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What Exactly Is Going On With Colin Kaepernick?

Folks, the NFL never sleeps. Even now, in the dog days of mid-May, as the league’s news cycle yawns and feels its eyelids getting heavy, the continued unemployment of Colin Kaepernick is there to slap everyone awake again. There’s been a lot of this and a lot of that said and written about Kaepernick in recent weeks.…

Jim Harbaugh And Chip Kelly Go To Bat For Colin Kaepernick

NFL free agency began three weeks ago, and Colin Kaepernick is still a man without a team, even in a league in which Mike Glennon just got $19 million guaranteed to actually start for someone. Is Kaepernick being blackballed because of his national anthem protest? It he still unsigned because of his lack of ability?…

Protesting Sells… But Who's Buying?

Every reporter has a patter for talking to people in a crowd. I start with a nakedly aggressive challenge—usually questioning or condemning their parentage. Alternatively, if they are bigger than I am, I say “gimme a dollar” and see if they comply. It tells me they’re easily cowed.

Soccer Team Stops Playing Mid-Game In Protest Of Penalty Call

Vietnam apparently has some very principled soccer players, even if their beef here—that the ref gave a soft penalty—doesn’t look all that controversial of a decision.

Someone Wanted You To See This Sketchy And Feeble Pro-Dolan Protest Outside MSG

Yesterday afternoon, tipster John Rats sent us a link to a Craigslist post seeking “enthusiastic people to take part in a Pro-Knicks rally before this Sunday’s game against the San Antonio Spurs.” Naturally intrigued, we responded to the ad, which promised $50 to anyone who came out to “support the Knicks organization…

Aubrey Huff Tells Protesters To Get A Job

In response to Donald Trump’s decision to ban immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries, Americans took to the airports and streets in protest. In response to those people, former MLB player Aubrey Huff complained online like a big baby.

Are You Prepared?

There’s a bigger lesson here than “Fuck Uber.”

"If You Are Looking For A Sign This Is It"

On inauguration day in DC, the souvenir business was slow. I asked a vendor wearing a huge Bob Marley hoodie while hawking Trump hats and scarves and keychains whether he might not have had better luck selling Obama gear, and he shrugged. “It’s too late.”

The Woke Men of the Women's March Good-Naturedly Answer Our Questions

Every man, other than columnist Jonathan Chait, was welcome at women’s marches across the country today. We talked to a few of the men who attended the Women’s March in Washington D.C. We tried really hard to make it into a jokey, lighthearted feature but unfortunately, they were incredibly thoughtful and we were…

Goldman Sachs Does Not Want To Talk About It

If someone came to your house and camped in your front yard and screamed all day and night about how bad you are, you would want to correct the record somehow. Right?

Anti-Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters Hang Enormous Banner During Vikings Game [Updating]

Protesters calling for U.S. Bank to stop funding the Dakota Access Pipeline project hung a huge banner from the Vikings’ stadium during Minnesota’s game against the Bears today: