SB Nation: Patriots Start African-American QB, Make a Civil Rights Win
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Since it’s impossible to report any story involving a black person without resorting to race, SB Nation took the Patriots’ starting African-American quarterback Jacoby Brissett against the Houston Texans and branded it a major civil rights victory.
Colin Kaepernick's 'Perilous Fight' Lands the Cover of TIME
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In a desperate attempt to convince the world that they still exist, Time magazine put anthem-protesting, second string quarterback Colin Kaepernick on the cover.
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NFL's Rating Dive Continues; Poll Shows Anthem Antics Turning Off Fans
Two weeks ago, National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell said, as the Associated Press paraphrased it, that he "disagrees with Colin Kaepernick’s choice to kneel during the national anthem, but recognizes the quarterback’s right to protest." Sunday night, Goodell seemed to go all-in with the players, telling AP (again, accurately paraphrased) that he "is encouraged by the direction…
NYT Rewinds, Hails QB's Anthem Sit-In, Tries Stirring More Protests
It's Week 2 of the NFL season, and the controversy over San Francisco 49er's quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s refusal to stand for the National Anthem still simmers among those die-hard sports fans in the liberal news and opinion pages of the New York Times. Times critic-at-large Wesley Morris had a think-piece at the front of the Times Sunday Magazine, “Stand and Deliver,” while another Times…
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Kaepernick Effect? Week 1 NFL Ratings Down Significantly from 2015
One of the great mysteries surrounding the controversy over San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's decision to sit (or kneel) through the National Anthem at the beginning of his team's games (while wearing socks during practices depicting police as pigs) has been the National Football League's nonchalant response.
Perhaps the league thought that the matter would blow over in a week…
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GQ: Protesting Obama Same as Protesting Anthem, Flag
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It appears as though GQ Magazine has finally found a form of sports arena protest that they’re opposed to.
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Nets Play Up Kaepernick’s Protest, Give It More Time Than U.S. Economy
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When it came to covering voters’ most important issue, networks fumbled again in August. Instead, the networks spent more time tackling a football player who protested the national anthem.
NFL Threatens Punishment for Patriotic 9/11 Cleats
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The title Dumb & Dumber would fit as the title to any movie made about the NFL’s handling of player protests, and attempts at support around the Fifteenth Anniversary of 9/11.
Neal Gabler: Media ‘Have Worked Tirelessly’ to Trash Hillary, Brady
Journalists are cynical grouches who like dragging people down, suggests author and former Fox News Watch panelist Gabler. The rich and famous are inviting targets, especially if journos sniff a scandal. Take Hillary Clinton and Tom Brady, who in Gabler’s view "have been victims of the media’s strong predisposition to presume guilt, whether there is evidence for it or not."
SLATE: Odell Beckham Jr. Not Interested in Lena Dunham, ‘Perhaps Gay'
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It’s no surprise that the left is on a ceaseless and scandalous search to uncover, and encourage, gay athletes to “come out.”
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ESPN Host Made to Apologize for Saying Blacks Aren’t Oppressed
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ESPN has officially lost it. On Monday, while discussing the Colin Kaepernick statement that America oppresses “black people and people of color,” ESPN talk show host and college football analyst Paul Finebaum had the audacity to offer the opinion that he doesn’t believe that “this country oppresses black people.”
Pro Football Talk: ‘Silly’ to Focus on Kaepernick’s Pig Cop Socks
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On Thursday, pictures of 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick wearing socks depicting cops as pigs emerged.
'The Root': Jerry Rice Wants Kaepernick To Behave on 'the Plantation’
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You know you’re about to read a truly amazing article when it references “black Jesus” and “the plantation,” by the first paragraph. NFL legend Jerry Rice was accused of "urging Colin Kaepernick to stand up like a good Negro and pledge allegiance to the flag before he causes trouble on the plantation." It ended with "stick to shutting up, Rice."
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Conservative Pundit Slams Kaepernick as 'Whiny, Indulgent Crybaby'
During Monday night's edition of the Tomi program on The Blaze website, conservative host Tomi Lahren harshly criticized Colin Kaepernick -- quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers professional football team -- for refusing to stand during the performance of the National Anthem at the start of the preseason game against the Green Bay Packers the day before.
Lahren began her “Final Thoughts”…
