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Topic: San Francisco 49ers

Super bowl snacks close-up (Getty Images/Dwayne Barker/500px)

15 tasty Super Bowl commercials

Joy Saha
Tre'Davious White (left) and Mitch Morse of the Buffalo Bills react to teammate Damar Hamlin collapsing after making a tackle against the Cincinnati Bengals at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati, Jan. 2, 2023. (Dylan Buell/Getty Images)

When football died for me

Irvin Muchnick
The logos for the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs / A group of Native Americans perform a traditional dance in front of the White House while protesting the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. (Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images/NFL/Salon)

Super Bowl LVIII team names: Both racist

Matthew Rozsa
Colin Kaepernick (Getty/Scott Cunningham)

Fox guest: Kaepernick funds terrorism

Rachel Leah
Mike Pence and his wife, Karen, at a game between the Indianapolis Colts and the San Francisco 49ers, Oct. 8, 2017, in Indianapolis. (AP/Michael Conroy)

Pence's expensive PR stunt

Matthew Rozsa
FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2016, file photo, from left, San Francisco 49ers outside linebacker Eli Harold, quarterback Colin Kaepernick and safety Eric Reid kneel during the national anthem before an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys in Santa Clara, Calif. During an appearance on Fox News Jan. 3, 2017, former Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann slammed the 49ers' decision to give Kaepernick an award for being an “inspirational and courageous” player. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Kaepernick rally

Steve Appleford - Capital & Main
FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2015 file photo, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick watches from the sideline during the second half of an NFL preseason football game against the San Diego Chargers in Santa Clara, Calif. Kaepernick's decision this week to refuse to stand during the playing of the national anthem as a way of protesting police killings of unarmed black men has drawn support and scorn far beyond sports. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File) (AP)

Taylor Link
Colin Kaepernick (Reuters/Jake Roth)

Kaepernick and Freedom

Jonathan Zimmerman
Colin Kaepernick (AP/Ben Margot)

Colin The Lionheart

Tariq Touré
Baltimore Ravens fans celebrate at a pub in Baltimore after the Ravens won the NFL football Super Bowl against the San Francisco 49ers, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)

Jessica Gresko

Best/worst of Super Bowl 47

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(Reuters/Lucas Jackson)

49ers' "Better" video axed

Daniel D'Addario
(AP/Paul Sakuma)

Gridiron star may be gay?

Daniel D'Addario
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