Basketball
Why we shouldn't need LeBron to tell us racism is a problem
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Thursday, 27 August 2020 15:52
THE FIRST TIME someone called me the N-word on a basketball court was in seventh grade. I remember dribbling the ball on the wing in front of the visitors bench. This girl, whose name I never knew, said I was a "stupid n-----." I looked over my shoulder, still dribbling, at her coach, who either didn't hear it or didn't…
Inside the hectic hours around a historic NBA boycott
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Thursday, 27 August 2020 14:31
This story was reported and written by ESPN's Ramona Shelburne, The Undefeated's Marc J. Spears, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, Malika Andrews and Zach Lowe. On Thursday morning, NBA players decided to resume the playoffs.WE HEARD IT in their voices. The pain. The anger. The desperate cry for justice.The video of Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black father of six, being shot seven…
Kushner: Will reach out to LeBron after protests
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Thursday, 27 August 2020 10:16
WASHINGTON -- Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff, Marc Short, said Thursday that NBA protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, are "absurd and silly," while White House senior adviser Jared Kushner told CNBC that the players were "very fortunate" to be in a financial position to "take a night off from work.""If they want…
Source: NBA players decide to resume playoffs
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Thursday, 27 August 2020 10:21
NBA players have decided to resume the playoffs, a source tells ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.Thursday's three playoff games will be postponed. A resumption of the postseason could come as soon as Friday, but there is expected to be a return to play by the weekend according to sources.Players held a meeting at 11 a.m. ET. There will be another meeting Thursday…
The reality of Black pain is breaking American sports' status quo
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Basketball
Thursday, 27 August 2020 01:03
For the last six years, the NBA has bathed in the congratulatory spirit of compromise, the model for commissioner-player communication. In ousting the racist former LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling, both the players and the league could claim satisfaction. The player voice was heard so powerfully that for the first time in the sport's history, it toppled an owner. They…
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