Colin Kaepernick

Carmen Mandato/Getty ImagesFormer San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick continues to work out in the hope of landing another NFL contract, according to TMZ Sports. One source said Kaepernick is "in the best shape of his life."The 32-year-old last played for the Niners in 2016. He opted out of his contract…

From EsquireNo one ever mistook Donald Trump for a religious chap. Even his devoutly Christian supporters scarcely argue that he is a churchgoing man of God. They're in it for the judges! But even still, his display after military police violently cleared the area near St. John's Church in Washington,…

In a provocative tweet aimed at NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, President Donald Trump on Sunday fanned the debate over football players protesting racial injustice. In a video last week, Goodell conceded that the league had erred in “not listening” to NFL players who protested police brutality and systemic racism ― issues that have…

Sophie Turner is proving why she’s Queen in the North. Over the weekend, the “Game of Thrones” star and husband Joe Jonas attended a Black Lives Matter protest in Mammoth Lakes, California, according to ET Canada, later sharing pictures of the event. In Turner’s posts, protesters can be seen lying…

Ben Carson, President Donald Trump’s secretary of housing and urban development, on Sunday suggested that NFL players who kneel during the national anthem to protest police violence should thank the military in the process. Carson’s comments appear to miss the point of the protests and back up his boss’ disdain…

Colin Kaepernick was a second-round draft pick in 2011. The next year he led the San Francisco 49ers to the Super Bowl. By 2016, he had begun kneeling on the sideline at games during the national anthem to protest social injustice and police brutality. Soon after, he was gone from…

Donald Traill/Invision/APThe author of Between the World and Me on why this isn't 1968, the Colin Kaepernick test, police abolition, nonviolence and the state, and more.Read Full Article »Show comments Hide Comments Read More

Todd Kirkland/Associated PressFormer San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has been out of the NFL for three seasons after a 2016 campaign that saw the signal-caller protest racial inequality and police brutality via kneeling protests during the pregame national anthem.Kaepernick hasn't been able to land on a roster since then,…

TORONTO -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s kneeling in solidarity with anti-racism protesters in Ottawa on Friday was a “hollow gesture,” according to a Toronto lawyer and social justice lecturer who says the leader should be taking action to confront systemic racism in Canada. Kike Roach, Unifor National Chair in Social…

Carmen Mandato/Getty ImagesFormer Cleveland Browns head coach Hue Jackson said Thursday he urged the team to sign free-agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick in 2017."I wanted him," Jackson said on WKNR Radio in Cleveland (via Jeff Schudel of the News-Herald). "It just didn't work out. Obviously, those things do have to work…