colin kaepernick
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BIDLACK | Maybe taking a political stand isn’t so bad for business after all
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Recently the athletic-wear maker Nike made news by making Colin Kaepernick the face of a new ad campaign. Kaepernick, you will recall, is the now-out-of-work NFL quarterback who, by taking a knee during the national anthem, started a wave of protests which outraged many on the right. So, it was certainly a surprise to many…
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Fewer high schoolers playing football? Don’t blame the NFL flap — at least, not yet
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The trend line is enough to worry any red-blooded fan of America’s Sport: Since 2010, the number of boys playing high school football in the U.S. has been in decline. The drop hasn’t exactly been dramatic from year to year, but it has been steady. That’s the upshot of a new national study conducted by…
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Bennet, DeGette, Polis hail immigrant activist Jeanette Vizguerra’s inclusion on TIME 100 list
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U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette and Jared Polis on Thursday congratulated Jeanette Vizguerra, an immigrant rights activist who has been living in a Denver church to avoid deportation to Mexico, for her appearance on the TIME 100, the magazine’s annual list of the most influential people in the world. The Democrats…
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Nicolais: Black Lives Matter better off without Kaepernick
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Colin Kaepernick is an imbecile. Anyone associated with the Black Lives Matter movement should run away from the idea of Kaepernick as an advocate. It will not end well. It isn’t too dissimilar than appointing Donald Trump as the spokesman for conservative values. It does more damage than good. At the outset, it’s important to…
