There are 6 article(s) tagged Colin Kaepernick:

• January 2021

  • Calkins: Times they are a-changin', as the NFL throws its support behind Just City

    The NFL has granted $200,000 to Just City as part of the league’s social justice initiative. The money is important – but so is the message the money sends.

    By Geoff Calkins January 08, 2021

• September 2020

  • Sports Notebook: Nike banks on QB No. 7

    Also, a sports talk radio host’s job-costing flub, and Shelby County Schools playing high school football in the spring is a nice idea, but it’s not happening.

    By Don Wade September 20, 2020

• August 2020

  • Opinion: Protest is prayer

    It may surprise Christians who advise athletes and audiences to pray instead of protest, but Christians have never separated protest and prayer.

    By Tom Fuerst August 04, 2020

• June 2020

  • Wade: National anthem never asked to be at every game; maybe it shouldn’t be

    It began as a poem written during the War of 1812. A century later “The Star-Spangled Banner” was our unofficial national anthem. Today, without the social injustice conversation that accompanies it, we might barely notice it at all. 

    By Don Wade June 30, 2020

• May 2020

  • Calkins: Lance Thomas may choose to sit for the national anthem — and it’s not hard to understand why

    Memphis forward Lance Thomas tweeted Wednesday that “I’m never pledging allegiance to the American Flag before any of my games or anywhere I’m at ever again." Thomas later took down the tweet, but his anger and disgust is understandable.

    By Geoff Calkins May 28, 2020

• March 2019

  • When a student sits out the pledge of allegiance, a teacher learns a lesson

    A teacher's dilemma: "I felt the tension rise in me, the tension of being told 'no,' and I felt the clear choice to either escalate the situation or to draw near to the student."

    By Daniel Warner March 11, 2019