Pistons coach Dwane Casey, 63, wonders if anything has changed from the time when he was an 8-year-old boy walking into a white school in Kentucky, feeling helpless and like he was unseen, not heard and not understood.
The NFL didn’t have much to say in response to Joe Lockhart’s column about Kaepernick’s exclusion from the NFL.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Pro Football Hall of Famer Floyd Little, who starred in the NFL for the Denver Broncos, has been diagnosed with cancer, according to a former Syracuse Orange teammate who has set up a GoFundMe page to help pay for treatment costs.
Colin Kaepernick has helped start a fund to provide defense lawyers for those arrested in Minneapolis protesting the police killing of George Floyd.
With reports that the Eagles would consider bringing running back LeSean McCoy back to Philadelphia, a couple of current Eagles are hoping to see it. Eagles offensive tackle Lane Johnson and wide receiver DeSean Jackson had a conversation on Johnson’s Instagram live show about their desire to play with McCoy again. “I want to see [more]
Florida point guard Andrew Nembhard is removing his name from the NBA draft and returning to school – just not in Gainesville. A team spokesman said Saturday that Nembhard plans to transfer and will have two years of college eligibility remaining. Stadium first reported Nembhard’s intentions.
Former NFL vice president of communications Joe Lockhart just shattered the lies owners told about the blackballing of Colin Kaepernick.
Former NFL vice president of communications Joe Lockhart just shattered the omertà .
Roosevelt Taylor, a star safety on the Chicago Bears’ 1963 NFL championship team, has died. An All-Pro in 1963 when the Bears won the title, Taylor played his first nine NFL seasons with Chicago, 1961-69, appearing in every game. A ballhawk, he led the league in interceptions in 1963 with nine, also making the Pro Bowl.
Former White House press secretary Joe Lockhart served as the NFL’s primary spokesperson during the anthem controversy in 2017. He has become the first current or former league executive to make a clear, candid statement about the league’s approach to free-agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Lockhart, in a column posted at CNN.com, argues that the Vikings [more]
