The Washington Post really ran a Super Bowl story calling Colin Kaepernick the “most relevant” figure even though he hasn’t played since 2016. That’s almost 10 years ago. Fans just want football and instead they get another recycled culture war lecture. No wonder readers keep bailing. Bezos hasn’t gutted the Post enough yet, because this is exactly the kind of tone deaf stuff that makes normal people roll their eyes. Biggest game of the year and they center a retired quarterback. Come on, man.
Colin Kaepernick Washington Post story on Super Bowl Sunday draws social media backlash.
Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick was top of mind for The Washington Post ahead of Super Bowl LX on Sunday.
Kaepernick was described in the story as Super Bowl LX’s “most relevant” figure despite the 49ers not making it and the subject of the story being out of football for nearly 10 years.
“The game will be played in his former home stadium, in the place where his protest made him a national lightning rod and a global symbol,” Adam Kilgore wrote of Kaepernick. “The social issues swirling around America’s largest sporting spectacle carry distinct echoes of what prompted his actions and what led to his exile. And yet he remains outside the conversation and invisible within the confines of the NFL.”
The story continued to assess Kaepernick’s legacy after he launched a kneeling protest against social injustice in the U.S. and wondered about his voice amid outrage against the Trump administration’s policy on illegal immigration after two deadly incidents involving federal agents in Minnesota.
The story garnered immense reaction on X.
In which a sports reporter at the Washington Post declares that “The most relevant figure to Super Bowl LX is” . . . Colin Kaepernick. They cannot fix themselves. They will not fix themselves. They are incorrigible, monomaniacal weirdos. https://t.co/sZRc6GxVT0
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) February 8, 2026
Much of sports media is just crazy left wing propaganda masquerading as sports news. Once you see it, you can’t unsee it. Sports audiences overwhelmingly reject this content, but shutting down the sports department and having this article run two days later is just too perfect.
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) February 8, 2026