In 2020, the NBA and WNBA set new standards for athlete civil disobedience when many players decided to refuse to take the court, and some decided to forgo e...
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Social Justice Was the Real MVP This NBA Season
The murder of Breonna Taylor by police shook the country, and became a turning point for the Black Lives Matter movement. Taylor’s death, coupled with the sharp blow of George Floyd’s murder just two months later, caused such outrage that even the NBA raised its voice. To address systemic racism, the league’s board of governors announced that it will create a foundation dedicated to fostering economic empowerment within the Black community that will be funded by all 30 NBA teams.
LeBron James returned to the court Thursday night when the Lakers took on the Dallas Mavericks in their first Orlando scrimmage. Following Los …
NBA players will be able to choose whether they want their jerseys to include a social justice message when the season resumes. The National …
Donald Trump’s most influential opponent is not CNN or the NFL. It’s not Bernie, Booker, or Beto. It’s LeBron James. In the past year, the Lakers star …
UPDATED 8/27, 5:00 p.m. ET: The players have decided to resume the season, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reports. Thursday's games will be …
After recent criticism from WNBA fans about the league issuing $5000 fines to teams and $500 to individual players wearing #BlackLivesMatter t-shirts …
At the start of the 2018-2019 NBA season, I wrote about the NBA surpassing the NFL as “America’s Sport.” The piece was met with some skepticism. But …
Last week, Complex Canada's Alex Narvaez sat down with WNBA star Kia Nurse just as the events surrounding the unjust police killing of George Floyd …
