William Rhoden is a writer-at-large for undefeatedespn . Prior to joining The Undefeated, he was an award-winning columnist for the nytimes from 1983 to 2016. In 2006, he published “Forty Million Dollar Slaves," a book on the racist history and current reality of professional sports in the United States.      He was nominated for the 2020 Dan Jenkins Medal for Best Sportswriting Award for “Kaepernick Called an Audible and Beat the NFL at Its Game,” a piece published by The Undefeated on November 18, 2019.    Check it out here: theundefeated.com/features/kaepernick-called-an-audible-and-beat-the-nfl-at-its-game         #williamrhoden #theundefeated #sportswriting #danjenkins #moodycollegeofcommunication