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In a move of extreme hypocrisy, former NFL quarterback and anthem-kneeler Colin Kaepernick, who has not played in the NFL since 2016, the same year he began kneeling, seems to be imploring the NFL to let him back into the league less than six months after likening the NFL combine to a mid-1800’s slave auction.

Billy Bova, a Democrat supporter of former President Donald Trump, said greed and cheap labor are the reasons American corporations continue to operate in communist China despite the country’s threat to the United States and its continued human rights abuses, including slave labor.

Former NBC Sports personality Bob Costas said Tuesday on CNN that “outspoken” former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick and NBA star LeBron James were “conspicuously mum” on China’s record of human rights abuse.

The NBA and LeBron James have made comments about Kyle Rittenhouse but have been mysteriously silent about Chinese tennis player, Peng Shuai.

Sunday on “CNN Newsroom,” Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter continued to rail against Nike and NBA stars for putting “money over morals.”

Vivek Ramaswamy, author of Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America’s Social Justice Scam, contrasted Coca-Cola’s advocacy for left-wing racial politics with its sale of sugar-based soft drinks in the context of contemporary widespread diabetes and obesity, particularly among black Americans.

Nike has decided to postpone the release of its collaboration with rapper Travis Scott — the “Air Max 1 x Cactus Jack” — due to his November 5 performance at Astroworld Music Festival in Houston, Texas, and its chaotic crowd surge which has left ten people dead.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry declared last week that Boston Celtics player Enes Kanter’s call to denounce genocide and slavery in China was “not worth refuting.”

Enes Kanter has again addressed Nike Owner Phil Knight asking him to stop the use of Chinese slave labor to make Nike’s products.

Enes Kanter is continuing to press sportswear giant Nike to stop its practice of employing Chinese slave labor.

In a shocking interview, Nike’s Jordan brand chairman admitted to murdering a teenager decades ago and described receiving support and praise from the company and others in the aftermath of the gruesome revelation, with Nike stating that it is “proud” of Miller “and the hope and inspiration his story can offer.”

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Distance runner Mary Cain, whose career fizzled after what she has called four miserable years at the Nike Oregon Project, has filed a $20 million lawsuit against her former coach, Alberto Salazar, and their employer, Nike.

The International Gymnastics Federation Executive Committee moved to allow athletes to wear head coverings during competitions.

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Closing Bell,” Nike CEO John Donahoe responded to a question on why Nike hasn’t been more vocal on human rights issues in China by stating that they participate “in sport all over the world, including

Lakers star LeBron James appears to be cashing in as the NBA’s first active billion-dollar player as his deals in China, Hollywood, as well as his lucrative investments and sponsorships in Nike and other brands grow.

Consumers’ Research, an educational nonprofit dedicated to consumer information, launched an initiative targeting Coca-Cola for its “woke” hypocrisy as part of their larger ongoing seven-figure campaign.

Olympic runner Allyson Felix blasted Nike Thursday for having the gall to ask her to join its “female empowerment” ad campaign at the very same time they were cutting her salary and refusing to add maternity benefits to her contract after the birth of her first child.

A judge handed down a 30-month prison sentence to disgraced attorney Michael Avenatti — who rose to national prominence purely by casting himself as a left-wing champion fighting former President Donald Trump — Thursday afternoon for attempting to extort Nike for millions of dollars.

NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Avenatti, the brash California lawyer who publicly sparred with then-President Donald Trump before criminal fraud charges on two coasts disrupted his rapid ascent to fame, faces sentencing in one of those cases Thursday.

Monday on FNC’s “Fox News Primetime,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) slammed corporations led by so-called “woke” CEOs who seem to apply a double standard to U.S. domestic politics and China’s human rights abuses.

Nike CEO John Donahoe rushed to reassure China’s communist rulers that Nike is a brand that is “of China and for China.”

Megan Rapinoe has come under intense scrutiny following the disclosure of an old social media post in which she mocked Asians.

Michael Avenatti’s lawyers have requested that he serve no longer than six months in prison after he was found guilty by jurors in an attempt to extort $25 million from Nike, according to the Associated Press.

NBA star LeBron James continues to remain silent as his business partners in China crack down on memorials for the Tiananmen Square Massacre.

The widow of NBA star Kobe Bryant is outraged that images have leaked out showing the design of the Nike shoes to honor her daughter.

LeBron James and John Cena are “Chinese finger puppets,” said the UFC’s Colby Covington of both James’s and Cena’s acquiescence to China.

Naomi Osaka, the world’s number two player tennis player and highest-paid female athlete, is being backed by Nike and other corporate sponsors for her decision to withdraw from French Open over a media boycott. 

During a portion of an interview aired on Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Michael McCaul (R-TX) accused some American companies, including Nike, of being “complicit” in the genocide of the Uyghurs in China.

Consumers’ Research launched a new initiative to put consumers first, with the goal of stopping woke companies from playing political games using a seven-figure-plus ad buy to take aim at American Airlines, Coca-Cola, and Nike.

A representative from Nike declined an invitation to testify Thursday at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing that discussed China’s human rights abuses of its minority Muslim Uyghur population and American corporations that could be manufacturing products made with Uyghur slave labor in Xinjiang Province, according to committee members.

Olympic gold medal-winner Simone Biles has left sportswear giant Nike after a six-year contract and signed with Athleta.

Carbon emissions-pumping Hollywood celebrities, many of whom own multiple houses and routinely fly around on private jets, celebrated Earth Day on Thursday, with yoga, tree-hugging, pop superstar Cher encouraging Americans to love it “tenderly” like a “baby” or a “puppy,” and actor-comedian Jim Gaffigan assisting his audience in harvesting “healthy and voluptuous corn.”

On behalf of the Kobe Bryant estate, the player’s widow, Vanessa, has decided not to renew the endorsement deal with sportswear giant Nike.

Former MLB great David Wells is blasting MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred for pulling the league’s All-Star Game out of Atlanta in response to Georgia’s voter reform law.

Nike announced on Thursday that it has settled its lawsuit against MSCHF, a company that made the “Satan Shoes” in collaboration with rapper Lil Nas X. The satanic sneakers are now being recalled. The settlement with MSCHF Product Studio Inc. resolves a trademark infringement lawsuit that Nike filed over the “Satan Shoes,” which involved modified Nike Air Max 97 sneakers, according to a Reuters report.

Multinational sportswear corporation Nike is among at least 26 corporations that have paid zero dollars in federal income taxes since 2018, a new report details.