Pop star Rihanna on Tuesday blasted a US television network for wavering on whether to use one of her songs in its American football broadcasts, amid a furore in the league over domestic violence. CBS had planned to play Jay-Z’s “Run This Town,” featuring Rihanna, at the start of its season-opening Thursday Night Football programme, which last week featured the Pittsburgh Steelers against the Baltimore Ravens — whose star Ray Rice has been banned from the National Football League over knocking out his now-wife. CBS dropped the song, as well as a comedy segment, citing a need for the “appropriate tone” to the broadcast. Apparently, it had the intention to use it in the opening of this week’s programme. But Rihanna — herself the victim of a highly publiciced 2009 assault by singer … Read entire article »