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Colin Kaepernick Is Our Hero And GQ’s ‘Citizen Of The Year’
Colin Kaeper- nick is a hero in the Black community and will go down in his- tory.
His path of resist- ance has not gone un- noticed. So much so that he's this year's GQ Citizen of The Year.
As GQ states, "kneeling during the national anthem changed everything. It
cost him his job. It
also transformed Colin Kaepernick into a lightning rod and a powerful symbol of activism and re- sistance."
About Kaepernick
Kaepernick recently cel- ebrated his 30th birthday on November 3, has a net worth of $20 million.
His peak NFL salary was $12.4 million which came during the 2015 season.
Born in Milwaukee, Wis- consin, Kaepernick origi- nally established himself as a baseball player to watch. However, he wanted to focus
MEAC Championship At Stake Saturday Between North Carolina A&T And Howard
North Carolina A&T is undefeated and Howard has 1 loss. However they could share the MEAC conference championship title. A&T is led by QB Lamar Raynard (above) and Howard is led by Cam Newton’s baby brother, Caylin Newton (right).
Colin K. Is on the cover of GQ magazine. Colin has donated over $1 Million to community programs throughout the U.S. Here he is with some of the recipients.
on football, and was offered a spot at the University of Ne- vada.
He was also drafted by the Chicago Cubs in 2009, but turned down the MLB offer to continue playing football. He signed with the San Fran- cisco 49ers in 2011, and played as a backup quarter- back until 2012, when he began to play more regularly.
He excelled throughout the 2012 season, and ulti- mately led the 49ers to the Super Bowl. In June 2014, Colin and the 49ers reached a six year extension deal.
The deal could have al- lowed Colin to earn as much as $126 million from the deal and $61 million could have been guaranteed.
The extension also came with a $12.3 million signing bonus.
After Kaepernick dis- covered that the 49ers were planning to cut him, in March 2017 he opted out of his contract in order to be- come a free agent.
When it was all said and done, Colin earned just under $40 million from his $126 million contract.
Red Sox Stunned By Death Of Top Prospect, 17
Daniel Flores, 17, died after cancer treatments in Boston.
Daniel Flores, a 17-year- old catcher who signed with the Boston Red Sox in July when the international amateur sign- ing window opened, died Wednesday due to complica- tions stemming from cancer treatment, the team an- nounced.
Flores was signed out of Venezuela and was classified as the second-best prospect avail- able, according to MLB.com. Flores was receiving treat- ments in Boston when he died.
"Everyone at the Red Sox was shocked to hear of Daniel's tragic passing," Dave Dom- browski, Boston's president of baseball operations, said in a statement.
NORFOLK, Va.—North Carolina A&T State’s win over Savannah State on Saturday clinched at least a share of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Confer- ence (MEAC) football champi- onship for the third time in four seasons.
Due to North Carolina Cen- tral’s loss last Saturday to Bethune-Cookman, only North Carolina A&T State (7-0 MEAC) and Howard (6-1) have an opportunity to win a share of the MEAC title. The Aggies will host North Car- olina Central live on ESPN3 this Saturday, while Howard
led by Cam Newton’s younger brother, Caylin Newton will travel to Hamp- ton.
At stake for the Aggies on Saturday is an outright MEAC championship, which would mark their first since 2003.
An Aggies win would ac- complish this feat regardless of Howard’s outcome against Hampton.
A NCAT loss, coupled with a Howard win, would allow the Bison to share the MEAC championship with the Aggies.
It would be the Bison’s first title since 1993.
Bethune’s Hail Mary Play Wins The Game; Next Up ‘Florida Classic’ Against FAMU
Bethune Cookman quarterback Larry Brihm, Jr. and WR Keavon Mitchell connected on a 48-yard "Hail Mary" as time expired as Bethune-Cookman pulled off an improbable 13-10 Mid-Eastern Ath- letic Conference victory over North Carolina Central Saturday at O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium.
Hampton University Women’s Basketball Team Upsets Powerhouse North Carolina In Opening Game
Hampton guard, Dejane James dribbles past, North Carolina’s guard Jamie Cherry.
The Wildcats (6-4 overall, 5-2 conference) win their third straight game and clinched their second win- ning season in three years under Head Coach Terry Sims. North Carolina Cen- tral (7-3,5-2) was eliminated from the conference champi- onship contention.
Kennedy Ndukwe had
11 tackles to pace the Wildcat defense.
Brihmwas5of13for90 yards, with 59 of those going to Mitchell on two catches. Jones was B-CU's leading rusher with 36 yards.
The Wildcats face archrival Florida A&M Saturday in the Florida Classic in Orlando.
An 18-7 run in the last 6:29 enabled Hampton to score a season opening win over North Carolina 70-66 on Fri- day at Carmichael Arena.
The win was the first ever over UNC and the 11th for David Six against "Power Five" conferences. The last win for Hampton against a power five school was against Wake Forest 47-42 on Dec. 28, 2015.
Hampton used a 10-0 run in the first quarter to take a 17-8 lead on a Mikayla Sayle
jumper with 3:37 left. The Lady Pirates pushed the lead to 10 points as late as 1:44 left in the half on a Monnazjea Finney-Smith 3-pointer.
Finney-Smith topped the team with 25 points and hit 7- of-12 from 3-point range to lead four in double figures.
As a team Hampton hit 50% from the floor (28-56), 45.8% from 3-point range (11- 24).
The Lady Pirates now re- turn to North Carolina next Friday to face Elon on Nov.17.
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