Did the NBA strike change sports forever?

Posted on AllSides September 1st, 2020
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The NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks set off an unprecedented collective action in U.S. sports when they refused to take the court for their playoff game Wednesday in response to the shooting of Jacob Blake, an unarmed Black man who was shot in the back seven times by a police officer in Kenosha, Wis.

Within hours, the NBA’s remaining schedule was put on hold as the rest of the league’s players joined the Bucks in solidarity. Athletes in the WNBA, Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer and professional tennis also refused to...

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