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NFL week two: Vikings v Bears, Bengals v Texans and more – live

College football hits Wembley in Union Jack Classic Get in touch: send your thoughts to Graham via email Bengals 0-0 Texans 13:20, 1st quarter It is ruled as not a catch so the Bengals punt it away. Cincy bring up a quick 3rd down on the Texans. CJ Stroud backpedals finds his receiver but the ball is juggled and the Texans have a punt of their own. Will Reichard 35 yard field goal Continue reading...

The GuardianThe GuardianGraham Searles20 Sept
  • neutral toward NFL · 99%

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%