Kyle R. King is an assistant professor of English at Penn State Altoona, where he writes about the intersections of sports and social movements and teaches courses in rhetorical studies, writing studies, American literature, and sport humanities. He can be reached at kyle.king@psu.edu.
Whereas most sportswriters focused on Kaepernick and the celebrity professional athletes that followed his lead, in The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World,Dave Zirin instead mostly features the high school and college athletes and coaches that drew inspiration from Kaepernick.
All In sets a new standard for the heights that an athlete’s memoir can reach, while simultaneously modeling a robust role for the engaged athlete in society.