Colin Kaepernick

Colin Kaepernick and why he kneels, (L. down) Ahmaud Arbery, Trayvon Martin, Alton Sterling, (r. down) Michael Brown, Eric Garner and Philando Castile. Illustration: Eric Barrow (Getty)The killing of Ahmaud Arbery is Travon Martin 2.0.Trayvon went out at half-time of the 2010 NBA All-Star game to get some Skittles and…

Last month, Giants backup quarterback Colt McCoy was talking about how he can help starter Daniel Jones prepare for Jones' second season in the league.Drafted by the Browns in the third round of the 2010 draft, McCoy played eight games as a rookie. Then the 2011 lockout came and all…

Joe Staley didn't hold back after the 49ers lost to the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIV. This one stung for him and The Faithful. The 13-year pro now was 0-for-2 on the brightest stage.What wound up being Staley's final game as a 49er was his most disappointing. Time…

Stephen A. Smith is always harsh when it comes to the Cowboys. There is truly no NFL team that Stephen A. Smith hates more than the Dallas Cowboys and when they make a decision he disagrees with, he makes sure to let the franchise know. Recently, the Cowboys shocked the…

Nike has long positioned itself as a "woke" apparel company, a champion of progressive values that backed social-justice heroes like Colin Kaepernick. But the company's history exposes a darker reality.  To spur a new generation of long-distance running in the U.S., Nike hired marathon champion Alberto Salazar to run the…

Mary Altaffer/APFormer Nike Mark Parker. Nike has long positioned itself as a “woke” apparel company, a champion of progressive values that backed social-justice heroes like Colin Kaepernick. But the company’s history exposes a darker reality. To spur a new generation of long-distance running in the U.S., Nike hired marathon champion…

This story is available exclusively on Business Insider Prime. Join BI Prime and start reading now. Nike has long positioned itself as a "woke" apparel company, a champion of progressive values that backed social-justice heroes like Colin Kaepernick. But the company's history exposes a darker reality, masked by a multibillion-dollar…

Source: NICHOLAS KAMM / Getty Just when we think Donald Trump can’t tell a bigger lie… BOOM! Saturday night Donald Trump retweeted a Kenyan man named David Kyalo Musyoka who strangely tweeted that: Trump has done more for Blacks than all the other Presidents combined. Trump retweeted the message along…

Ross D. Franklin/Associated PressAlex Smith believes his former San Francisco 49ers teammate Colin Kaepernick is good enough to have a job in the NFL. In an interview on ESPN Radio's The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz (h/t MSN.com's Ryan Young), Smith called it "so absurd" that Kaepernick isn't on an NFL roster:"It…

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