NEW YORK (AP) — Colin Kaepernick can add author and publisher to his resume. The former NFL quarterback who knelt during the national anthem to protest racial injustice and police brutality announced Thursday he’s writing a memoir through his own publishing company. It’s called Kaepernick Publishing, and the audio version of the currently untitled book […]
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) – The comeback Chiefs did it again and are Super Bowl champions. Patrick Mahomes threw for a pair of touchdowns in the game’s final 6:13, helping the Kansas City Chiefs erase a 10-point deficit and beat the San Francisco 49ers 31-20 in Super Bowl 54. SIGN UP FOR OUR […]
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s no secret, sports fans. Better games produce better ratings. That was the simple lesson for the NFL this week, after a dip in viewership for its conference championship games, compared to 2019. The Nielsen company said 42.8 million people watched the San Francisco 49ers beat the Green Bay Packers to […]
A little more than two years ago, a pair of teams gambled on quarterbacks who had all kinds of potential but were far from a sure thing. Both teams guessed right. The Kansas City Chiefs will meet the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl on Feb. 2 in Miami. Oddsmakers opened the line at […]
Colin Kaepernick says he’s “still ready” to return to the NFL, even though he is set to enter his third season out of the league. In a video posted Wednesday on social media, the 31-year-old Kaepernick is shown working out in a gym. He says in the video: “5 a.m. 5 days a week. For […]
NFL corner back Richard Sherman, who’s never known to hold his tongue, said Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has an “old plantation mentality” in demanding that his players stand for the national anthem. Last week, Jones said his Cowboys will not be allowed to stay in the locker room during the anthem, and must be on the field […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL players’ union says former San Francisco 49ers safety Eric Reid filed a grievance against the league, alleging that he remains unsigned as a result of collusion by owners. Reid had joined former teammate Colin Kaepernick two seasons ago in kneeling during the national anthem to protest police brutality and […]
ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — Richard Sherman spent seven years tormenting the San Francisco 49ers with his lockdown coverage, colorful trash talk and celebratory turkey eating at midfield. Now he has decided to join the enemy, signing a three-year contract with the 49ers almost immediately after being let go by the Seattle Seahawks last Friday. “It’s […]
A 10-year-old Dallas Cowboys fan wearing a San Francisco 49ers jersey walked into a GameStop in Virginia while his grandma was at a store next door. The boy walked out with a brand new Xbox One purchased by two NFL players from the Cowboys’ longtime rivals, the Washington Washington Football Team…all because the child was […]
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 […]
Protesters will meet in front of the NFL headquarters in New York today in support of Colin Kaepernick. Kaepernick who played for the San Francisco 49ers in the 2016-2017 NFL season protested against police brutality in each of his games by taking a knee during the playing of the national anthem. In an interview with […]
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors say domestic violence charges against former San Francisco 49ers cornerback Tramaine Brock were dropped because of insufficient evidence. The San Francisco Chronicle reports Wednesday that felony charges filed in June were dropped Tuesday because prosecutors say the victim did not want to cooperate. Officials say the 28-year-old Brock punched […]
