Archive from 2017: On Bended Knee - NFL Protest Special

06/18/20 • 114 min

Originally released in October 2017.... Mark Chapman examines the controversy surrounding NFL players kneeling for the national anthem and how it has spread to the rest of American sport. Find out why players do it, the impact they've had and the roles played by social injustices, the military and government. Plus, we analyse whether the debate it has caused has further split the US along racial lines. You'll hear from the man who started it all, Colin Kaepernick, along with a former NFL player, a current NFL team owner, Barack Obama and Donald Trump.

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The Guest List - Carl Froch, Brian O’Driscoll, Colin Montgomerie and more

We are joined by four-time super-middleweight champion boxer Carl Froch, who has worries for Anthony Joshua before his recently announced fight with Tyson Fury. Irish rugby legend Brian O'Driscoll talks taking up baking, playing in empty stadiums and being mistaken for former Ireland team-mate Ronan O’Gara. We catch up with new friends - racing driver Daniil Kvyat and Biffy Clyro’s Simon Neil – to hear how the music and gaming lessons are going. To what extent has the postponement of Tokyo 2020 and the coronavirus lockdown affected athletes and their training? That’s the question we put to multiple Paralympic champion Dame Sarah Storey. Scottish golf great Colin Montgomerie debates how the sport has changed and what needs to happen moving forward to make it a more level playing field. Tennis star Katie Boulter reveals she is also competitive off the court, especially when it comes to board and card games with her housemate, and fellow tennis player, Laura Robson. Plus we look ahead to Royal Ascot with its director of racing, Nick Smith.