Colin Kaepernick

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…

Jun 5, 2020Dan GrazianoESPN Staff Writer CloseJoined ESPN in 2011 New Jersey native and author of two published novelsAn unprecedented week in the NFL culminated in a landscape-shifting 24 hours that appear to have dramatically changed the league's stance on player protests. Things are happening quickly, and you surely have…

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees urged President Donald Trump on Friday night to stop describing NFL players’ silent actions during the national anthem as disrespect for the U.S. flag as he walked back his own comments earlier this week about patriotism and protests. In an Instagram post addressed directly to…

It took Drew Brees three attempts over multiple days, but the New Orleans Saints quarterback finally apologized for comments implying that NFL players who kneel during the national anthem are unpatri… Read More

Jun 4, 2020Nick WagonerESPN Staff Writer Close Covered Rams for nine years for stlouisrams.com Previously covered University of Missouri football Member of Pro Football Writers of AmericaKyle Shanahan was not yet the head coach of the San Francisco 49ers when quarterback Colin Kaepernick began kneeling during the national anthem in…