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Sports Journalists Jettison Their Affection for Silent Protest

When Kaepernick kneeled, he was a hero. When a few Giants players quote the Bible, that’s another story.

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Left: A Bible verse written on the Pride Night cap worn by San Francisco Giants pitcher Landen Roupp, at Oracle Park in San Francisco, June 12, 2026. Right: Then–San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneels before a game in Santa Clara, Calif., October 23, 2016.

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You’ve got to hand it to Major League Baseball: Like sports journalism, it has an uncanny ability to upset everyone.

The San Francisco Giants held a Pride Night recently in which players were expected to wear ballcaps featuring the team’s logo in the colors of the current rainbow pride flag, which includes the colors of the trans movement. Because who doesn’t, over some peanuts and Cracker Jacks, want to pay respects to a hypersexual political entity that encourages gender dysmorphia in children?

Becket Adams

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Becket Adams

Becket Adams is a columnist for National Review, the Washington Examiner, and The Hill.

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