The citizen we need is Colin Kaepernick, GQ’s “Citizen of the Year”
Terrence Allen,
Contributor
January 4, 2018
The NFL preseason is not the most interesting thing of the NFL season. There are position battles, rookies playing for the first time and some other storylines trying to keep us interested in the game. However, last NFL preseason was an interesting and important one and it has changed the country as...
Colin Kaepernick stands against oppression
Jamal Ingram,
Contributor
October 19, 2017
During a preseason game between the San Francisco 49ers and Green Bay Packers in Santa Clara on Aug. 26 2016, Colin Kaepernick kneeled during the national anthem as a way to stand up for people being oppressed in America. "This is not something that I am going to run by anybody," Kaepernick addres...
NBA players expected to stand during National Anthem
Myles Watkins,
Staff Writer
October 19, 2017
After the National Football League kneeling protests came to a pinnacle in week three of the 2017 NFL season, it’s only natural the NBA and its players began to voice their own opinions on the matter as the regular season approaches. People may think protests that forego standing for the National Anthem was first st...
National Anthem protests lose focus
Myles Watkins,
Staff Writer
October 5, 2017
During week three of the National Football League season, every team, players, and coaches included, peacefully protested the national anthem by kneeling, locking arms or staying in the locker room at halftime. The origins of this protest go back to last season when former San Francisco 49ers quarter...
Colin Kaepernick: Remain yourself
Marissa Marshall,
Staff Writer
August 16, 2017
Another day has passed, totaling 165 since quarterback Colin Kaepernick has been an NFL free agent. On top of that, the Baltimore Ravens just signed former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, Thad Lewis, whose last football impression was being placed on the 49ers’ injured reserved list at the end...
As 49ers, Colin Kaepernick head to San Diego, safety becomes an issue
Cam Inman,
East Bay Times
August 31, 2016
Colin Kaepernick’s national anthem protest has made him a lightning rod for criticism, but that doesn’t have him fearing his safety when the 49ers visit the San Diego Chargers for Thursday’s exhibition-season finale. “No, because if something happened, you’d be proving my point,” Kaepernick sa...
