{"id":2027408,"date":"2023-09-10T17:18:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T21:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/legendary-nfl-coach-calls-out-espn-for-whitewashing-prayer\/"},"modified":"2023-09-10T17:19:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T21:19:01","slug":"legendary-nfl-coach-calls-out-espn-for-whitewashing-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/legendary-nfl-coach-calls-out-espn-for-whitewashing-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Coach Calls Out ESPN for Ignoring Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" 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by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Legendary NFL Coach Calls Out ESPN for Whitewashing Prayer<\/h2>\n<p>Pro Football\u200b Hall of Fame inductee and legendary NFL coach Tony Dungy had\u2063 some\u2064 choice\u200c words for ESPN and its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-kids-shows-that-have-gone-completely-woke\/\" title=\"4 Kids Shows That Have Gone Completely Woke\">flagship program<\/a>, \u201cSportsCenter,\u201d over an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elizabeth-warren-calls-on-sec-to-investigate-potential-market-manipulation-cautions-against-internet-trading-schemes-a-flash-mob-with-money\/\" title=\"Elizabeth Warren Calls On SEC To Investigate Potential \u2018Market Manipulation,\u2019 Cautions Against \u2018Internet Trading Schemes,\u2019 \u2018A Flash Mob With Money\u2019\">apparent attempt<\/a> to avoid using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/legendary-nfl-coach-calls-out-espn-for-whitewashing-prayer\/\" title=\"NFL Coach Calls Out ESPN for Ignoring Prayer\">term \u201cprayer<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, \u2062SportsCenter\u2019s X account put out \u200ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-clyburn-floating-south-carolina-judge-for-future-scotus-vacancy\/\" title=\"Report: Clyburn Floating South Carolina Judge For Future SCOTUS Vacancy\">post sharing<\/a> a video\u200c of Coco Gauff.<\/p>\n<p>For\u2063 the unaware, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/michelle-obama-praises-tennis-star-coco-gauff-berating-us-open-umpire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gauff<\/a>,\u2063 the\u2062 19-year-old\u200b American tennis sensation, \u200bcaptured the\u200c first \u2064major\u200c of \u200dher career\u2062 with a \u200bscintillating U.S. Open win.<\/p>\n<p>Not \u2062only did Gauff get the win, she \u2063did so against a player\u2063 that many people presume will be the No. 1-ranked player in the world, and the reigning Australian Open\u200c champion, Aryna Sabalenka 2-6, 6-3, 6-2.<\/p>\n<p>So yes, the precocious American teenager \u200chad quite a bit \u200dto be thankful for and she showed it in the \u2064immediate aftermath of her victory with\u2064 some\u2062 immediate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/family-calls-prayers-high-school-quarterbacks-midgame-collapse-reveals-dire-injuries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prayer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But when SportsCenter \u2064shared that moment,\u2064 they used some\u2064 peculiar \u2063language to \u200ddescribe Gauff\u2019s prayer.<\/p>\n<p>See if\u2062 you can spot \u200dit below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CocoGauff?\">@CocoGauff<\/a> took a moment to soak\u2064 it all in after winning \u200dher first Grand\u2063 Slam title \u2064  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/elBGm2wQeC\">pic.twitter.com\/elBGm2wQeC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200c SportsCenter\u200c (@SportsCenter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsCenter\/status\/1700648869514609065?\">September\u2062 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201c@CocoGauff took\u200b a moment to soak it all in after winning her first Grand Slam title,\u201d the X <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-comes-out-swinging-for-fired-disney-star-gina-carano\/\" title=\"Ted Cruz Comes Out Swinging For Fired Disney Star Gina Carano\">post read<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, if\u200d Gauff\u200d had simply buried \u2064her \u2062hands in her face, or fallen \u2062to her knees, nobody\u200b would\u2019ve\u2064 batted an eyelash \u2064at that caption.<\/p>\n<p>But Gauff was clearly praying, and that\u2019s when \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desantis-signs-bill-address-fatherhood-crisis-teaming-nfl-hall-famer-tony-dungy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dungy<\/a>, himself \u2064a proud \u2062and outspoken \u2062man of \u200bfaith, leapt\u200c into action\u2064 on X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I hate to break this to\u200b you SportsCenter but\u200b Coco Gauff was not \u201csoaking it all in\u201d at this moment.\u2062 She was\u2063 praying. \u2064She has been very open about her \u200bChristian faith in the past. \u2064It seems pretty obvious what she is doing here. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UOZ6zoCEPC\">https:\/\/t.co\/UOZ6zoCEPC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2063 Tony Dungy (@TonyDungy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TonyDungy\/status\/1700684731380015461?\">September 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI hate to break this to you SportsCenter but Coco Gauff was not \u2018soaking \u200bit \u2064all in\u2019 at this moment,\u201d Dungy said in \u200ba re-post.<\/p>\n<p>He then\u200c laid it\u2063 out as \u200bbluntly as he could \u2063for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-espn-show-hosted-ex-nfl-player-begins-warning-viewers-dont-sue-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN<\/a>: \u201cShe was praying. She \u2064has been \u200bvery open \u200dabout her Christian faith in the past. It seems pretty obvious what she \u2063is doing here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Gauff spoke about her\u200c faith in the immediate\u2062 aftermath of her win.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Coco Gauff spoke about her faith in God after winning the US \u200bOpen:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh my goodness. It means so much to me. I feel like I\u2019m in shock. That\u200d French Open loss was a heartbreak. \u2064I realized God puts\u200d you through\u200b trials.\u2063 This makes\u200d this moment even sweeter than I could imagine. I don\u2019t\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5Lkbz9F2gU\">pic.twitter.com\/5Lkbz9F2gU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The \u200dTennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheTennisLetter\/status\/1700645316868071547?\">September 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI feel like I\u2019m in a little bit in shock in\u2064 this moment,\u201d Gauff said. \u201cThat French Open loss was \u2064a \u2062heartbreak for me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut \u200cI realized,\u200d you know, God \u2064puts \u200byou through tribulations \u200cand trials and this makes this moment even more\u2062 sweeter than \u2064I could imagine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/legendary-nfl-coach-calls-espn-whitewashing-prayer\/\">Legendary \u200bNFL\u2064 Coach Calls Out ESPN for Whitewashing Prayer<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western \u200dJournal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee and NFL coach Tony Dungy criticized ESPN&#8217;s &#8220;SportsCenter&#8221; for avoiding the term &#8220;prayer.&#8221; Dungy expressed his disapproval after the show&#8217;s account shared a video of Coco Gauff. Gauff, a 19-year-old American, gained attention for her impressive performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2015,"featured_media":2027409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2027408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"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\/2027408","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\/2015"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2027408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2027409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2027408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2027408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2027408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}