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Build up heading into the game made national news when Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald broke into an argument with 49’ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick during the weekly press interviews. It was further amplified on Friday when Cuba’s dictator Fidel Castro died at the age of 90.
Castro’s death rocked South Florida as Cubans poured into the streets of Little Havana to celebrate but for one Miami Dolphins player, the thought of Castro was enough to make this game almost symbolic.
Kaepernick had once worn a shirt that featured a meeting between Malcolm X and the dead Cuban president.