NFL commissioner, players` union angrily denounce Trump
(World News USA)

SOMERSET, N.J. - The National Football League and its players` union on Saturday angrily denounced President Donald Trump for suggesting that owners fire players who kneel during the national anthem and that fans consider walking out in protest `when somebody disrespects our flag.` `Divisive comments like these demonstrate an unfortunate lack of respect for the NFL, our great game and all of our players,` the league commissioner, Roger Goodell, said in a statement. DeMaurice Smith, executive director of the NFL Players Association, tweeted: `We will never back down. We no longer can afford to stick to sports.` Trump, during a political rally in Alabama on Friday night, also blamed a drop in...