Just one day after news broke that the Seattle Seahawks had postponed former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s visit with the team over his commitment to the Movement for Black Lives, the team has reportedly signed quarterback Stephen Morris, according to Yahoo! Sports.
Colin Kaepernick was set to work out with the Seattle Seahawks this week, but team officials decided to “postpone” (read: cancel) the trip after Kaepernick would not commit to stopping his protest during the national anthem against the killings of unarmed black men, women and children by police.
Michael Bennett is proving, once and for all, that the NFL protests during the national anthem have nothing to do with veterans.
Seattle Seahawks defensive lineman Michael Bennett says the issue of Colin Kaepernick’s unemployment needs to be addressed before players and the league can move forward with talks on how to work together on social causes.
Today in politricks: Conservative social media accounts are pushing a fake image of the Seattle Seahawks burning the star-spangled banner in their locker room in an attempt to stoke more anger toward the NFL.
Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett says that he was terrified during his encounter with Las Vegas Metropolitan police officers on Aug. 27, and he plans to sue the department for what he considers to be an incident that started because of the color of his skin.
My mother loves Michael Harriot. I know this, not because she has told me thousands of times, but because she has loved me. She kisses me on my cheek. She hugs me tighter than Young Thug wears his skinny jeans. We have long, meandering phone conversations. She praises me for every little thing I do well. She…
Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett is calling for a boycott of the Seattle Times after the newspaper published a scathing opinion article calling the outspoken NFL star “immature.”
Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett took to Twitter on Friday to respond to criticism from the polysyllabic, empty bag of humid wind known to sports fans around the world as Stephen A. Smith.
Seattle Seahawks backup quarterback Trevone Boykin was arrested early Monday morning after a car he was in crashed into a Dallas bar, injuring five people.
So I never know how to take these videos; you know, the ones where they take the African-American sports star out of his element and surround him in whiteness and then record him. It’s always felt like a backward safari, one of those moments when we collectively laugh at how uncultured the athlete is around culture.
Marshawn Lynch is a man of few words, but when he does say something, it's usually powerful.
It was supposed to be a festive moment, considering that the football team was back in Los Angeles for the first time since it departed for St. Louis in 1994. The Rams were facing the Seattle Seahawks, and it didn't take long for Seahawks and Rams fans to resort to fisticuffs.
The entire Seattle Seahawks team is a bunch of bitches.
On Sunday, the NFL's opening day saw several protests around the league. Seattle Seahawks players locked arms during the playing of the national anthem; Kansas City cornerback Marcus Peters raised a black-gloved fist; and some Miami Dolphins players knelt during "The Star Spangled Banner" and placed their hands over…
Are you ready for some football? Are you ready for some flag-waving, solemn, 15th-anniversary-of-Sept. 11 remembrances? Are you ready for some Colin Kaepernick-inspired Black Lives Matter demonstrations by NFL players? If not, too bad, because you’re going to get all of those things when you tune in for any team’s NFL…
The NFL and domestic violence still have a long way to go.
1. The NFL football season usually ends for me when the Steelers are done playing. Whether it's the last game of the regular season or the first game of the playoffs, when the Steelers are out, so am I. I'll still watch a game if it happens to be on, and, depending on the game, I'll find the action compelling. But, at…
1. The Bleacher Report's Mike Freeman is Black. I assumed he was with a last name "Freeman," but I had to google to confirm. I did not, however, google Freeman's bio and background, so I'm going to assume he has some Black family members, Black friends, Black acquaintances, Black neighbors, and possibly even a Black…
