Colin Kaepernick

Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Wherever You Listen Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the best of The New Yorker in your inbox. More than a decade ago, as quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, Colin Kaepernick led his team to the Super Bowl. And, not…

Kaepernick writes in his new memoir, “The Perilous Fight,” that he has since changed his views after he said he wouldn’t vote in the 2016 presidential election. Former NFL quarterback and activist Colin Kaepernick in New York City on July 30. Jesse Dittmar for NBC News Sept. 6, 2026, 6:56…

Photo Credit: Colin Kaepernick by Asa Quathern / CC by 4.0 Jay-Z’s ongoing feud with former football star Colin Kaepernick intensifies as the ex-quarterback criticizes the rapper and mogul’s NFL deal. Jay-Z isn’t exactly known for having a close relationship with former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, and there’s no love…

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The former NFL quarterback talked to NBC about his initial reaction to being mentioned by the legendary rapper. Colin Kaepernick at The 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York, New York. Gilbert Flores/Variety Trending on…

Colin Kaepernick said he believes that Jay-Z’s recent comments about him speak to a “guilty conscience,” as the fallout between the former quarterback and the rapper deepens. Kaepernick responded as part of an extensive interview with NBC News after Jay-Z dissed the athlete during a recent concert. In July, Jay-Z…

It was 10 years ago to the date that Colin Kaepernick, as well as his San Francisco 49ers teammate Eric Reid, kneeled during the national anthem before their preseason game against the San Diego Chargers. The move, which was initially sitting on the bench during the anthem in August 2016…

The same league that let Michael Vick play again after he went to prison for dogfighting, and allowed Deshaun Watson to sign a contract for $230 million following accusations of sexual misconduct by more than 20 women (Watson has maintained his innocence), was keeping Kaepernick out. “There’s not a definitive…

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Springsteen played "Streets of Minneapolis" Friday (July 24) after receiving the ACLU Ralph Ellison Award for Defenders of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in the Arts, Business, Science and Sports. Bruce Springsteen performs “Streets of Minneapolis” after receiving the ACLU Ralph Ellison Award for Defenders of Civil Rights and Civil…