SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Eric Reid said he hopes that the criticism President Donald Trump directed at NFL players protesting during the national anthem will help bring awareness to the issues that former San Francisco 49ers teammate Colin Kaepernick hoped to raise when he began his protest last year. Kaepernick sat during the national […]
About a week ago Jay-Z was approached to perform at the 2018 Super Bowl Halftime show but reportedly declined. Many believed he turned down the offer because the NFL continues to blackball Colin Kaepernick. At his recent show in New York, the rapper made a shout out to Kaepernick on stage during his set. It’s now being […]
As NFL teams returned to practice Wednesday, some conversations turned to football. Not all. The operative topic remained the demonstrations of unity each team showed last weekend in response to remarks by President Donald Trump, and what might be ahead. Here’s a sampling of what those clubs are saying and planning: MIAMI DOLPHINS Jay Ajayi […]
A Missouri bar owner is under fire for using Colin Kaepernick and Marshawn Lynch jerseys as doormats. Many who pass by see the use of the jerseys as racist. Jason Burle the owner of S. N. A. F. U Bar says he ordered the jerseys and to be used as doormats after players started […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Sterling K. Brown and Chadwick Boseman have high praise for the pro football players who took a knee in protest of President Donald Trump. The actors — both starring in the upcoming film “Marshall,” about Thurgood Marshall — commended players in the National Football League who sat, knelt or raised their […]
All across the NFL, players protested by taking a knee, putting a fist up and some not even coming out during the National Anthem to protest against the president’s comments, support Colin Kaepernick and stand against police brutality. What do former NFL players think about President Trump’s remarks on the NFL and the protest? Chester Pitts and […]
If you had the chance to work with Tom Joyner, would you? Well, Deray Davis would! He says, “I’m in here lobbying for a job with you right now!” Davis has a 3-year-old son and a 16-year-old daughter and says he’s a pretty good dad. “I mean I’m pretty strict. We have a respect level that is […]
If you had a chance to hear my segment on Tuesday, I spoke about how we are clearly at a point as a people in this country where we have to take some essential issues into our own hands. I spoke specifically about disaster relief and how we have to stop giving to organizations like […]
You read that headline right! Hip Hop mogul Jay-Z may have turned down an offer to perform at the 2018 Super Bowl. The Super Bowl is one of the most watched programs on television especially the half time show. Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga and even his wife Beyoncé have all had the honor of performing […]
Colin Kaepernick has pledged $25,000 toward aid for immigrant youth and efforts to keep the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in place. The news comes in the wake of Donald Trump’s announced end of DACA, leaving the fate of some 800,000 young undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children up to Congress. […]
SEATTLE (AP) — Michael Bennett was the first Seattle Seahawks player announced during pregame introductions before the home opener against San Francisco, receiving one of the loudest ovations. It was the second show of support for Seattle’s outspoken defensive end on Sunday. Outside of CenturyLink Field, a group of protesters supporting Bennett gathered prior to […]
This past June I announced that I would be personally boycotting the NFL for their outrageous mistreatment of Colin Kaepernick. That decision was personal and I hesitated to call for a national boycott of the league — in part because I naively thought Colin would already be on a team by now. He’s not — […]
