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Why you don’t need a quarterback on a rookie deal — or even a cheap deal — to win a Super Bowl Colin Kaepernick

Why you don’t need a quarterback on a rookie deal — or even a cheap deal — to win a Super Bowl

Lamar Jackson, for the next two seasons, is on perhaps the most valuable contract in the National Football League. Jackson, the league's reigning MVP, is two seasons away from his fifth-year option kicking in. He'll make just 1.3, then 1.4 percent of the Ravens' cap in the next two seasons before a…
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May 13, 2020
Trayvon’s Murder Reignited Athlete Activism, but Ahmaud Arbery and Sean Reed Show Little Has Changed Colin Kaepernick

Trayvon’s Murder Reignited Athlete Activism, but Ahmaud Arbery and Sean Reed Show Little Has Changed

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…
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May 7, 2020
Nike positions itself as a ‘woke’ apparel maker that champions progressive values. But the company’s history exposes a darker reality. Colin Kaepernick

Nike positions itself as a ‘woke’ apparel maker that champions progressive values. But the company’s history exposes a darker reality.

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…
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May 4, 2020
Nike positions itself as a ‘woke’ apparel maker that champions progressive values. But the company’s history exposes a darker reality. Colin Kaepernick

Nike positions itself as a ‘woke’ apparel maker that champions progressive values. But the company’s history exposes a darker reality.

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…
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May 4, 2020
Inside Nike: Sources share claims of sexism, cheating, abuse at the world’s wokest brand Colin Kaepernick

Inside Nike: Sources share claims of sexism, cheating, abuse at the world’s wokest brand

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…
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May 4, 2020
Delusional Dunce Donald Trump Retweets Claim He’s “Done More For Blacks Than All Other Presidents Combined” Colin Kaepernick

Delusional Dunce Donald Trump Retweets Claim He’s “Done More For Blacks Than All Other Presidents Combined”

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…
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May 3, 2020