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mike freeman

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Sports Editor for The Oregonian/OregonLive. Fmr. USA Today, B/R, NYT. Author of ten books. Private Pilot. Trekker. Tips: mikefreeman1701@icloud.com

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1Dec 21, '22Being Black in America means he can’t respond or he’s the one who gets arrested or worse. Pats should get this guy season tickets.147×10.4M90k11k1.5k
2Nov 5, '25NJ gubernatorial exit polls. Look at the Black vote:73.8×5.2M12k1.5k969
3May 26, '20Colin Kaepernick is banned from the NFL for peacefully protesting deaths like George Floyd's.71.3×0295k73k743
4Dec 23, '19Why were are all those NFL players protesting again? I forget.45.1×0157k61k1.6k
5Apr 10, '23Jesus, look at this list37.5×2.7M5.9k2k415
6Aug 28, '23What a powerful photo32.9×2.3M20k2.8k191
7Feb 1, '24Was thinking about how Howard Dean once went “YEAHHHHH!!!!” really loud and lost the nomination. That was it. He just said yeah loud and the media was like: oh hell no that’s not P31×2.2M21k2k360
8Apr 18, '23CNN said 9 of the 12 jurors in the Dominion trial are people of color.30.5×2.2M4.7k394112
9Oct 28, '24Will wait for the stick to sports crowd to check in. Sure they will any moment.25.9×1.8M33k1.9k282
10Jul 15, '23I’m 57. I have never experienced, as an adult, a period like this where the racism, the antisemitism, was so out in the open. So blatant. So aggressive. From everywhere, all the ti21.5×1.5M14k1.2k116
11Sep 23, '17Why are you even bringing up Kaepernick's name at a political rally in Alabama? Never mind. I know the answer.16.4×067k17k0
12Nov 16, '24Want to see a powerful moment? Watch the expression Symone Sanders and Rep. Jayapal give each other after Sanders says: “That’s why Black women voted the way they did.”15.8×1.1M11k1.2k2.1k
13Oct 9, '17Yep15.2×048k24k3
14May 14, '24Why isn’t the right telling him to stick to football?14.4×1M13k763160
15Apr 5, '23Occasionally I share these and not block out the language because it’s important everyone see what it’s like for many journalists of color. On an almost daily basis.13.5×954k4.3k94382
16Jun 30, '23The brilliant Joy Reid makes the most poignant point of the day.12.7×903k6.5k1.8k480
17Jul 3, '24Hope everyone is paying attention12.7×901k13k4.1k580
18Apr 6, '24I know it’s been pointed out but bears repeating: 5 Black women on the set like this is amazing12.1×859k14k1.1k142
19Oct 8, '171. This is fake outrage. 2. This is pre-planned outrage.11.8×047k13k0
20Feb 2, '191. Dude just walked off the street and ran a 4.2. 2. He's 32. 3. Five years ago he would have run a 4.1. 4. Even now, if he trained, he'd run a 4.1. 5. Unbelievable.9.9×045k7.9k179
21Dec 27, '23The Onion is undefeated8.7×614k20k1.3k60
22Aug 25, '19Anyone booing Luck is absolute trash.8.0×040k4.6k68
23Oct 15, '17I am told that @Kaepernick7 has filed a grievance under the CBA for collusion against the owners. If accurate, this is huge.7.9×026k9.8k0
24Oct 12, '21One more time: Kaepernick was right.7.6×035k5.8k90
25Jun 26, '19He thinks she’s black, doesn’t he?7.5×035k5.3k90
26Jun 5, '20You👏🏽cannot👏🏽apologize👏🏽to👏🏽players👏🏽without👏🏽mentioning👏🏽Colin👏🏽Kaepernick👏🏽7.4×035k5.7k27
27Sep 7, '22The former head of the CIA just said the nuke docs found at Trump’s golf course are so secretive they are kept in safe’s inside the SCIF. Not just in the SCIF. In a safe inside the7.2×029k6.6k405
28Nov 12, '25Everyone hated this dude. It was a rainbow coalition6.6×466k8.4k564193
29Sep 13, '18So, to summarize: 1. Black man, sitting in his own apartment, is murdered by white officer who says she went in wrong apartment. 2. Police now trying to smear the murdered man by s6.2×024k7.2k43
30Oct 12, '20In terms of covid the NBA was New Zealand and the NFL is an event at the White House.6.0×029k4k85
31Aug 17, '23“Not a typo”5.9×418k5.5k53723
32Nov 15, '25Keep politics out of sports crowd been quiet all through this5.8×413k8.2k488221
33May 31, '21They fined Osaka for not taking questions, then the head refused to take questions. You cannot make this stuff up. This is why you can’t take these organizations seriously.5.5×023k5.6k157
34Sep 29, '24Put this in the Louvre5.4×379k6.3k995166
35Jun 3, '20How can anyone watch George Floyd get murdered and their first response when asked about it is ResPEcC tHe fLAg.4.9×021k4k64
36Dec 14, '19White power symbols. From Army cadets. Knowing they are on live television. Trump emboldens this trash. He absolutely does. These guys should be kicked out immediately.4.9×016k4.7k175
37Nov 16, '19Bottom line with Kaepernick’s workout is this: it demonstrated why there isn’t, never was, and never will be a FOOTBALL reason for him to be out of the NFL. Not one.4.5×021k3.5k40
38Feb 15, '19Number NFL team officials are speculating to me is the NFL paid Kaepernick in the $60 to $80 million range.4.1×012k4k61
39Sep 9, '24The Tyreek Hill body cam footage shows exactly what many of us suspected: cops on a power trip, abusing their authority. Going to extremes they didn’t need to.3.9×275k6.6k99959
40Nov 25, '181. I covered him at Florida. 2. Interviewed him one on one. 3. Know some of his players and talked them extensively. 4. His stint at Florida was one of the most corrupt in CFB hist3.7×017k2.3k29
41May 12, '22Holy crap3.5×012k3.2k157
42Oct 11, '20All you people expressing sympathy for Dak keep this same energy whenever a player holds out for a better deal. This is why they do it. Their seasons, their careers, can end in an 3.5×015k3.1k25
43Nov 10, '17Kaepernick lost his career. Stood up when few others would. Was blackballed. Gives greatly to charity. Was used as racially charged propaganda by the president. Never lashed out. H3.3×012k3.9k0
44Nov 14, '25Losing all of our drinkable water for this3.1×218k15k917309
45Apr 1, '22You may be called a monkey or the N-word while you’re in Ukraine but by golly don’t let that stop you from helping. —The Peace Corps3.0×013k2.7k264
46Sep 30, '20ESPN owes Jemele Hill an apology. In writing. Then put it on their website. Then apologize again.2.9×013k2.4k31
47Nov 2, '24On what happened to Jason Kelce…he’s been an amazing ambassador. Hanging with fans, being an accessible star. Just a good dude. But knew something like this was gonna happen. Too m2.9×202k4.6k13041
48Nov 2, '20Colin Kaepernick is sitting at home and the Cowboys are putting this on the field.2.8×013k1.4k22
49Aug 27, '22What is certain about this horrible story about Duke volleyball player Rachel Richardson is everyone failed. Duke did. BYU did. All the coaches. The ADs. All of them. Only Richards2.8×013k1.8k58
50Jul 21, '24This is not opinion or bias but a factual statement: the amount of racism Kamala Harris will face is going to be staggering. The misogyny will be bad but the racism will be unprece2.8×198k4.1k865126
51Nov 4, '20Polls don’t have an algorithm for racism.2.7×011k2.1k53
52Feb 11, '19Kareem Hunt is ON VIDEO kicking a woman while she’s on the ground and still got signed. Thank God he didn’t take a knee protesting social justice.2.6×09.9k2.6k13
53Dec 2, '22#asexpected2.5×07.1k2.6k308
54Nov 16, '19Kaepernick looks he could play in an NFL game tomorrow.2.4×012k1.5k7
55May 26, '22Meanwhile, in Canada…2.4×010k1.9k186
56Oct 1, '21This data is…wow2.4×09.2k1.9k258
57Nov 22, '19This is...wow. None of this shit is in the Bible.2.3×09.3k1.5k397
58Jan 23, '20The NFL banned Kaepernick for bringing awareness to incidents like this. Boy, the NFL has some gall.2.0×07.1k2.5k25
59Feb 22, '19Somewhere Kaepernick is like: these owners didn’t want ME in the league?1.9×08.7k1.6k6
60Dec 29, '19Glazer: Saints told Antonio Brown not to bring an entourage. Antonio Brown brought an entourage.1.9×08.1k1.2k19
61Apr 25, '19Bosa has been following white nationalist accounts with some of the most vile and disgraceful content you’ll see. There’s other disturbing things he’s done on social media. A black1.8×06.5k1.8k28
62Jun 28, '18This is why they kneel. This is a total disgrace.1.8×05.5k2.6k31
63Nov 13, '19NFC West team official on the Kaepernick workout this weekend: “This entire thing is a sham. The NFL is full of shit. It’s a show. But he should do it because some of us are sincer1.8×06.9k1.7k31
64Jun 8, '20Police: man who drove into protestors is head of Virginia KKK. So not Antifa?1.7×06.9k1.7k35
65Aug 13, '19Just to be clear... No Jay-Z. No Robert Kraft and Meek Mill. No players coalition. No amount of money can erase the fact the NFL punished @Kaepernick7 for speaking out on behalf of1.7×06.7k1.9k21
66Mar 11, '19For all the NFL owner capers: Chiefs cut Justin Houston today so they didn’t have to pay the $15 million due him this season. But please go ahead and keep calling Antonio Brown dis1.7×06.4k1.9k14
67Feb 16, '22The NFL can’t find Black head coaches but it can find Black lawyers to defend itself against fact it doesn’t hire Black coaches.1.7×06.9k1.5k56
68May 22, '20Flacco is 35. Had surgery last season for a herniated disk in his neck. Broncos released him in March due to failed physical. He won't be ready to practice until September. But ple1.7×06.6k1.2k19
69Mar 10, '21I’m at a loss for why that would be. Let me think on it. It’ll come to me.1.6×08.5k63227
70Apr 24, '20I’m not saying Aaron Rodgers is perfect or without flaws. But I have never seen such an historic talent so dramatically underserved by his organization.1.6×06.6k98526
71Oct 15, '17More: @Kaepernick7 is preparing statement about his filing of grievance against owners for collusion under CBA. It should be released soon.1.6×04.9k2k0
72Nov 9, '22316,000 Tennesseans voted FOR SLAVERY1.6×05.6k1.2k150
73Aug 25, '19Colts need to sign Kaepernick1.5×06.2k1.1k4
74Feb 14, '22The Blackest halftime show ever. The best halftime show ever. Lived up to the billing and surpassed it.1.5×07.2k86034
75Sep 11, '19Kobe is dragging a SEVENTH GRADER.1.5×06.9k92742
76Sep 1, '18Gruden trading Mack will go down as one of the worst personnel decisions any team has ever made in recent NFL history.1.4×04.9k1.6k7
77Sep 10, '18This is why you pay Aaron Rodgers. This is why you pay Khalil Mack. This is why (you should) pay Le’Veon Bell. Pay your best players. Don’t trade them or make them wait. Pay them.1.4×06.1k1.2k6
78Oct 15, '17Kaepernick has hired attorney Mark Geragos. Who has represented numerous high profile clients.1.4×04.9k1.6k0
79Feb 1, '22This Flores lawsuit is absolutely devastating and I believe every word of it.1.4×07.2k57326
80Jun 5, '20I’m hearing a group of players want to do a video where they specifically address NFL owners over the banning of Colin Kaepernick.1.4×05.7k98112
81Jan 19, '19They are. Bullying. A Vietnam Vet.1.3×04.8k1.5k31
82Jan 20, '20Two coordinators for Super Bowl teams, both men of color, didn't get head coaching jobs. Well played, NFL owners.1.3×05.2k1.3k17
83Feb 3, '22I don’t feel like Jay-Z’s relationship with the NFL has produced anything tangible in terms of advancing social and racial justice issues. Which was supposed to be the core of the 1.3×04.7k80270
84Feb 15, '19Kaepernick highest paid quarterback in NFL history.1.3×05.3k1.2k7
85Sep 24, '17Aaron Rodgers just posted this on Instagram.1.2×04.3k1.5k0
86May 24, '22I am SCREAMING watching Better Call Saul. SCREAMING.1.2×06.4k38215
87May 22, '18The idea that the NFL would assess penalties for players peacefully protesting before the game even begins is so absurd I don’t even know where to start.1.2×04.7k1.2k3
88Feb 2, '22Brian Flores sued the NFL for discrimination ON THE FIRST DAY OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH.1.2×05.8k59417
89Jun 6, '20Been saying this for four years: Kaepernick is an American hero.1.2×05.5k8159
90Apr 8, '19Been covering professional sports for 25 years and I can’t stress enough how rare it is for a white professional player to PUBLICLY speak this way. Privileged | By Kyle Korver1.1×04.6k1k80
91Apr 26, '19The most important part of the Tyreek Hill tape is you hear the REAL Tyreek Hill. Not the PR Tyreek Hill. Not the Tyreek Hill the Chiefs wanted you to see. Not the Hill he wanted y1.1×04.7k9418
92Feb 23, '19The players are protesting Confederate rallies in town. The players are heroes. That is all.1.1×04.9k8675
93May 26, '20As someone that knew Pat, he’d support @Kaepernick7 and find you and this tweet repulsive.1.1×05k75511
94Nov 2, '17Just spitballing here but I’d say slavery.1.0×04.3k1.1k0
95Oct 9, '17Amazing how the protesting players keep being proven right.1.0×04k1.2k0
96Jul 30, '19My mom emerged from surgery in excellent condition. Thank you for the kind words. Mom joined the National Security Agency at the height of the Cold War. She served her country for 1.0×06k1041
97Jan 12, '20If I’m the Ravens, what I saw last night only convinces me more that Lamar Jackson is going to be a legendary great. He never quit last night. He kept fighting. So in addition to h1.0×04.8k5739
98Jan 5, '22The idea that Aaron Rodgers shouldn’t be MVP because he’s a “jerk” or “bad guy” is so absurd I can’t believe it’s even a topic.0.9×04.9k2927
99May 11, '21The idea that Tebow is “mocked for his faith” is a fallacy. NFL teams never punished him for it, in fact, many front offices embraced him for it. Large swaths of the fan base did t0.9×04.3k69521
100Oct 29, '17Almost the entire Texans team taking a knee during the anthem.0.9×04.2k6300
101Aug 2, '20A book that chronicles the NFL's protest movement and how a small group of heroes took on the NFL, and President Donald Trump...and won.0.3×083722449

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