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Dolphins’ Stills objects to comments by Jay-Z about NFL deal
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Dolphins’ Stills objects to comments by Jay-Z about NFL deal

STEVEN WINE, AP Sports WriterAugust 22, 2019

Miami Dolphins receiver Kenny Stills objected Monday to recent comments from rapper Jay-Z about social activism by current and former NFL players, including Colin Kaepernick. Jay-Z and the league last week announced a partnership he characterized as a progressive step to carry on the campaign that Kaepernick began by kneeling during the national anthem to bring attention to police brutality and racial division. Stills said he isn’t so sure the Jay-Z partnership represents progress. “I felt like he really discredited Colin and myself and the work that’s being done,” Stills said. “I’m going to try and give this man the

Panthers Safety Eric Reid Returns to NFL in Victory Over Giants
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Panthers Safety Eric Reid Returns to NFL in Victory Over Giants

Amanda Scurlock, Sports WriterOctober 10, 2018

After nine months of unemployment, free agent safety Eric Reid played his first game as a Carolina Panther on Sunday. Reid has been one of Colin Kaepernick’s strongest supporters when he started the national anthem protests in 2016. The safety knelt with Kaepernick and continue to kneel after the activist quarterback left the San Francisco 49ers. “I know that he said that he wouldn’t protest, it should not have mattered,” analyst Stephen A. Smith said. “This is not an individual that should have been pushed out of the league and denied an opportunity to work.” During the Panthers game against

The Kaepernick Effect Spreads 
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The Kaepernick Effect Spreads 

Amanda Scurlock, Sports Writer September 28, 2017

Last season, NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick began to kneel while the National Anthem was being played before the games to bring awareness to police brutality against Black Americans. His action made national headlines, but very few NFL players protested to the same fervor.