Colin Kaepernick Archives

Colin Kaepernick arrives for the VH1's 3rd Annual 'Dear Mama: A Love Letter to Moms' on May 3, 2018 in Los Angeles, CA, photo by DFree/Shutterstock.com.
Yesterday, Bleeding Cool covered Colin Kaepernick's announcement of Lumi, a new AI service that will generate comic books As expected, it has not gone down well. "Lumi's pitch is that most people aren't equally proficient at every aspect of making and selling a book and that AI can fill in those gaps For instance, if a writer[...]
Colin Kaepernick arrives for the VH1's 3rd Annual 'Dear Mama: A Love Letter to Moms' on May 3, 2018 in Los Angeles, CA, photo by DFree/Shutterstock.com.
Colin Kaepernick, former quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, has raised $4 million in investments for Lumi, a new AI-based platform for publishing comics and graphic novels Seven Seven Six led the seed round alongside Kapor Capital and Impellent Ventures, angel investors Mariam Naficy (founder of Minted), David Sze, Chamillionaire, and tech execs from Meta,[...]
Colin Kaepernick Changes The Game With Eve L. Ewing & Orlando Caicedo
Bleeding Cool mentioned previously that civil rights activist and American football player Colin Kaepernick's publishing company Kaepernick Publishing had partnered with Scholastic to release two graphic novels in 2023 The first, for middle-grade readers, is titled Dreamer, written by Ukrainian-Nigerian-Canadian hockey player and civil rights activist Akim "Dreamer" Aliu And that the book will chart Aliu's[...]
Stack of old televisions (Image: Shutterstock.com)
Or you can even tell us how "this isn't what Bleeding Cool is all about." *Yawn*  Pattern wall of pile colorful retro television (BCTV Image: jakkapan / Shutterstock.com) So from the WWE behaving badly to a need to check our thoughts on Colin Kaepernick, from The Brides being left at the altar to Scrubs getting scrubbed, from[...]
Ava DuVernay and Colin Kaepernick (Credit DFree & Shutterstock.com)
While it still remains to be seen if former superstar NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick will ever get a chance to return to the football field, there's no denying the societal and cultural impact his 2016 kneeling protest during the national anthem against police brutality has had over the years In light of the killing of[...]
Roger Goodell speaks to the NFL players (Image: NFL)
Players take serious issue with the league's willingness to stifle free speech and peaceful protest over matters like police brutality (in particular, how Colin Kaepernick was exiled from the NFL for taking a knee during the National Anthem for protesting that very thing) Here's a look at the video:   View this post on Instagram   …….✊🏿 A post shared[...]
LAS VEGAS - APR 15: Drew Brees at the Academy of Country Music Awards 2018 at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 15, 2018 in Las Vegas, NV (Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock.com)
To them, Brees is representing those who still only see Colin Kaepernick taking a knee as a slight to the U.S., the flag, and the military, instead of what it actually was: to force American society to confront generations of police brutality inflicted upon the Black community The very same reason why protests over the[...]
WWE's Titus O'Neil Offers to Redistribute Unwanted Nike Merchandise
He's also a pretty stand-up dude, never afraid to speak his mind on behalf of a good cause. As you may have heard over the past few days, a lot of people have been cutting, burning, or otherwise destroying their Nike merchandise because the company used quality human being Colin Kaepernick in an advertising campaign, and everyone[...]
NFL Owners Approve Policy Fining Teams If Players Kneel During National Anthem
https://t.co/iUCYamJZco — Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) May 23, 2018 The #TakeTheKnee protests were started by Colin Kaepernick to call attention to police brutality and racial inequality, but when President Donald Trump took personal offense to them Kaepernick has been essentially blackballed from playing in the NFL as a result of the protests He filed a charge of collusion[...]
Aaron Rodgers
A series of protests started in 2016 by then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick got some national attention when he chose to kneel during the national anthem to raise awareness for the mistreatment of African-Americans by police. The act would be thrust into the general conversation when President Donald Trump called out the protests as being disrespectful[...]
NFL
This has been a rather polarizing issue started by quarterback Colin Kaepernick and then grown from ongoing criticism by President Donald Trump The league hopes that by addressing the issues in this manner, the player will no longer feel the need to protest. The money will start with $5 million this year, growing to $12 million[...]
Oblivious CEO Thinks People Aren't Buying Papa Johns Pizza Because Of NFL Protests
Perhaps he's mixing up his timeframe and referring to Colin Kaepernick's effective blackballing from the NFL It was in September, 2016 that the 49ers announced that Blane Gabbert, not Kaepernick, would be their starting quarterback, kicking off a chain of events that saw Kaepernick decline to renew with the 49ers at the end of that[...]
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Roger Goodell
By working towards addressing the issues that are causing the protest, they also work towards ending those protest without having to do so by rule change or financial punishment. He did not appear to address the issue of Colin Kaepernick not being at the meetings or his collusion lawsuit. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell addressed the media[...]
Colin Kaepernick Files Charge Of Collusion Against NFL
The Bleacher Report is reporting that former 49er quarterback Colin Kaepernick has retained  high-level attorney Mark Geragos to file a grievance against the NFL owners for collusion. Photo by Mike Morbeck. Collusion in legal terms is the act of two or more parties conspiring to limit open competition by deceiving, misleading, or defrauding others of their legal[...]
Eminem, Yuge Fantastic Four Fan, Compares Trump To The Thing In Epic Takedown
Colin Kaepernick, also name-checked in the freestyle, paid his respect. Colin Kaepernick, LeBron James Respond to Fantastic Four Call-Out I appreciate you @Eminem ✊🏾 pic.twitter.com/nwavBwsOkQ — Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) October 11, 2017 LeBron James, who has also been vocal about Trump calling him previously "a bum", also loved the FF shout-out: Racism is the only thing he's Fantastic 4(fantastic for),[...]
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It's important to remember two things about the current #TakeAKnee movement: it began several months ago with still unsigned ex-NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick exercising his right to peacefully protest by taking a knee and refusing to stand for the national anthem His aim? Bring attention to police brutality and racial injustice Over time, more athletes from[...]
WWE Superstar Titus O'Neil Tweets In Support Of NFL #TakeTheKnee Protests
In the last few days, following comments by President Donald Trump at a rally calling protesting NFL players like Colin Kaepernick "sons of bitches" and suggesting they should be fired for exercising their first amendment rights, backlash against Trump and support of protestors has been spreading throughout the sports world. We've seen NBA star LeBron James[...]
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Space Jam 2 star LeBron James took to Twitter today to blast President Donald Trump following Trump's ongoing bizarre attack on protesting NFL Players. President Donald Trump, rumored villain for the Space Jam sequel Calling the actions of Colin Kaepernick, in taking a knee in protest during the National Anthem to support Black Lives Matter, "a total disrespect[...]
Michael Bennett
Here is his statement as he posted it: Since the posting of this statement, ESPN has reached out to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, but they have not replied. In the post, Bennett mentions having retained Civil Rights attorney John Burris, who released his own statement where he made clear that Bennett "was unarmed, sober, and not[...]
Jacksonville Jaguars
With only one preseason game left, what can the team do to turn things around? If you're talking to the team owner, Shad Khan, the answer might be Colin Kaepernick On Thursday night, Khan told Mike Dempsey of 1010 XL / 92.5 FM that he would be willing to signed the controversial quarterback if that is[...]
Thad Lewis
Flacco won't play during the preseason because of his back, but is expected to be ready for the season opener in Cincinnati on September 10th. The signing of a second or third string quarterback isn't big news…except that the team had been considering signing Colin Kaepernick, and rumors were that both the head coach and general manager[...]
Oakland Raiders Aldon Smith
One of the big controversies going on in the NFL right now has to do with Colin Kaepernick and the fact that he's not currently on a team He is five years from having taken his team to the Super Bowl, now he can't get a job as a back up quarterback in a league[...]
Ryan Tannehill
He's not a good answer as the starter unless Gase just thinks Moore is perfect for his system. Option two that has been talked about is Colin Kaepernick The quarterback's play has diminished over the last few years since his trip to the Super Bowl and he stirred up some controversy when he refused to stand[...]