Colin Kaepernick might not be back on an NFL field yet, but Nike’s putting the professional football player and activist front and center for its 30th anniversary “Just Do It” campaign.
On Wednesday Nike tweeted a new spot narrated by the former NFL …
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Nike makes Colin Kaepernick one of the faces of its ‘Just Do It’ campaign
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On Labor Day, Nike released a powerful ad featuring Colin Kaepernick, the NFL star still in exile for standing up for his beliefs.
The ad is a simple black and white image of Kaepernick’s face with the message, “Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything.” Kaepernick tweeted the ad from his Twitter account Monday afternoon.
Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything#JustDoIt pic.twitter.com/SRWkMIDdaO
— Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) September 3, 2018
According to ESPN’s Darren Rovell, the ad is part of a campaign that will make Kaepernick one of the faces of the company’s legendary “Just Do It” campaign, which turns 30 this year. The company also released ads featuring Serena Williams, NFL receiver Odell Beckham, Jr., and one-handed football player Shaquem Griffin, who made the Seattle Seahawks for the upcoming NFL season. Read more…
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Ugh. Dads. Always showing off their professional football skills because heaven forbid you let your kids occasionally win a kickball game.
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Carolina Panthers kicker Graham Gano (who someone in your fantasy league probably drafts every year) decided that a family kickball game was not the time to go easy on his kids, and the proof is in this video the kicker posted to Twitter on Tuesday afternoon.
Got home today and my fam was playing kickball so I joined in. The only rule is that I’m not allowed to kick it hard. So here is my first at bat…😂 pic.twitter.com/pDeYuiF8yB
— Graham Gano (@GrahamGano) June 12, 2018 Read more…
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The sudden, perplexing cancellation follows a proposed boycott from some members of the team over the president’s insistence that players and coaches stand during the national anthem.
According to The New York Times, White House officials noted that fewer than 10 team members were locked in to attend the event on the South Lawn on Tuesday. So, Trump decided to ditch the whole thing. Read more…
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If there’s one thing the internet can’t get enough of, it’s a good ol’ random act of kindness. And that goes double if the person behind the act happens to be a celebrity.
On Wednesday, journalist Delilah Cassidy shared the following Twitter thread about a problem she incurred when trying to board a flight — and the stranger who came to her rescue.
WOW okay so the most amazing thing just happened to me and I can’t help but share it with the world. American Airlines instituted a new policy where you have to pay to take a carry-on onto the plane. Which is ridiculous but off topic.
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View More NFL player comes to stranger’s rescue during airport nightmare, goes viralThe NFL’s new anthem rules are here and, yep, they’re terrible
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After a few seasons of pearl-clutching and horror over players expressing their First Amendment right, the NFL has approved new rules for behavior during the playing of the national anthem which solve absolutely nothing.
The new policy basically demands players stand and respect the anthem on the field or face fines from both the league and from the player’s team.
Statement from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell pic.twitter.com/1Vn7orTo1R
— NFL (@NFL) May 23, 2018
But the NFL, benevolent overlords that they are, have given players an out: players who don’t want to stand for the anthem will be allowed to stay in the locker room, a stupid, horrible decision that solves absolutely nothing. Read more…
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NFL star has last laugh on Twitter after once being hated on after Draft
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It’s hard to believe it now, but Houston Texans fans once hated on J.J. Watt.
That was all the way back after the 2011 NFL Draft, when the player was selected by the Texans as its 11th overall pick.
The now-beloved NFL star, one of Time‘s 100 most influential people of 2018, hasn’t forgotten the bad times. In a caption-less tweet on Thursday, coinciding with this year’s NFL Draft, he reminded everyone about the hate he received online at the time.
— JJ Watt (@JJWatt) April 26, 2018
Watt also retweeted a video of fans booing him in 2011, right after he was picked by the Texans in the NFL Draft. Read more…
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