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After Bringing the Sports World to a Standstill, NBA Players Agree to Resume Playoffs
After refusing to play, and forcing the entire world to focus its attention on Sunday’s police shooting of Jacob Blake instead, NBA players have reversed course and now agree to resume the NBA playoffs. On Wednesday, The Root reported that something unprecedented occurred: fed up with the mistreatment of Black people in America, the Milwaukee…
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Because Police Refuse to Stop Shooting Unarmed Black People, We Now Live In a World Without Professional Sports
I had no intention of watching the game. As a lifelong fan of the Orlando Magic—I still have nightmares of my Dad chasing me around the house with a broom after we got swept in the 1995 NBA Finals—I wanted no parts of the inevitable coup de grâce that would be Wednesday’s Game 5 against…
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Day 3 of the How to Make White Friends and Ignore Black Death Conference, aka the Republican National Convention
The Republican National Convention dragged on into day three and pulled America into an alternate universe in which Chick-fil-A is open on Sunday, some 177,000 people have not died from COVID-19 and the world didn’t watch an unarmed Black man get shot seven times at point-blank range in front of his children. That can be…
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Milwaukee Bucks Won't Let America Look Away, Refuse to Play Game 5 to Keep Focus on Police Shooting of Jacob Blake [Update: NBA Postpones Today's Playoff Games]
In what can only be called a monumental moment in sports history, the Milwaukee Bucks—the national basketball team that plays in the same state where Jacob Blake was shot some seven times by a police officer—are refusing to play Wednesday’s playoff game against the Orlando Magic. According to ESPN, the Milwaukee Bucks did not take…
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Paul George Fights Through Depression, Anxiety to Drop 35 Points in Blowout Win
Something was wrong with Paul George. Yes, his season has been marred by injuries, and we’re still not entirely convinced he’s fully adapted to his new team, but entering the playoffs, the Clippers were supposed to be a juggernaut. Thanks to his poor play, his team was anything but. But after blossoming demigod Luka Doncic…
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Los Angeles City Council Announces Street Will Be Renamed Kobe Bryant Boulevard: 'He Is the City'
In NBA circles, Staples Center in Downtown Los Angeles is commonly known as The House That Kobe Built. And now a portion of Figueroa Street in its immediate vicinity will be renamed after one of the greatest professional athletes who ever lived. ESPN reports that on Monday, celebrated locally as Kobe Bryant Day, Los Angeles…
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Exclusive: Photos of the Los Angeles Clippers Guarding Luka Doncic During Sunday's Overtime Thriller
Here’s some shots of Reggie Jackson contesting Luka’s game-winning step-back. Here’s a really good one of Marcus Morris getting switched on to Luka in the fourth quarter. Paul George also took a stab at guarding Luka. I got a great shot of that too. Kawhi Leonard was mostly successful when defending Luka, which is why Doc…
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Who Invited Luka Doncic to the Cookout?
In the weeks leading up to the 2018 NBA Draft, front offices throughout the league were divided into two factions: there were those who were skeptical about how Luka Doncic’s skill set would translate to the NBA and those who hailed him as the second coming of The Terminator. I mean, sure, he was terrorizing…