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Kaepernick: Van Jones tried to broker a meeting between Trump, former QB

Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick revealed Wednesday that CNN analyst and former Obama administration adviser Van Jones attempted to broker a meeting between the football player and President Trump. Appearing on a MediasTouch podcast, host Ben Meiselas asked Kaepernick about a “Black Summit” the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback was invited to during Trump’s first…

The HillThe HillMira Bhakta17 Sept
  • neutral toward Donald Trump · 99%

Robert Kraft, once the NFL’s good guy, is just another billionaire silencing Macklemore | Howard Bryant

The Patriots owner’s decision to ban the rapper from performing at the team’s stadium brings back memories of the blackballing of Colin Kaepernick Six years ago, in the middle of a “racial reckoning” that never was, a White House that had begun out of control reached its chaotic apex. Federal officials were sweeping citizens off American streets in unmarked vehicles , surrounding the Lincoln Memorial with armed guards and rolling military vehicles through residential neighborhoods in a fascist reaction to protests against the murder of George Floyd. It was at this point that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, realizing it had all gone too far, appeared on a Zoom and admitted his league was “wrong” for not listening to its players when they had protested against police brutality. The implication was clear: more than any other sports league, the NFL was harshest in its reaction to the protests that began with Trayvon Martin in 2012 and continued with Ferguson, Baltimore, and Colin Kaepernick. By blackballing Kaepernick, sitting by while broadcast partners refused to air the national anthem to undermine the protests, and, most embarrassingly, Goodell’s draconian announcement that teams would be subject to fines if players showed dissent, the NFL had proven itself to act in the most un-American of ways. Howard Bryant is the author of 11 books, including Full Dissidence: Notes from an Uneven Playing Field, and Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America. He also writes on Substack Continue reading...

The GuardianThe GuardianHoward Bryant17 Sept
  • critical toward NFL · 86%

Colin Kaepernick says NFL owners are colluding against Macklemore after Ed Sheeran tour ban

Rapper dropped from tour after pro-Palestine remarks Former NFL star settled case over collusion in 2019 Colin Kaepernick has accused NFL owners of colluding against Macklemore after the rapper was removed from Ed Sheeran’s tour over comments he made onstage about Palestine. Kaepernick, whose NFL career was effectively ended in the wake of his protests against police violence, says he sees parallels between himself and Macklemore. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe GuardianTom Lutz16 Sept
  • neutral toward NFL · 94%