Colin Kaepernick

Ah, Netflix. Colin Kaepernick has a new special on Netflix called “Colin in Black and White,” which in the words of NPR’s reviewer, “shows a star athlete reaching toward Blackness.” The critic notes that the special “delivers its message with storytelling subtle as a sledgehammer.” Check out this segment in…

"What you start out as isn't always what you become." This is lesson Colin Kaepernick sees in the story of Romare Bearden, one of the 20th century's more influential Black artists. Bearden could have become the first Black baseball player in the major leagues, but the catch was that nobody would…

Photo by Octavio Jones/Getty Images Though he hasn’t taken an NFL snap in years, Colin Kaepernick remains a vital figure and two books take a look at his importance and impact It’s been over five years since Colin Kaepernick first took a knee during the National Anthem, bringing the worlds…

By Ian Youngs Entertainment & arts reporter Image source, Netflix Image caption, Jaden Michael plays the young Colin Kaepernick in Colin In Black and White When American football star Colin Kaepernick took the knee during a national anthem, he became an overnight symbol of the protest and division over race…

In what could easily be described as a combination of “Malcolm in the Middle” and “Everybody Hates Chris,” the creation of “Colin in Black and White” offers more than your average coming-of-age series. Those earlier shows — as well as the old and new incarnation of “The Wonder Years” —…

“When I was in high school, I felt a lot of emotions,” Colin Kaepernick explains late in the six-episode run of the new Netflix miniseries Colin in Black & White, in which the former NFL quarterback revisits his life as a teenager, where he’s played by actor Jaden Michael. The…

Colin Kaepernick should have been cut for kneeling during the national anthem, according to a newly uncovered email exchange between former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden and ex-GM Bruce Allen of the Washington Football Team. “They suspend people for taking amino acids, they should cut this f**k,” Gruden wrote…

An email exchange uncovered during the investigation into the Washington Football Team’s workplace misconduct allegations shows former Raiders head coach Jon Gruden and former Washington Football Team executive Bruce Allen criticizing Colin Kaepernick for kneeling during the national anthem. “They suspend people for taking amino acids they should cut this f**k,” Gruden…

Having been exposed as a racist, misogynist homophobe, Jon Gruden has earned immediate entry into pro football’s hall of shame. But the ex-Las Vegas Raiders coach is hardly the NFL’s only problem. A trove of toxic emails sent by Gruden surfaced this month as part of an independent investigation into…

Colin Kaepernick discussed his upcoming Netflix scripted series and its appeal to different audiences, and if he still wants to play for an NFL team in an interview with Ebony released Wednesday.  As the cover star of the magazine’s November issue, Kaepernick spoke with The View’s Sunny Hostin as well as…