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Fearless with Jason Whitlock

Ep 268 | Pee Wee Football Coaches Blame Aqib Talib for Sparking Deadly Shooting of Mike Hickmon

Fearless with Jason Whitlock

Blaze Media

Sports, News, Politics, Sports News

4.89K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2022

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

For the first time since the deadly shooting of youth football coach Mike Hickmon, we hear directly from the witnesses on the field during the tragedy. Dragon Elite Academy Coaches Kerry Lewis, Mark West, and Heith Mayes share the details of what began as an argument with game officials that turned deadly. They believe the tragedy was completely preventable, and the blame for sparking the events that led to the shooting lies solely on one man: former NFL star Aqib Talib. “Aqib incited the whole uproar,” Dragon Elite coach Kerry Lewis tells Jason. “The game would’ve never been stopped had Aqib not come over to our sideline to yell at the refs.” "Fearless" is the only place where you will hear the story of how a Pee Wee game turned violent and left Aqib’s brother Yakub Talib in jail on murder charges. This tragedy highlights two issues: the epidemic of black-on-black crime and the proliferation of adult misconduct in youth sports. "Fearless" contributors T.J. Moe and Steve Kim join the show to discuss the newest details in the case. We want to hear from the Fearless Army!! Join the conversation in the show chat, leave a comment or email Jason at Fearless@TheBlaze.com Today's Sponsor: Cozy Earth bed sheets are soft, made of the finest luxury material and temperature-regulating so you can sleep cool and comfy year-round! Save 35% when you go to https://CozyEarth.com/FEARLESS and enter my special promo code FEARLESS at checkout. The Blaze patriotic sock packs are back! There are TWO sock packages and stylish drink covers to choose from. Order both and we’ll throw in a FREE bonus set of socks! For BlazeTV subscribers, use promo code “Blaze Sub” for 20% off your purchase. Not a subscriber? Subscribe to BlazeTV now and use promo code “FearlessSocks” to save on both your BlazeTV subscription AND get 20% off these limited-edition socks. Go to BlazeSocks.com. Shout Out from Jason: Do you love gifts? Would you want to request a personal shout out for yourself, family or friends from Jason Whitlock?! Click either link below to get the official Shout Out app for Apple or Android and request a personal shout out from Jason Whitlock! Shout Out for Apple:  https://apps.apple.com/us/app/shoutout/id1541540629 Shout Out for Android:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app.shoutoutapp Get 10% off Blaze swag by using code Fearless10 at https://shop.blazemedia.com/fearless Make yourself an official member of the “Fearless Army!”   Support Conservative Voices! Subscribe to BlazeTV at https://get.blazetv.com/FEARLESS and get $10 off your yearly subscription. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Fearless with Jason Whitlock. I am Jason Whitlock. If I don't sound as upbeat

0:22.6

and happy on this happy Tuesday, it's because of the nature of the show we're doing today.

0:28.7

We're going to follow up on the story about Mike Hickman, the 43-year-old P.W. football

0:35.9

coach in Lancaster, Texas, who was gunned down on the field in front of a bunch of

0:40.8

nine-year-old children and other parents and coaches. Today's show is going to be a bit

0:50.8

different because I just want to unpack this news. I wrote a news story that you can find

0:57.2

at theblaze.com or you can find it on my Twitter feed. I suggest you go there. I wrote a

1:02.8

news story unpacking allegations in this story about Michael Hickman's death that as it relates

1:11.4

to a key to lead the former NFL football star, now retired, broadcaster for Fox Sports

1:18.8

and Amazon, covers the NFL for Fox Sports and Amazon and his role in this tragedy. And

1:28.6

to Leib's brother, Jacob has turned himself into police. The police identified him as the

1:34.2

shooter of Mike Hickman. But yesterday and today, I spent time on the phone with Mike Hickman's

1:44.2

peers, assistant coaches and head coach of the Dragon Elite Football Academy team that Mike

1:51.3

coached on and that his nine-year-old son was the quarterback of that team. And so I wrote

1:56.6

a news story with their allegations that a key to lead actually sparked this melee tragedy

2:07.2

with his emotional uncontrolled behavior, behavior that we've seen from him as an NFL football

2:16.1

player, both on and off the field. It, according to these coaches, still continues. And so

2:22.9

today, we'll hear from the head coach of the Dragon Elite team, Carrie Lewis, who was

2:29.0

there Saturday night when Mike Hickman was gunned down by a key to lead's brother. We'll hear

2:34.9

from their offensive coordinator, Mark West, who was there when Mike Hickman was gunned

2:41.2

down. And we'll hear from one of, I believe, one of their defensive coaches, Heath Mays,

2:46.0

who was there. And these guys will tell a story about what precipitated the shooting. And

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