Colin Kaepernick

RIO DE JANEIRO : Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday that the United Arab Emirates wants to buy two soccer teams in Brazil. Bolsonaro, who has just returned from a trip to the UAE, did not give any details about which teams, but said he suggested Rio de Janeiro's…

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has soared 22 per cent in a year to the highest level since 2006, the government's annual report shows, undercutting President Jair Bolsonaro's assurances the country is curbing illegal logging. Brazil's space research agency, INPE, recorded 13,235 square kilometres of deforestation in the world's largest…

The Detroit Lions vs. Pittsburgh Steelers game went to overtime on Sunday, Nov. 14, and ended in a 16-16 tie. Steelers’ running back Najee Harris was surprised the game could end in a tie. “I DIDN’T EVEN KNOW YOU COULD TIE IN THE NFL,” HARRIS SAID. “IN MY MIND, I…

Activist and former quarterback Colin Kaepernick has been mocked online after he compared the NFL’s draft process to a slave auction during his new Netflix special. Mr Kaepernick made the claim during an excerpt of his newly released documentary “Colin in Black & White.” What they don’t want you to…

The recent controversy sparked by his Netflix special’s depiction of slavery and the NFL is a microcosm of the political battles defining our country. November 3, 2021 Anything that involves Colin Kaepernick sends GOP officials and their alt-right trolls into a frenzy. Anything that involves speaking about the historical US…

Ava DuVernay is a trailblazer in more ways than one. In 2015, the director became the first Black woman to have helmed a film that received a best-picture Oscar nod: the heart-wrenching Selma, which starred David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King Jr. She followed it up with the Oscar-nominated 13th,…

In his new coming-of-age Netflix series, "Colin in Black & White," former NFL quarterback-turned-civil rights activist Colin Kaepernick is running deep into controversy, this time by equating professional football's draft process with modern-day slavery. As the first episode opens, a flurry of football players, portrayed by Black actors, are seen…

Only weeks ago, former NFL player Colin Kaepernick was claiming that he was still training for a pro football comeback, but now he is saying that the NFL is little else but modern-day slavery. Early in October, Kaepernick once again told the media and his fans that he was still…

Former NFL player Colin Kaepernick has come under fire for comparing the NFL’s draft process to a slave auction in his new Netflix series, Colin in Black & White. Kaepernick, who made headlines in 2016 by choosing to sit, then kneel during The National Anthem, accuses the NFL of establishing…

AP Photo/Chris Pizzello Colin Kaepernick used part of his new Netflix limited series to criticize the way the NFL evaluates players. One scene from Colin in Black and White features Kaepernick narrating a segment in which the scouting combine process is compared to slavery. As Kaepernick narrates, the onscreen action shows…