Colin Kaepernick

Todd Kirkland/Associated Press Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is publishing and serving as an editor for a book titled Abolition for the People: The Movement for a Future Without Policing & Prisons that calls for the abolition of policing and prisons.  TMZ Sports reported the news, noting the…

Earlier this month, the right found the latest battle in the culture wars: America’s pastime. When Major League Baseball moved the 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta to Denver after Georgia passed a wave of voter suppression measures, the outcry was sharp. “Baseball was supposed to be America’s pastime: happy, unifying,…

The US Soccer Federation’s athletes’ council removed one of its members Sunday, a day after he made a speech at the federation’s annual general meeting in which he downplayed the effects of US slavery. Seth Jahn, a 38-year-old from Florida who played for the US seven-a-side Paralympic team, spoke against…

In December 2019, reeling from the growing fallout of two crashes that killed 346 people, Boeing fired its CEO, Dennis Muilenburg. While he departed in disgrace, he was hardly frog-marched to the exit: The former chief will receive $60 million in stock options and pension benefits. And his time in…

Ben Gabbe/Getty Images for the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival Michael Smith had some harsh words for sports-media companies that ask their on-air talent and writers to “stick to sports.” It was something Smith faced often during the end of his tenure at ESPN, though moreso from viewers. “I literally lived…

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Mariah Carey threw some shade at the NFL over its commitment to end systemic racism following its treatment of activist Colin Kaepernick in the past. The star’s tweet came shortly after the NFL aired a commercial during the 2021 Super Bowl that demonstrated the importance of diversity to the sport…

Steven Senne/Associated Press NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell spoke about Colin Kaepernick during his annual state of the league address on Thursday.  Speaking to reporters, Goodell said Kaepernick deserves "our recognition ... and our appreciation" for voicing his concerns about systemic racism in 2016 while playing for the San Francisco 49ers. …

Analis Bailey   | USA TODAY TAMPA, Fla. — Colin Kaepernick is not playing in Super Bowl 55 but fans can see him around Tampa. Kaepernick is on billboards throughout the city and on a mural less than three miles away from Raymond James Stadium, where the Kansas City Chiefs will face the Tampa…