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Report: NFL Executive Tried to Keep Eric Reid Out of Meeting With Owners for Kneeling During Anthem
Troy Vincent—the NFL’s executive vice president of football operations—played a key role in bringing players and owners together to discuss and hash out their differences over players’ protests against inequality and police violence during the pregame national anthem. San Francisco 49ers safety Eric Reid has been one of the most consistent and vocal supporters of…
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Colin Kaepernick Will Finally Get His Seat at the Table When the NFL Meets Players Next Week—but Will He Take It?
When the NFL meets with players and their representatives next week to discuss how the league can better support activism efforts by players, it is expected that Colin Kaepernick will be invited to participate in that discussion. In a conference call with reporters Wednesday, NFL Executive Vice President of Communications and Public Affairs Joe Lockhart…
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Colin Kaepernick Reportedly Signs Book Deal Worth $1,000,000
Social justice warrior and displaced NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick has remained relatively mum on the subject of his silent protests and his feelings about his current employment situation, but perhaps we are about to hear from him in his own words, and not through the filter of a reporter. Page Six reports that Kaepernick recently…
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NFL Executive Troy Vincent on Football, Leadership and Why the Player Protests Actually Worked
If you could choose one person who understands the controversy surrounding the NFL protests for justice and equality, someone who played more than a decade and a half in the NFL might have insight into the issue. If that person’s résumé included a stint as the head of the players union, a job working in…
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The NFL Protests Are a Perfect Study of How White Supremacy Works
Y’all’s president is tweeting about the National Football League again. Shortly after that guy who lives in the White House woke up, submerged himself in a vat of Cheetos dust and ate his leftover KFC thigh and wing (Original Recipe, of course—not those newfangled crispy or spicy concoctions made after America stopped being great), Donald…
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Hoodie Melo Stunts on His Old Job With His New Job, and Thunder Smashes the Knicks on Opening Night
When you leave your old job and start a new one, you always to want a glow-up, and you always want to show your old job that you are doing just fine without their ass. So when your old job and co-workers show up at your new job to see how just fine you really…
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Michael Bennett Will Continue to Sit During Anthem, Says Kaepernick Needs a Job Before NFL Can Move Forward With Players
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. “I think the first step to even being able to even have a conversation is making sure that Colin Kaepernick…
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Colin Kaepernick’s Attorney Says He’ll Have ‘Smoking Gun’ to Prove NFL Owners Blackballed His Client
Mark Geragos, the attorney representing Colin Kaepernick in a grievance against the NFL’s collective bargaining agreement, says he believes he will have definitive proof that NFL owners colluded to keep Kaepernick out of the league. “I am going to predict right now that we will have a smoking gun,” Geragos told CNN Tuesday. “There are…
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Lone Protester Heckles Jerry Jones: ‘Look at the Videos of Police Getting Away With Murder and Tell Me the Players Are Wrong for Protesting’
Jerry Jones had his Southern-fried ass handed to him by a lone protester as the Dallas Cowboys owner walked through what looked to be a hotel lobby. In a 37-second video posted to Twitter, what sounds like an African-American man can be heard projecting to Jones, and shown holding an image of slaves with some…
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30 Reasons Why Your Favorite Team Won’t Win the NBA Finals This Year
The NBA—the best professional sports league in the history of history—is back Tuesday night, with 30 teams all vying to be the one that wins the last game of the season. Here’s why none of them will. 30. Chicago Bulls Because I triple-dog dare you to name five people on their team without Googling the…