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Instead of taking accountability, men like Deion Sanders and Stephen A. Smith, Jason Whitlock argues, would rather find someone else to blame.On "Fearless," Whitlock puts the Colorado football coach and ESPN personality on what he calls the “Mount Rushmore of entitlement,” accusing both men of deflecting criticism instead of owning their mistakes.“Stephen A. Smith put out some, I mean, just really hard-to-understand, ridiculous video about the Atlanta Dream in the WNBA and how the WNBA wasn’t prepared because they ... didn’t have an arena big enough to host the WNBA Finals,” Whitlock explains.“And he’s ranting and raving ... but then he turns it into something about himself and critics and apologizing and making mistakes, and he turned it into the mistakes that he’s been making, and the apologies he’s been making are proof of how good he is or how righteous he is,” he continues.This attitude is why Smith, Whitlock says, belongs on the “Mount Rushmore of entitlement” alongside Deion Sanders.“Deion, in their last game two weeks ago against Texas Tech, made coaching blunder after coaching blunder. His team looked unprepared. Deion looked unprepared. They lost their third straight game to Texas Tech,” Whitlock explains.Sanders took two weeks to give a press conference, which Whitlock notes didn’t help.“With two weeks of preparation, he could offer no explanations for anything,” Whitlock says.“It’s been reported, and Deion copped to it, that someone on the Colorado coaching staff or players left their playbook at the team hotel and Texas Tech fans found it. Deion had no explanation for that two weeks ago,” he explains.“I’ve been around coaches my entire life. Losing your playbook is not an option,” he says.“He won’t take responsibility for it. He won’t be held accountable for it,” he adds.Want more from Jason Whitlock?To enjoy more fearless conversations at the crossroads of culture, faith, sports, and comedy with Jason Whitlock, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

Fans of the popular multi-season show dramatizing the life of Jesus Christ were thrilled when the trailer for the latest season was released Thursday."The Chosen" famously received support from one of the largest crowdfunding campaigns ever and has become a hit with hundreds of millions of viewers. 'Season Five was the powder keg. In Season Six, it explodes.' "This is it. We’re at the toughest part. Season Six covers the 24 hours of the events surrounding Jesus’ death," read the description from show creator Dallas Jenkins on social media. "It was painful to shoot, and it’s painful to contemplate," he continues. "But if there’s one thing I want you to take away from this season, it’s that Jesus chose this path. He even tells the apostles he could be rescued from it if he wanted. He chose surrender and humility and sacrifice. Knowing that should make this story a little less painful."Jenkins concludes, "Season Five was the powder keg. In Season Six, it explodes." The show's creator told BlazeTV host Allie Beth Stuckey that he began writing about the life of Jesus after his bright future as a director appeared to collapse along with a box office disaster. "It was in 2017 that my feature film came out that completely bombed at the box office," Dallas said in the 2022 interview. "In just a couple hours, I went from being a director with a very bright future to being a director with no future," he explained. He said he received a message from a stranger on Facebook about the biblical story of Jesus feeding 5,000 with fish and loaves that changed his life. "Remember, it's not your job to feed the 5,000. It's only to provide the loaves and fish," the message read. RELATED: Did Jesus really pray for Judas? 'The Chosen' faces backlash over 'super unbiblical' scene "In that moment, my life changed. I felt more than ever like God was present. ... I felt more cared for in that moment than ever," Jenkins added. Season 6 of "The Chosen" will be released on Prime Video November 15. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The Muslim Democrat running for Michigan's open seat in the U.S. Senate did not do well under pressure when questioned again about ties between his family and the Muslim Brotherhood.In a video posted Wednesday, Abdul El-Sayed appeared outraged that NBC News anchor Tom Llamas continued to ask him to clarify whether he and his family support the terrorist group in light of comments made by his maternal half-sister, Eman Abdelhadi, on social media.'Are you serious? ... Do you think, you think, are, are you, are you insinuating that somehow I was lying?' The X posts from Abdelhadi include:"Had an amazing talk with my mom about her activism in the Muslim Brotherhood during the early 70s while she was in college #respect.""My family has long been MB, but I've always felt that it has navigated the political sphere poorly/destructively.""Although I lean towards the Leftists; conversations with my #MB family in Egypt revealed respect for individual liberties & secular state."Although the posts were written more than a decade ago, El-Sayed has been unable to fully explain them."These tweets have emerged now," said Llamas, who read the content of some posts. "Can you just explain it?""Yeah, Tom. It's funny to me," El-Sayed responded, visibly irritated."I was born in 1984 down the street in Rochester Hills," he added. "I was raised here in Michigan, went to the University of Michigan, rebuilt the health department in the city, led the health department in this county. And you want to ask me about what was happening in Egypt in 1970? Are you serious?""I get it, but you were asked a question, and you gave an answer —" Llamas said before getting interrupted."This is kind of like the same. Yeah. I'm telling you, like, I have no ties. We have no ties," El-Sayed rambled."So your mother had no ties?" Llamas asked. "I've never had these conversations with my mother. I wasn't raised by my mother," he replied. "So you were unaware —" Llamas asked. "But, but, but I'm just telling you that, like, you're using hearsay evidence from a tweet. It's ... not serious. It's just not serious," El-Sayed stammered. "But you've also gone after the president for truthfulness," Llamas said. "So when people ask you a question, they all do expect the truth.""And do you think, you think, are, are you, are you insinuating that somehow I was lying?" El-Sayed stammered."I don't know. That's why I'm asking you," Llamas replied."And I'm telling you I was not," El-Sayed angrily responded.RELATED: WATCH: 9/11 hero's father narrates powerful ad against Abdul El-Sayed After a debate last Thursday against Republican Mike Rogers, El-Sayed similarly snapped at a reporter who asked about the different standards he has for President Donald Trump and for Hasan Piker, an anti-American radical who campaigned with El-Sayed earlier this year."That's a serious question?" El-Sayed shot back with obvious disdain. "Well, Donald Trump is the president of the United States, which means he has significant power, including holding the nuclear football. And when he makes war, which he has the power to do, it's a very different thing than a streamer in California. I'm not sure if that's clear to you, but like, when it's the president of the United States, who is literally the most powerful person in the whole world, to equate the most powerful person in the world with a streamer in California seems to me to be just a little — I'm not going to use the word — but silly."El-Sayed's campaign did not respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.Rogers has hammered away at El-Sayed by using El-Sayed's own extremist statements and positions.Former President Barack Obama has signed up to campaign for El-Sayed, which many critics take as a sign that Democrats are worried that their candidate won't be able to cross the finish line. The race is pivotal in deciding which party will control the U.S. Senate after the midterm elections. The contest is still very tight in the last month of before the election, as can be seen in the Blaze News Poll Watch average of polling below. Michigan Senate polls 2026: El-Sayed vs. Rogers Michigan Senate polls 2026: El-Sayed vs. Rogers pollwatch.theblaze.com Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A California researcher pleaded no contest to one felony count of poisoning his coworker, which allegedly made the female victim gravely ill. However, the defendant was granted what a judge called an "extremely generous" plea deal despite hidden-camera video of him tampering with his colleague's water bottle.Rong Yuan began working at Berkeley Engineering and Research in January 2017, and she worked alongside David Xu, a fellow UC Berkeley alumnus.'I almost died.'Yuan told the San Francisco Standard that her first workplace encounter with Xu was tense, saying that Xu told her she wasn't allowed to use the company's material characterization lab.Yuan said she told Xu, "I know how to use all these tools. I've even repaired them."Yuan recalled, "I just decided I will never overlap with him. I'll just simply do my work, and he can do whatever he wants."Just weeks after the encounter, Yuan said she began experiencing mysterious health issues, including vomiting, dry heaving, and hair loss.Yuan sought medical treatment after her symptoms became increasingly severe.Yuan remembered that she suddenly became gravely ill after drinking from her water bottle in July 2017."I began to feel like I was dying," Yuan stated. The Standard reported that by late 2018, she had been to the hospital repeatedly, her health was deteriorating, and she was vomiting all the time, often having to miss work.Yuan said her parents, who are from China, feared her illness could be fatal, so they traveled to visit her.On Nov. 27, 2018, Yuan sent an email stating that she was vomiting again and wouldn't be able to work at the office.Xu reportedly replied, "You should work from home until you feel better. No reason to rush in."Xu allegedly added that Yuan might be sick because he believed the workplace is "moldy."In January 2019, Yuan was working at the office when she drank from her water bottle at her desk and suddenly felt sick again to the point that she thought to herself: "I'm going to die."Later that day, Yuan's mother drank from the same water bottle and noticed an unusual sour taste.Fearing someone was tampering with her water bottle, Yuan on Feb. 11, 2019, set up a secret camera on the wall next to her desk and focused on her water bottle.At 11:04 a.m., Xu appeared at her desk, and the camera caught a close-up of his face and his arm reaching toward where her bottle was placed, the Standard reported.A second video from March 4 seemingly shows Xu pouring a substance from a small white container into Yuan's bottle; Xu is seen exiting the frame of the video but appears back in frame, rotates Yuan's water bottle, and moves away."My blood was frozen," Yuan said of first seeing the alarming video. "I almost died. I experienced death so, so close so many times. I cannot let him go."That day, Yuan presented the Berkeley Police Department with the videos and the water bottle.The Standard reported that samples taken from Yuan's bottle tested positive for cadmium, a toxic heavy metal, at "levels up to 3.5 million times the federal limit for drinking water."A report from the Berkeley Police Department accused Xu of putting cadmium in Yuan's "food and water on multiple occasions."According to Alameda County Superior Court records reviewed by San Francisco Gate, Xu was arrested in March 2019 and charged with premeditated attempted murder and two felony counts of poisoning.Then-Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price offered Xu a plea deal of one count of poisoning and one year of probation.The Standard reported that the deal "shocked" even the judge, who remarked at Xu’s 2024 sentencing hearing that it was "extremely generous, considering everything in this case" and doubled his probation to two years.Despite facing a punishment of up to life in state prison, Xu served just one day in jail and two years of probation, according to the Standard.Xu completed his two-year probation in March 2026 and filed a petition for dismissal in July 2026.The Daily Californian reported that Alameda County Superior Court Judge Pelayo Llamas granted Xu's petition to dismiss his felony poisoning conviction on Monday, despite objections from Yuan and Assistant District Attorney Priscilla Vuong.The dismissal allows Xu to avoid disclosing the poisoning conviction to private employers.RELATED: Husband sets up hidden camera, catches teacher wife poisoning his smoothie with deadly plant: Police Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson released a statement that read:In 2019, David Xu was charged with attempted premeditated murder and poisoning. In 2023, the case resolved to a felony poisoning charge, 2 years of probation, and no additional jail time. After completing probation, the defendant petitioned the court to dismiss the case. As a result, we joined the victims to oppose the motion pursuant to Penal Code section 1203.4. The court granted the motion over objections. We hope the survivors are able to continue healing, both emotionally and physically, from this shocking event.Yuan described the decision as "expected" but noted that she was "still disappointed."Yuan said she received $7,058 in restitution but added that her out-of-pocket medical expenses after insurance were more than $65,000.Xu's attorney, Charles Huang, on Tuesday told the Daily Californian that he was not at liberty to provide a comment on the case and didn't immediately respond to the Daily Californian's emailed request for comment.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. 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