Nike has touched off a furor by wading into football’s national anthem debate with an ad featuring Colin Kaepernick, the former 49ers quarterback who was the first athlete to kneel during “The Star-Spangled Banner” to protest police brutality against Blacks and hasn’t played a game since 2016.
Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick has become a member of Nike’s campaign for the 30th anniversary of their slogan “Just Do It.”
Through her abundance of success over the years, tennis icon Serena Williams has persevered through numerous bouts of backlash. She has conquered tournament after tournament, enduring hecklers early on her in her career to excessive drug tests, negative comments about her physique and now banned outfits.
In the mist of the controversial decision of the French Open president Bernard Giudicelli who recently stated, “I believe we have sometimes gone too far. Serena’s outfit this year, for example, would no longer be accepted. You have to respect the game and the place.” Many have responded in outrage and support of Serena, including NIKE by posting the following: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm43pUbh47B/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=1vm4y6fpax88l Serena decides to be unbothered and focused on motherhood.
Notes, quotes and things picked up on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond.
Notes, quotes and things picked up on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond!
Notes, quotes and things picked up on the run
From coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond!
Notes, quotes and things picked up on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond!
Notes, quotes and things picked up on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond.
Notes, quotes and things picked up on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond.
Notes, quotes and things picked up on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond.
Notes, and things picked on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond.
2017 was a great year for Sports
WTT is a well-known tennis tournament, with all top elite players participating, with the likes recognizable Black pros such as Venus and Serena Williams.