Terrell Owens says he and Colin Kaepernick are one and the same when it comes to their NFL careers … ‘cause “politics” are keeping both of ‘em outta the league. “What’s stopping Colin Kaepernick from being in the league? You trying to tell me he…
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Monday, December 25, 2017
Monday, December 18, 2017
Colin Kaepernick: I Want to Buy the Carolina Panthers
If you can’t beat ‘em, join em?! Colin Kaepernick is now throwing his hat in the ring to be the next owner of the Carolina Panthers! The embattled QB was seemingly inspired by Diddy’s efforts to buy the team from alleged terrible person…
Friday, December 15, 2017
Colin Kaepernick & Cardi B Kick It at Hot for the Holidays Concert
Cardi B twerked like her life depended on it at HOT 97’s Hot for the Holidays concert on Thursday — and got rewarded for her efforts with a Colin Kaepernick meet-and-greet after the show! You might’ve heard … Cardi’s been backing…
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Colin Kaepernick Gets Offer From Jim Jones: Join My Arena Football Team!!
Colin Kaepernick could be BALLINNN’ again real soon … ‘cause the free agent QB just got a personal offer from rapper Jim Jones to join the arena football team he just bought! TMZ Sports spoke with the proud new co-owner of the Richmond…
Beyonce Presents Muhammad Ali Award To Colin Kaepernick
Beyonce made a surprise appearance to present Colin Kaepernick with SI’s Muhammad Ali Legacy Award on Tuesday night — and took aim at his critics that somehow STILL don’t get why he took a knee. “It’s been said that racism is so American that…
Beyonce Presents Muhammad Ali Award To Colin Kaepernick
Beyonce made a surprise appearance to present Colin Kaepernick with SI’s Muhammad Ali Legacy Award on Tuesday night — and took aim at his critics that somehow STILL don’t get why he took a knee. “It’s been said that racism is so American that…
Monday, December 4, 2017
Colin Kaepernick Makes Rare Appearance at Awards Show
Colin Kaepernick made a rare public appearance Sunday night … accepting an award for showing bravery to participate in national anthem demonstrations despite risking his job. The free agent QB was honored with the Courageous Advocate award…
Thursday, November 30, 2017
Killer Mike: Colin Kaepernick"s Person of the Year, NOT Donald Trump
Donald Trump is NOT Time magazine’s Person of the Year … the honor should go to Colin Kaepernick — that’s according to rap star Killer Mike, who says Kaep’s a leader and Trump’s an “entertainer.” We got Mike out in ATL … and he told…
Saturday, November 25, 2017
Colin Kaepernick Is a Wanted Man ... In Hollywood
Colin Kaepernick has been out of a job for nearly a year, but his resume still looks appealing … to Hollywood! A well-known casting director posted on a message board for managers and agents last week, asking for someone representing the former…
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Colin Kaepernick: GQ Man Of The Year 2017 Earns Praise, Outrage!
Aside from actual politicians, there have been few public figures more polarizing in the last couple of years than Colin Kaepernick.
We live in a time of celebrities accused of abuse and sexual assault and of total lunatics holding political office. But there are still millions of people riled up about Colin Kaepernick not standing for the National Anthem.
So when GQ made Colin Kaepernick their Man Of The Year for 2017, they knew that they were stirring the pot a little.
First of all, this is not even Colin Kaepernick’s first GQ cover.
But last time, he was considerably less controversial. He was mostly known for, what? Being hot?
Like, a third of football players are known for that. Because they’re athletes.
But Colin became controversial in the fall of 2016, when he knelt rather than stood for the US National Anthem.
Though the Anthem has been played at football games (and other sport events), the tradition of NFL players standing for the Anthem dates back to … 2009.
Colin Kaepernick made it clear at the time that he was protesting against the unjust killings, by police officers, of unarmed black people throughout the US. We’ve all heard story after story of this happening, with some of the victims being children.
Kaepernick also made it clear that the fact that the perpetrators of these killings then getting paid leave and so frequently (almost always) never seeing the inside of a jail cell despite having killed someone and abused their position was further cause for protest.
Colin Kaepernick also pledged $ 1 million to charities that help communities in need, putting his money where his mouth is in his effort to make the world a better place.
And he started a movement of other athletes — at the professional level, but also of young children — kneeling to protest against injustice. Other, white NFL players knelt in solidarity with their teammates and with the countless others who face systemic oppression.
But in the course of the 2016 election season and the controversy, sometimes that message got muddled. So Kapernick was happy to be featured by GQ in order to “reclaim the narrative of his protest.”
GQ writes about Colin Kaepernick:
“He’s been vilified by millions and locked out of the NFL — all because he took a knee to protest police brutality.”
That’s true.
“Colin Kaepernick’s determined stand puts him in rare company in sports history: Muhammad Ali, Jackie Robinson — athletes who risked everything to make a difference.”
He’ll be remembered in history for it, that’s for sure.
“He is still, to this day, one of the most gifted quarterbacks on earth.”
(I’m not even a sports fan by any measure, but even I knew that)
“And yet he has been locked out of the game he loves — blackballed — because of one simple gesture: He knelt during the playing of our national anthem.”
He’s suing over that, by the way, accusing the NFL of collusion with team owners.
“And he did it for a clear reason, one that has been lost in the yearlong storm that followed.”
We’ll get to that confusion in a moment, but yeah, the original meaning has been somewhat lost.
But GQ reminds us of the original intent:
“He did it to protest systemic oppression and, more specifically, as he said repeatedly at the time, police brutality toward black people.”
That’s important, folks.
It’s easy to forget — in light of the current political climate and Trump, a sitting President, referring to kneeling American athletes as “sons of bitches” — that Kaepernick’s
Though one could argue that his protest is against much of what Donald Trump and his voter base represent: white supremacy, unfettered violence, and a level of feverish nationalism that actual patriots find horrifying.
But Obama was President (remember that? It feels like that was years ago, not 10 months) when Kaepernick first took a knee.
It was Trump who made this — all of the kneeling athletes — about himself.
The result is that some diehard Trump fans are boycotting the NFL.
Many of those who are outraged seem to be fuming that these successful athletes are protesting, believing that it’s “anti-American” … even though, historically, protesting injustice is one of the most quintessentially American things that one can do.
In many cases, racism seems to be an underlying factor behind the anger being directed at NFL players. That’s fitting, since institutionalized racism and the resulting violence is what those players who take a knee are protesting in the first place.
(GQ is only the latest magazine to make Kaepernick’s protest its cover story)
As you can probably imagine, they’re not loving that Colin Kaepernick is GQ‘s Man Of The Year.
As you can also probably imagine, the responses are pretty divided along party lines.
The decision has earned mostly praise form the political Left and scorn from the political Right.
Some have professed a more nuanced view, citing that they support Colin Kaepernick’s right to protest … but don’t think that he makes the best symbol of a push for change.
Why? Because he didn’t vote in the 2016 election. Some say that it’s hypocritical for him to lose his career fighting for justice but not wield his sovereign rights as a citizen to actually fight injustice at the polls.
Like we said, he’s a very polarizing guy.
Monday, November 13, 2017
Colin Kaepernick: Meek Mill Is Getting Screwed (And He"s Not Alone)
Colin Kaepernick is going to bat for Meek Mill — saying the rapper is a victim of the same “radicalized injustice” that has been screwing black men for years. FYI, Meek was sentenced to 2 to 4 years in prison after a judge ruled he violated…
Colin Kaepernick: Meek Mill Is Getting Screwed (And He"s Not Alone)
Colin Kaepernick is going to bat for Meek Mill — saying the rapper is a victim of the same “radicalized injustice” that has been screwing black men for years. FYI, Meek was sentenced to 2 to 4 years in prison after a judge ruled he violated…
Colin Kaepernick Deserves Some Damn Respect, Says Maxine Waters
We just got Congresswoman Maxine Waters out in NYC and asked what she thought about Colin Kaepernick being named GQ’s Citizen of the Year. To put it simply … she LOVES it. “I think he has absolutely sacrificed an awful lot for what he believes…
Friday, November 10, 2017
"Black Power" Olympian John Carlos Meets Colin Kaepernick, Calls Him "This Generation"s Ali"
Muhammad Ali. Jackie Robinson. Colin Kaepernick. These names belong together in the history books — so says Olympic legend John Carlos — one of the two Americans behind the iconic “Black Power” salute at the ’68 Games. Carlos — who…
Thursday, November 9, 2017
Colin Kaepernick"s NFL Lawsuit Killed His Career, Says Warren Moon
Colin Kaepernick dug his own football grave … so says Warren Moon, who tells TMZ Sports he doesn’t think teams will go near Kaep after he filed a grievance against NFL owners. We spoke with the Hall of Famer and Houston legend about Kaep’s…
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Shawne Merriman: I Know Bill O"Brien, Texans Are Gonna Sign Colin Kaepernick
Colin Kaepernick to the Houston Texans is basically a done deal — so says Shawne Merriman, who personally knows coach Bill O’Brien from their University of Maryland days. We got Merriman leaving Poppy in L.A. — and the ex-NFL star…
Monday, November 6, 2017
Tony Gonzalez Says Colin Kaepernick Is "Done" in the NFL
Tony Gonzalez says Colin Kaepernick doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of making it back to the NFL — not this season, and not ever. “He’s done,” Tony told TMZ Sports. “I don’t think he’ll ever get a chance. Never again.”‘ Last…
Friday, November 3, 2017
Colin Kaepernick Case Will Include Pete Carroll, Paul Allen
Add two very important members of the Seattle Seahawks to the group of people who will be deposed in the Colin Kaepernick collusion case. TMZ Sports has learned Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll and owner Paul Allen will join a long list of NFL…
Colin Kaepernick Case Will Include Pete Carroll, Paul Allen
Add two very important members of the Seattle Seahawks to the group of people who will be deposed in the Colin Kaepernick collusion case. TMZ Sports has learned Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll and owner Paul Allen will join a long list of NFL…
Monday, October 30, 2017
Colin "Krapperdick" Costume Wins Louisiana Casino Halloween Contest
It pays to mock Colin Kaepernick … just ask the guy who walked away with a cash prize at a major Louisiana casino for being “Colin Krapperdick.” It all went down at the Horseshoe Casino in Bossier City — a hotel owned by Caesars…
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