Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL

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2022•94 min•EN

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Celebrated author and Nation magazine sports editor Dave Zirin tackles the myth that the NFL was somehow free of politics before Colin Kaepernick and other Black NFL players took a knee.

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