“We Both Care About Humanity”: Azeez Al-Shaair Opens Up About Joining Hands With Kyrie Irving To Honor Hind Rajab After NFL Fine

Kyrie Irving Offers to Pay Fine for Texans Player Punished Against Bills

Kyrie Irving offered to pay the fine for a Houston Texans linebacker punished for his game against the Buffalo Bills.

“We Both Care About Humanity”: Azeez Al-Shaair Opens Up About Joining Hands With Kyrie Irving To Honor Hind Rajab After NFL Fine

Azeez Al-Shaair has made a habit of testing the NFL’s uniform rules. Months after drawing a Fine for writing “Stop the Genocide” on his eye black during the playoffs, the Texans linebacker was fined again, this time $11,941, for a different message. His latest tribute honored Hind Rajab, and it came with an unexpected twist. […]

Kyrie Irving offers to pay NFL star’s fine for pro-Palestinian eyeblack

(JTA) — NBA star Kyrie Irving said he would cover an $11,941 fine that the NFL imposed on Houston Texans Pro Bowl linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair for writing Hind Rajab, the name of a Palestinian girl killed by Israeli forces, on his eyeblack during Sunday’s game. Irving said Wednesday on social media that he would “take care of his fine.” The NFL fined Al-Shaair, who is Muslim, a similar amount last season when he wrote “STOP THE GENOCIDE” on his ey…

NFL Fines Texans' Azeez Al-Shaair for Pro-Palestine Tribute to Hind Rajab - Archysport

Houston Texans middle linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair has been fined $11,492 by the NFL for wearing an unauthorized personal message on his eye black during a Week 1 matchup against the Buffalo Bills, according to league records reported by beat writer Aaron Wilson. The veteran defender displayed the name “Hind Rajab”—a five-year-old Palestinian girl killed in ...