As the NBA continues to navigate the next steps toward the Milwaukee Bucks’ extraordinary decision not to play their playoff game against the Orlando Magic on Wednesday over issues of social justice, leading to the cancellation of games in multiple professional sports, a recognizable figure has emerged as one between …
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The greatest coach in Arizona basketball history has died. Lute Olson, the man who coached the University of Arizona after an unlikely 1997 NCAA Tournament championship, died Thursday at the age of 85, according to the university. Olson, who suffered a mild stroke in 2019, had declined in health in …
Read More »Screenshot: Micaiah Carter (Wall Street Journal Magazine, Eli Russell Linnetz (Hege snobety The sports world took a historic and deeply important time-out on Wednesday in support of Black Life and in response to the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis. Among the number of elite athletes and teams that …
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A few Instagram posts – one posted by Brian Urlacher, the other just “Liked” – about the shooting of Jacob Blake caused the Chicago Bears to distance themselves from their Hall of Famer on Thursday. In one post, Urlacher posted a clear statement on his Instagram story that unfavorably compared …
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Jack Flaherty, a 24-year-old black man who seems passionate but ambivalent about the role of spokesman because of his willingness to be honest in public and the scheme available to reporters through Zoom, wants a few things: To better understand the specific actionable steps he can take to combat racism …
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