BC-FBN-CALKINS-COLUMN:SE — sports (1000 words)
Over the past year or so, Colin Kaepernick’s name always came up in some capacity. Usually, it was after a team signed an anonymous quarterback or alleged criminal.
Nathan Peterman and Reuben Foster have jobs but Kaep doesn’t?! you’d see on Twitter. That’s the NFL for you.
But aside from his signing with Nike, Kaepernick wasn’t a regular part of last season’s news cycle. You’d seldom see him on PTI’s countdown or ESPN.com’s front page.
Then this past month happened. First, he became entangled in a Super Bowl halftime controversy.