RIHANNA, RAY RICE SCANDAL: RiRi's Song Cut from NFL Thursday Night Football br br Rihanna is the latest victim of the Ray Rice elevator knockout as her song gets cut from CBS's 'Thursday Night Football' broadcast. As John Basedow (@JohnBasedow) reports, Twitter fans became outraged that a domestic violence victim, like RiRi who was beaten by Chris Brown, got punished by the NFL's decision to talk about the former Ravens running back's domestic abuse news story over having her perform 'Run This Town.