Kaepernick’s inexplicable absence from Sports Illustrated mattersEarlier this week,Sports Illustrated took to twitter to publicize its newest magazine cover. Against the American flag, a bricolage of professional athletes, and coaches,and owners lock arms around the tidy and seemingly uncontroversial phrase “A NATION DIVIDED, SPORTS UNITED.” It was a clear response to Trump’s stinging attack on the NFL.
The digitally altered image creates a patchwork of athletes including LeBron James (NBA), and Steph Curry (NBA),Candace Parker (WNBA), Bruce Maxwell (MLB), or Aaron Rodgers (NFL),Cameron Jordan (NFL), and Michael Bennett (NFL) arm-in-arm with Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr, or Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shahid Khan,and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com