NBA players have decided to resume the playoffs, says a source Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Thursday’s three playoff games will be postponed, the league announced. Players will hold a meeting at 11 a.m. ET and continue discussions about the timing of the playoff replay – with an expectation that a …
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The Hockey Diversity Alliance has formally asked the NHL to stop all playoff games on Thursday, according to a tweet from Evander Kane, the group’s co-leader. “We feel strongly that this sends a clear message that human rights take precedence over sport,” Kane tweeted. We the @TheOfficialHDA have formally the …
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Naomi Osaka said she will play her semi-final match at the Western & Southern Open, now scheduled for Friday, after she previously indicated her intention to refuse to play Wednesday. “As you know, I withdrew from the tournament yesterday in support of racial injustice and ongoing police violence,” Osaka, who …
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The Auschwitz Museum is angry at a TikTok trend in which young people are playing role as victims of the Holocaust – calling it “hurtful and offensive.” The memorial, located next to the former Nazi death camp in Poland, is based on the so-called point-of-view videos, in which some users …
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WASHINGTON – Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff, Marc Short, said Thursday that NBA protests over Jacob Blake’s police shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, are “absurd and stupid,” while White House Chief of Staff Jared Kushner told CNBC that the players were “very happy” to be in a financial position …
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