Colin Kaepernick Is A ‘TIME’ Person Of The Year Finalist

Dec 4, 2017, 12:00 AM | Updated: Jan 4, 2019, 11:21 am

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - DECEMBER 03: Honoree Colin Kaepernick speaks onstage at ACLU SoCal Hosts Annual...

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BEVERLY HILLS, CA - DECEMBER 03: Honoree Colin Kaepernick speaks onstage at ACLU SoCal Hosts Annual Bill of Rights Dinner at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on December 3, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)

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Just days after winning the Sports Illustrated Muhammad Ali Legacy Award, Colin Kaepernick has been named a finalist for TIME Magazine‘s Person of the Year.

USA Today reports that Kaepernick, 30, is one of ten finalists selected by the magazine.

The magazine’s goal with this award is to recognize “the person or group of people who most influenced the news during the past year, for better or for worse.”

See the complete list of nominees, via Huffington Post, below.

  • Colin Kaepernick
  • Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
  • Donald Trump
  • The Dreamers
  • Jeff Bezos
  • Kim Jong Un
  • The #MeToo movement
  • Patty Jenkins
  • Robert Mueller
  • Xi Jinping

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