Prominent Hong Kong freedom activist Joshua Wong on Friday branded “a really big slap in the face” an email from ESPN NBA reporter Adrian Wojnarowski to Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), that read simply, “Fuck you.”
On Friday, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley slammed the NBA for ignoring the rampant human rights abuse record of their partner, China. The Senator’s office included ESPN NBA reporter Adrian Wojnarowski on the email recipient list.
Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) has called on the NBA to put pro-police, military, and “Free Hong Kong” messages on their uniforms, as opposed to the Black Lives Matter-related messages the league plans to have on jerseys when the league restarts later this month.
Former NBA player and current Black Lives Matter speaker Stephen Jackson, rushed to the defense of embattled Eagles receiver Desean Jackson on Tuesday. Claiming that the football player’s anti-Semitic Instagram posts were “speaking the truth.”
Cotton slammed the left in America for denouncing the United States while turning a blind eye to China’s myriad human rights violations.
“West Wing” star Bradley Whitford has done what few Hollywood or sports figures would: call out the National Basketball Association (NBA) for continuing to do business with China while they remain about the communist regime’s campaign to crush those advocating for democracy in Hong Kong and their persecution of Uighur Muslims being held in concentration camps in Xinjiang.
The NBA has approved a list of social justice messages that players will be allowed to wear on their jerseys when, or if, play resumes later this month.
Ex-NFL player Marcellus Wiley says that the NBA’s decision to paint Black Lives Matter on court sidelines is a bad idea.
The National Basketball Association has had an additional nine players test positive for the coronavirus. That number brings the league’s total to 25, and adds to already heightened concerns that the anticipated restart of play later this month may not happen.
The NBA hopes to soon be back in action in their “Bubble” at Disney World. However, if that restart ever happens, the league will do it without one of their legendary voices in attendance.
ATLANTA (AP) — If basketball icon LeBron James gets his way, NBA arenas and other sports venues around the country will be mega polling sites for the November general election.
During Tuesday’s interview with TIME, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver insisted that he hoped that there could be “mutual respect” for China’s “values.”
Wednesday on ABC’s “The View,” owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks Mark Cuban said players kneeling during the national anthem in protest of racism in law enforcement was a “beautiful thing.”
During an interview on Tuesday, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver refused to directly answer a question about players taking a knee.
DENVER (AP) — The Denver Nuggets say they’ve closed their facilities after two members of the team’s traveling party tested positive for the coronavirus over the weekend. A third tested positive this week.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver noted on Tuesday that the spread of the coronavirus may pose too big a threat for the league to carry out its plans to resume the 2020 season.
Talk radio star Mark Levin blasted the NBA for its plans to paint the name of “anti-Semitic, hate-America group” Black Lives Matter on courts
The NBA and the NBA Players Union are collaborating on a plan to paint “Black Lives Matter” on the sides of the three basketball courts the league will use when play resumes next month in Orlando, ESPN reports.
L.A. Lakers star LeBron James has launched a new media empire with $100 million in investor backing, that is “designed to move the culture.”
NBA player Ja Morant has apologized for supporting a profane, anti-police message on his social media platform.
The NBA is reportedly mulling the idea of allowing players to put social justice slogans on the backs of their jerseys.
NBA star LeBron James says that the National Football League owes Colin Kaepernick a full, official apology.
The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association say 16 players tested positive for coronavirus in the first wave of mandatory tests done in preparation for the restart of the season.
NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association said Wednesday that dealing with racial matters will be a shared goal during the resumed season.
LeBron James took to Twitter Tuesday to ask his fellow celebs to “demand change,” though he seemed a bit unsure of how to go about that goal.
Celtics center Enes Kanter told fans on Friday that his father is no longer a political prisoner in Turkey and was released from prison.
The NBA has decided to give its employees paid time off to commemorate the Juneteenth for the first time in league history, according to a report.
Ex-NBA Star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is not on-board with the effort to ban Oscar-winning Civil War classic, Gone With the Wind. But he does want a warning label slapped on the film and all other entertainment that does not meet woke standards.
There are 30 teams in Major League Baseball and 30 clubs in the NBA. The NHL skates 31 squads, while the NFL has 32 franchises. That’s 123 professional teams in the four major sports. A grand total of one recognized Flag Day on social media. One. Uno. Just one.
San Antonio Spurs coach and Trump critic Gregg Popovich says that you can’t care about blacks and support Donald Trump.
Insiders are saying that a large number of NBA players are furious that they were not consulted on the return to competition.
Portland Trail Blazers guard C.J. McCollum is angered over President Donald Trump’s plans to hold a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 19th.
L.A. Lakers star LeBron James has joined a group of athletes who are working to thwart “voter suppression” of blacks in American elections.
L.A. Lakers star LeBron James exclaimed that the long line at the polls in the Georgia primary election was an example of “racism.”
San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich says he’s “embarrassed as a white person,” to watch the way George Floyd was killed in the streets of Minneapolis. He also said the killing was a “lynching,” and said that the burden must now shift to white people to identify instances of racism.
Michael Jordan and the Jordan Brand plan to donate $100 million to “organizations dedicated to ensuring racial equality, social justice and greater access to education,” over the next ten years.
While Drew Brees was facing an avalanche of criticism for saying that NFL anthem protests were a sign of “disrespect” for the flag, Fox News host Laura Ingraham defended Brees and his right to free speech.
NBA star LeBron James piled on Drew Brees for his comments against disrespecting the national anthem. Yet James has remained silent as Hong Kong criminalized disrespect for the Chinese national anthem, to the benefit of his benefactors in Beijing.
A person with knowledge of the situation says the NBA’s Board of Governors has approved a 22-team format for restarting the league season in late July at the Disney campus near Orlando, Florida.
Sacramento Kings announcer Grant Napear resigned from his position on Tuesday, after recently tweeting “ALL LIVES MATTER” in response to a question about Black Lives Matter.
