Colin Kaepernick

Key Words Published: June 1, 2020 at 3:47 p.m. ET The SpaceX and Tesla CEO wonders what message charging only police officer Derek Chauvin sends Elon Musk has weighed in on the death of George Floyd. Getty Images Although Elon Musk was celebrating SpaceX’s first successful manned launch into space…

Sunday, Royce White will lead his second demonstration against the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis.Photo: GettyOn Thursday, Royce White sent a text message to a few athletes and friends from Minneapolis to gather folks for a peaceful demonstration against the killing of George Floyd. The next day, a few…

Former San Francisco 49ers stars Eric Reid and Torrey Smith had opposite views on team owner Jed York announcing a $1 million donation to “local and national organizations who are creating change.” The news came as protests continued around the nation after the death of George Floyd, an issue that…

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s statement on the death of George Floyd did not go over well with fans or players. Image: GettyAfter Texans wide receiver Kenny Stills read NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s statement yesterday on the death of George Floyd, he could only muster up three words: “Save the bullshit.”Perhaps…

Randy Shropshire/Getty ImagesWWE Superstar Titus O'Neil and WWE Hall of Famer Batista sat down Saturday to discuss the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and how to fix the racial divide among police and African American people, as well as in the United States as a whole.O'Neil and Batista, who…

With the recent events in Minnesota, Louisville and other parts of the United States, former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is back in the news.It has become clear that Kaepernick's message from his protests during the national anthem in the 2017 NFL season didn't take hold.The deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis…

Colin Kaepernick hasn't played in the NFL for three years, and one former NFL executive has addressed how the former 49ers quarterback's decision to kneel to protest police brutality impacted his football career.In a column for CNN, Joe Lockhart, the former NFL vice president of communications from 2016-18, discussed how…

Todd Kirkland/Associated PressThe NFL responded Saturday to an opinion piece written by former NFL spokesman Joe Lockhart regarding free-agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick.In the article written for CNN, Lockhart called for an NFL team to sign Kaepernick. He singled out the Minnesota Vikings because of his belief that Kaepernick could help…

Former White House press secretary Joe Lockhart served as the NFL’s primary spokesperson during the anthem controversy in 2017. He has become the first current or former league executive to make a clear, candid statement about the league’s approach to free-agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick.Lockhart, in a column posted at CNN.com,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has tried to walk back his post-midnight “thugs” tweet about Minneapolis protesters that added to outrage over the police killing of a black man.Trump's repeated condemnation of the killing and outreach to the man's family was a marked change in tone from his earlier…