Whether you’re someone who believes the NFL should’ve kept to their meat and potatoes of inoffensive pop and geriatric classic rock fare, or you’re someone who thinks the NFL didn’t go far enough in accepting Black culture and Black artists – we all have to agree that this was indeed an accomplishment.
Kaepernick determined that it was more important to use his platform as a professional football player to affect consequential change than to keep quiet, do as he was told and continue making millions of dollars in the league
Two years after former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem and inspired a wave of protests against police brutality, Nike has named Kaepernick the new face of their...
So when it comes to decisions made by teams about the players they put out on the field, we’re often led to believe it is a business decision. When the Dallas Cowboys released starting wide receiver Dez Bryant, he admitted the move was a business decision. Danny Amendola and the New England Patriots: business decision.
Mass Action Against Police Brutality is still defending victims of police gun shootings — and now, they’re recognizing the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for encouraging similar activism.
On Feb. 8, Jimmy Garoppolo signed the largest contract in NFL history — $137.5 million for five years — with the San Francisco 49ers, becoming their quarterback of the future for a franchise with a history of great quarterbacks.
This year has brought us more scandals than we could have possibly imagined. The worlds of politics and entertainment have been existing with a perpetual darkness shrouding their recent bright spots.
Robert...
In honor of the one year anniversary of the shooting of Terrence Coleman, a silent, “take a knee" protest was held Sunday afternoon in front of the State House.
Based off of NFL player...
Since Colin Kaepernick first started kneeling during the national anthem in protest last year, many more professional athletes have joined in. Whether or not these protests are appropriate have been...
The ideas behind the NFL’s kneeling protests during the national anthem have been muddled by President Donald Trump attacking the players who participate and agreeing with the powerful team owners who...
