Sports Leagues Boycott Games In Response to Jacob Blake Shooting
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NBA players sit out Wednesday’s playoff games, other athletes follow their lead to protest Jacob Blake’s shootingThe Milwaukee Bucks decided to “strike” and not take the floor for their playoff game today in protest of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis. The game between the Bucks and the Orlando Magic was scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, but the teams remained in their respective locker rooms.
Games between the Houston Rockets and the Oklahoma City Thunder, and the Los Angeles Lakers and Portland Trail Blazers were then also postponed, according to the NBA.
From the Center
Smith: The longer the NBA boycott, the bigger the statementWhere is this all going?
What is the real end game?
And how truly committed are NBA players to seeing through the massive change they keep referring to?
Wednesday was another historic day in 2020. When the Association suddenly stopped — again. As the WNBA, MLB and MLS followed the NBA’s lead.
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Sports come to a halt: NBA, WNBA, MLB, MLS postpone games as players protest Jacob Blake shootingKISSIMMEE, Fla. — The NBA’s restart inside a restricted bubble at Disney World, which has proceeded smoothly for more than a month without any positive novel coronavirus tests, came to a screeching halt Wednesday when the Milwaukee Bucks refused to take the court for a playoff game against the Orlando Magic to protest the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis. The league announced the cancellation of all three games scheduled for Wednesday evening as a result.
The unprecedented decision to postpone the games was quickly followed by a...
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