It was upon these concepts of liberty, justice for all, and equality that became the foundation of America and its government. Many citizens claim that these ideals are still believed in and upheld today, yet the black NFL football players who kneeled during the national anthem at a game bel...
One of the reasons the NFL has been able to stay out of the political realm is because the current president of the United States isn’t dragging them into it anymore. This was obviously not the case when then-PresidentTrump called players who kneeled for social justice “sons of b---s...
They have captured our attention with unparalleled athletic ability, and have also led us toward a more humane society; they are champions who champion justice and equality. Tennis legend Arthur Ashe was notoriously soft spoken, but relentless inhis stand against Apartheid in South Africa, whil...
Many citizens claim that these ideals are still believed in and upheld today, yet the black NFL football players who kneeled during the national anthem at a game believe otherwise. According to Bretherton, the black players such as Kaepernick and Reid kneeled to “raise the question of why ...
which is something I personally didn’t like,” said Singh, who provided an example of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. “He kneeled the week after Trump said that statement, that players should be fired if they kneel, and then the following week, he said every Dallas Cowboy player needs...
passes, and each time North Central responded. DeAngelo Hardy's 60-yard catch and run brought the Cardinals to within one with 1:20 left, but the Red Dragons stuffed quarterback Luke Lehnen on a 2-point conversion attempt, recovered the ensuing onside kick and kneeled out a national title...
Here's a timeline of Colin Kaepernick's pro football and post-NFL days since he first kneeled during "The Star-Spangled Banner" •Aug. 26, 2016: During the anthem before a Packers-49ers preseason game, Kaepernick sits on the San Francisco bench. Kaepernick says he sat because the country...
that the almighty Shield actually likes the national anthem demonstrations that have gone league-wide since Colin Kaepernick first sat and later kneeled last season to call attention to social inequalities and police violence. I mean, an organization that has fined players for not meeting the ...
showed support to another NBA player Stephen Curry who refused the invitation to the White House.3 Similarly, baseball player Bruce Maxwell from the Oakland Athletics mirrored the protests by NFL players against racial injustice and kneeled during the national 1What's taking the knee and why is ...
When a football player at San Pasqual Valley High School near El Centro kneeled during the game’s national anthem, his school district ordered the high school student to stand rather than protest racial injustice and police shootings of unarmed people of color. In a victory for that high scho...