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Now that Colin Kaepernick has settled his collusion grievances with the NFL, the next step is getting him back in the league, his lawyer said Saturday night. Attorney Mark Geragos told CNN that Kaepernick "absolutely wants to play" and made a pretty bold prediction about ...
Colin Kaepernick, Eric Reid settle collusion grievances with NFL
With a public hearing looming and the threat of owners and league officials facing depositions, the NFL settled collusion cases brought by Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid. The league, about to celebrate its 100th season, faced criticism from all sides thanks to the protest movement ...
Colin Kaepernick, the quarterback whose NFL career was cut short after he knelt in protest during the national anthem, would still have a job if he were a basketball player, according to former NBA commissioner David Stern. Speaking on the "Bloomberg Business of Sports" podcast, ...
Feared or celebrated, Amazon's Alexa is star of Super Bowl ads
An android child struggles to control his emotions. Robots threaten to take away human jobs. And a voice-activated device ponders its own existence. These dark themes were explored by this year's Super Bowl commercials, with brands such as TurboTax, Olay and Sprint capitalizing on fears ...
Carolina's Julius Peppers has announced his retirement after 17 NFL seasons, nine Pro Bowl appearances and six All-Pro selections. Peppers spent the first eight seasons of his career with the Panthers, then played four with Chicago, three with Green Bay and his final two seasons ...
Players' union, NFL preparing 'war chests' for 2021 labor talks
Two years before the labor agreement with the NFL runs out, the players' union is gathering a war chest it hopes it doesn't need. Union leaders, however, expect a work stoppage in 2021, while not exactly inevitable, will be difficult to avoid. "We feel good where ...
Faced with a blitz of officiating questions and queries about the effectiveness of the Rooney Rule, Colin Kaepernick's football unemployment, and the cancellation of a news conference for a Super Bowl halftime show that has drawn hefty criticism, Roger Goodell scrambled. The NFL commissioner did ...
NFL to stage four London games in 2019 as U.K. popularity climbs
London will play host to four NFL regular-season games in 2019, an increase of one from this year, with the Jacksonville Jaguars again among the teams playing in England. Two of the matches will be played at Wembley Stadium, which hosted all three NFL London ...
Jim Taylor, the ferocious Hall of Fame fullback who embodied the Green Bay Packers' unstoppable ground game during the Vince Lombardi era and helped the team win four NFL titles and the first Super Bowl, died Saturday. He was 83. He died unexpectedly at a ...
Rams lose top two receivers to concussions in win over Seahawks
Quarterback Jared Goff threw for 321 yards and a touchdown and Todd Gurley scored three touchdowns as the Los Angeles Rams kept their perfect record intact with a nail-biting 33-31 win over the Seattle Seahawks. The unbeaten Rams needed Gurley and Goff to step up ...
Sumo skills applicable on the gridiron, not in the ring
Former top-division wrestler Osunaarashi fell to 45-year-old actor Bob Sapp in his mixed martial arts debut this week. The fight at Saitama Super Arena, which was widely derided online and in the media, slowed to a snail's pace after 30 seconds, and ended with both ...
Nike shares hit record high after ads with racism protester Colin Kaepernick are unveiled
Nike shares have reached an all-time high and online sales have improved following the sporting goods giant's envelope-pushing ad campaign featuring controversial football quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Nike, a member of the blue-chip Dow index, finished at $83.47 on Thursday, its highest-ever closing price, prompting applause ...
