To place Philadelphia Eagles Malcolm Jenkins in the proper historical context, just call him the Ralph Abernathy to Colin Kaepernickās Martin Luther King Jr. Sure, Jenkins didnāt help the FBI in its attempts to discredit Kingās voice by confirming King had extramarital affairs, which is what Abernathy did to King. Butā¦
A bittersweet moment for the Movement for Black Lives took place on Thursday when it was announced that the Carolina Panthers have signed free agent Eric Reid.
NFL free agents Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid have gotten a major boost of support from the greatest athlete on the planet, Serena Williams.
The attorney for currently unemployed NFL stars and former San Francisco 49ers Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid dropped a bomb Wednesday on CNN when he hinted that a witness in their collusion case against the powerful football league was ready to drop dime with concrete evidence proving that NFL owners conspired toā¦
In 1958, Martin Luther King Jr. famously said, āThe arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.ā Some 60 years later, the NFL has shown that the moral compass guiding it is bending on an arc toward a potential unjust blackballing of Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid for protesting against systemicā¦
Former San Francisco 49ers and Pro Bowl safety Eric Reid is still without a job. On Wednesday Reid, the first player to take a knee alongside his then-teammate Colin Kaepernick to protest the killings of unarmed African-American men, women and children, filed a collusion grievance against the NFL.
An October meeting between National Football League owners, players and league executives to discuss player protests and President Donald Trumpās bashing of the league because of players protests was supposed to be confidential.
If you donāt believe that former San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick is being whiteballed by the NFL, then look no farther than Eric Reid. While there have been questions about Kaepernickās style of play not fitting with different teams, there have been no questions about Reidās ability to play football. Inā¦
On Monday, protest against the over-policing of black communities continued around the NFLĀ as San Francisco 49ers backup quarterback Colin Kaepernick and teammate Eric Reid knelt during the national anthem while teammates Antoine Bethea and Eli Harold raised their fists. After the anthem, several players from theā¦
When I first saw San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick take a kneeājoined by free safety Eric Reidāduring the singing of āThe Star-Bangled Bannerā before their game against the San Diego Chargers ThursdayĀ night, IĀ threw up a mental black power fist. I did so because I believed it to be a show of solemnā¦
