masculinity and respectability are not synonymous, nor do we need/want them to be,” writes the Crunk Feminist Collective

  “Telling your own story is revolutionary,” Britni Danielle of Brown Boy Genius says of Marshawn Lynch.

NFL players are continuing to protest the “National Anthem” as a new NFL season starts. This past weekend, the Oakland Raiders’ Marshawn Lynch and the Seattle Seahawks’ Michael Bennett made headlines as they sat on the bench while the song played before their respective preseason games, according to ESPN. 

It may have been a long time coming but ESPN has launched their African-American sports and culture blog, The Undefeated. It has been in the works for three years.

It’s a widely held perception that professional athletes peak early by earning millions of dollars before they reach the age of 30 just to lose most of it by the age of 40. But, maybe it’s time we start rewriting this narrative. To be fair, there are multiple examples of former pros struggling to maintain […]

By Summer McDonald    Among the collective gasps, OMGs, and guttural expressions of utter shock from seasoned 12s and Seahawks bandwagon riders alike after Russell Wilson threw an axis-altering interception in last Sunday’s Super Bowl, was some version of this question: Why in the world did they not give the ball to Marshawn Lynch? Since […]