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Has the NFL Blacklisted Colin Kaepernick?
On March 7 the National Football League began its free agency period—the time when teams can offer a contract to any unemployed player. In a league where it is impossible to win without a quarterback, teams usually throw bucketloads of money at veteran starting quarterbacks in an effort to lure them to their franchise. A…
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Spike Lee Knows Why Colin Kaepernick Is Still a Free Agent
I don’t agree with everything Spike Lee says, but when he posted on Instagram that he found it “fishy” that NFL teams weren’t champing at the bit to scoop up free agent Colin Kaepernick, I had to agree. For those still asleep, besides having one of the most perfect Afros that has ever Afroed, Kaepernick,…
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Colin Kaepernick Jumps Into Campaign to Get Food to Somalis on Brink of Starvation
Even without a team, Colin Kaepernick continues to put these athletes to shame with his good deeds. The former quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers jumped feetfirst into an ongoing campaign to get food and water to the African nation of Somalia, which is facing a famine that could affect more than 6.2 million Somalis.…
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Colin Kaepernick Donates Huge Sneaker Collection to Bay Area Orphanages, Shelters
San Francisco backup quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who has stood for the sanctity of black lives by kneeling during the national anthem, is giving away at least a portion of his colossal footwear collection to Bay Area homeless shelters and orphanages, according to a video posted on Instagram by his girlfriend, DJ Nessa. Kaepernick, who is…
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Colin Kaepernick Voted Most Courageous Player by 49ers
San Francisco 49ers backup quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who defied professional football’s usual fear of confronting racial unrest, was voted the 49ers’ most courageous and inspirational player by his teammates, the NFL club announced Friday, the New York Daily News reports. Kaepernick, who knelt during the national anthem in protest against police brutality this season, was…
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Navy Admiral Takes Dig at Kaepernick During Pearl Harbor Anniversary Speech
During a speech commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Wednesday, a Navy admiral took a dig at Colin Kaepernick and his national anthem protest. Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr., commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, was addressing a crowd of World War II veterans and survivors of the battle…
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Denver Broncos Linebacker Brandon Marshall Ends Anthem Protest
Denver Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall, arguably the second-most-visible NFL protester aside from Colin Kaepernick, has decided to stand during the national anthem. Marshall explained on his Instagram account that while he won’t be kneeling during the national anthem, he won’t stop fighting for social and racial justice. For the 1st half of the season, I’ve…
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Colin Kaepernick Creates 'Know Your Rights Camp' to Empower Youths
The San Francisco 49ers had a bye week this weekend, and quarterback Colin Kaepernick used his free time to host an event in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday for hundreds of black and Latino kids from California’s Bay Area titled, #KnowYourRightsOakland. According to its website, Know Your Rights Camp is “a free campaign for youth to raise…