{"id":1820124,"date":"2023-01-23T09:36:38","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T14:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1820124"},"modified":"2023-01-23T09:44:48","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T14:44:48","slug":"sports-editor-dan-zirin-labels-hall-of-fame-coach-tony-dungy-an-anti-gay-bigot-after-former-coach-announces-march-for-life-attendance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sports-editor-dan-zirin-labels-hall-of-fame-coach-tony-dungy-an-anti-gay-bigot-after-former-coach-announces-march-for-life-attendance\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Editor Dan Zirin Labels Hall of Fame Coach Tony Dungy an \u201cAnti-gay Bigot\u201d After Former Coach Announces March for Life Attendance"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">44<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsports-editor-dan-zirin-labels-hall-of-fame-coach-tony-dungy-an-anti-gay-bigot-after-former-coach-announces-march-for-life-attendance%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1820124&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>After Tony Dungy announced that he would be speaking at the March for Life in Washington D.C., Dave Zirin, The Nation&#8217;s sports editor, wrote an entire article attacking Tony Dungy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8182\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8182\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8182 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-20-at-2.33.43-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1666\" height=\"812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-20-at-2.33.43-PM.png 1666w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-20-at-2.33.43-PM-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-20-at-2.33.43-PM-1340x653-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-20-at-2.33.43-PM-768x374-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-20-at-2.33.43-PM-750x366-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-20-at-2.33.43-PM-1200x585-1.png 1200w\"   style=\"display:none\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tony Dungy via EWTN News YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m done with Tony Dungy and the way the NFL and NBC coddle his right wing extremism,\u201d tweeted Zirin. \u201cSo I wrote a piece about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his piece, he rips into Dungy\u2019s almost immediately, starting his tirade by saying that Dungy \u201chas spent years as an anti-gay bigot.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8178\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8178\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8178 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-20-at-1.43.03-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1198\" height=\"1254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-20-at-1.43.03-PM.png 1198w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-20-at-1.43.03-PM-287x300-1.png 287w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-20-at-1.43.03-PM-768x804-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-20-at-1.43.03-PM-750x785-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: EdgeOfSports Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2023\/01\/duke-university-assistant-professor-ridiculously-claims-football-injuries-are-racist-and-disproportionately-affects-black-men\/\">Duke University Assistant Professor Ridiculously Claims Football Injuries Are Racist And \u201cDisproportionately Affects Black Men\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Zirin said that Dungy once said \u201cpublicly and proudly \u00a0that he would not want gay football player Michael Sam on his team. He said over a decade ago that he disagreed with the \u2018lifestyle\u2019 of Jason Collins, the first out active male gay player in the main four North American sports. This is a Dungy staple, calling being LGBT a \u2018lifestyle,\u2019 even after people have said to him repeatedly how hurtful and outdated such a description is. He simply doesn\u2019t care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the editor went after NBC and NFL. \u201ccelebrating\u201d Dungy\u2019s views. Although he does not explicitly mention it in the article, Dungy followed up with a tweet doubled his attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne thing I hint at but don\u2019t say explicitly \u2013 and I should have \u2013 is that the NFL and many at NBC celebrate Dungy (not tolerate, celebrate0 because they share his politics,\u201d Zirin<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8179\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8179\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8179 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-20-at-2.10.19-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1196\" height=\"1268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-20-at-2.10.19-PM.png 1196w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-20-at-2.10.19-PM-283x300-1.png 283w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-20-at-2.10.19-PM-768x814-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-20-at-2.10.19-PM-750x795-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: EdgeOfSports Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/11\/super-bowl-mvp-cooper-kupp-blasts-fashion-brand-balenciaga-for-attack-against-our-young-ones\/\">Super Bowl MVP Cooper Kupp Blasts Fashion Brand Balenciaga For \u201cAttack Against Our Young Ones\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the actual piece, Zirin said \u201cThis is a staggering indictment of the politics the NFL and the network\u2019s partners allow and the kind that they condemn. When someone like, gee, I don\u2019t know, Colin Kaepernick steps up and kneels down to end police violence and racial inequity, he becomes a pariah. Dungy is still portrayed as a religious man and almost a patron saint for the league. Dungy has used his devoutness as a cover for his anti-gay rhetoric and sharing platforms with unapologetic bigots\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Dungy wants a show on \u2018The Daily Wire,\u2019 more power to him,\u201d He continues. \u201cBut his being center stage on the most watched program in the country makes NBC and the NFL complicit in his disinformation and political posturing. Like Dungy, neither NBC nor the NFL has commented about his latest eruption. But their silence speaks volumes. It\u2019s a silence that\u2019s almost as loud as Dungy\u2019s hateful blather, almost as loud as the thousands of people descending upon Washington\u2014some mandatorily\u2014to celebrate a fascistic, discredited Supreme Court and the loss of our rights. It\u2019s shameful. And we should not be afraid to say so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For context, the March for Life in Washington D.C. is an annual march where peacefully and lawfully protests the murder of babies. Yesterday, Dungy announced that he would speak on the main stage of the event for the first-time.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8180\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8180\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8180 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-20-at-2.20.36-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1194\" height=\"910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-20-at-2.20.36-PM.png 1194w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-20-at-2.20.36-PM-300x229-1.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-20-at-2.20.36-PM-768x585-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-20-at-2.20.36-PM-750x572-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: TonyDungy Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dungy had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/nfl-legend-tony-dungy-recalls-damar-hamlin-reaction-march-for-life-speech-people-started-praying\">announced<\/a> on Twitter his excitement to attend so that he and others could \u00a0be there \u201cto support those unborn babies who don\u2019t have a voice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dungy is well-known for his coaching of the Indianapolis Colts and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He currently hosts \u201cFootball Night in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can check out Dungy\u2019s full speech from this year\u2019s March for Life below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n<div class=\"video-player youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>NEXT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/12\/new-england-patriots-running-back-damien-harris-puts-his-eternal-soul-in-jeopardy-to-promote-the-murder-of-children\/\">New England Patriots Running Back Damien Harris Puts His Eternal Soul In Jeopardy To Promote The Murder Of Children<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Tony Dungy announced that he would be speaking at the March for Life in Washington D.C., Dave Zirin, The Nation&#8217;s sports editor, wrote an entire article attacking Tony Dungy. Tony Dungy via EWTN News YouTube \u201cI\u2019m done with Tony Dungy and the way the NFL and NBC coddle his right wing extremism,\u201d tweeted Zirin. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1820127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[16076,4156,13904,16075,5458,4024,7020,15767,6015,12286,9165,8505,3848,3890,3819,3847,13664,16074],"class_list":["post-1820124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-anti-gay","tag-announces","tag-attendance","tag-bigot","tag-bongino","tag-coach","tag-dan","tag-dungy","tag-editor","tag-fame","tag-hall","tag-labels","tag-life","tag-march","tag-report","tag-sports","tag-tony","tag-zirin"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1820124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1820124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1820124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1820127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1820124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1820124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1820124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}