In response to the leaking of several images of the Kobe Bryant crash site, Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a bill into law this week banning first responders from sharing crime scene photos off the job.
As with his colleague Charles Barkley, TNT basketball commentator Shaquille O’Neal drew the ire of the left after he made comments supportive of the police in the Breonna Taylor case.
TNT basketball commentators Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal are facing the outrage of thousands on social media, after the pair pointed out how defunding the police will harm black people.
LeBron James is speaking more about the death of Kentucky woman Breonna Taylor and claiming that black women are “the most disrespected.”
It’s not unusual for the NBA on TNT to swerve into the realm of politics, and Thursday night’s show was no exception.
ESPN broadcaster Mark Jones tweeted that he will tell the police officers assigned to protect him at stadiums to “take the day off,” out of fear that the officer might shoot him due to his “black skin.”
A large construction firm in Utah announced that it is giving up its VIP suite, after Utah Jazz players began kneeling during the national anthem.
LeBron James described himself as “devastated, hurt, sad and mad” when reacting to the Grand Jury indictment of former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison in connection with the shooting death of Breonna Taylor.
Sports were on ESPN Wednesday night, though, as usual, the network found a way to mix in some politics.
Many pro athletes took to their social media to vent outrage at the charges handed down in the Breonna Taylor case in Louisville, Kentucky.
After two police officers were shot in the head and face as they sat in their cruiser nearly two weeks ago, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva challenged outspoken social justice advocate and NBA star LeBron James to match the reward for information leading to the arrest of the assailant. On Wednesday, James gave his response to Villanueva’s request.
In a recent interview, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver tried to blame the NBA’s kowtowing to China on the federal government and its rules governing how American companies operate in foreign countries.
According to a report, L.A. Lakers star LeBron James is looking to pay the fines, fees, and debts of Florida’s convicted felons, so that they can vote in the 2020 election.
The fear, of course, is simple: Woke Is Broke. That is, ordinary Americans, especially on the right, won’t pay their hard-earned money to be criticized, even insulted, by the players.
NBA superstar LeBron James told USA Today on Sunday, that black people’s votes don’t count.
The NBA’s ratings continue to plummet as the league moves through its conference finals this year. But the crash isn’t just recent.
NBA champion Bill Russell insisted that America is just as racist and oppressive for blacks today as it was back in the Jim Crow era.
Kanye West has compared the music industry and the NBA to a “modern day slave ship,” saying that he won’t release any more new music under his current contract. The rapper, billionaire fashion mogul, and presidential candidate also declared himself the “new Moses” and compared himself to inventor Nikola Tesla in a series of tweets.
On Sunday’s broadcast of CNN’s “State of the Union,” anchor Jake Tapper called a pledge from the NBA, President Donald Trump, and the Walt Disney Company to never again allow a tragedy like the Holocaust to happen “meaningless.”
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — A small number of protesters carrying signs and shouting into megaphones blocked at least two buses chartered by the NBA from briefly from entering the Walt Disney World campus on Saturday night, with the group saying it wanted LeBron James, Russell Westbrook and other top players to take notice.
Former L.A. Lakers head coach Byron Scott, says that NBA players should push their teams to hire black coaches.
In an editorial at Rolling Stone, Martin Luther King III expresses his joy that the “new era of athlete activism,” will help bring about his martyred father’s dreams of racial equality.
ESPN sports commentator Stephen A. Smith blasted the Brooklyn Nets hiring of Steve Nash as their head coach, calling the move a sign of “white privilege.”
Two weeks ago, Charlotte Hornets broadcaster John Focke was suspended for tweeting out the N-Word. Now, the team has taken the next step to fire him for the mistake.
The latest Harris Poll finds that most sports fans think the NBA is “too political,” and they are watching less basketball this season.
TV ratings for the NBA are still failing and the clinching game for most woke team of all, the L.A. Lakers, was the lowest rated game of their series.
L.A. Lakers star James LeBron wore a shirt emblazoned with “Vote or Die” during practice on Tuesday, to push his voter registration group.
Despite near-daily efforts to show America how woke they are, or, because of it, the NBA’s playoff ratings are still tanking.
“People are tired of watching the highly political NBA,” Trump wrote on Twitter noting that, “basketball ratings are WAY down, and they won’t be coming back.”
Ex-President Barack Obama involved himself in the deliberations of the NBA players who led last week’s boycott over the Jacob Blake shooting.
The Denver Nuggets got a 50-point performance from Jamal Murray in their 119-107 in against the Utah Jazz, and Murray credits that performance to his shoes, which display the images of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd.
MSNBC host Al Sharpton praised pro athletes for boycotting games and speaking out for “social justice” issues.
Milwaukee Bucks guard George Hill was not on the sidelines during Saturday night’s national anthem. He later explained why that was, in extremely descriptive terms.
Left-wing Hollywood celebrities are giving high-fives and high praise in response to the NBA’s decision to turn some of its sports arenas into polling locations for the November election, allowing for more people to vote in-person. The voter initiative is
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The NBA playoffs will resume Saturday after the league and the National Basketball Players Association detailed the commitments that made players comfortable continuing.
According to reports, several prominent black players are considering sitting out an NFL’s game in an effort to “force change.”
Atlantic writer Jemele Hill insisted that black athletes should stop “entertaining” America because the country does not “value black lives.”
“I don’t know much about the NBA protests,” Trump said. “I know their ratings have been very bad, because I think people are a little tired of the NBA frankly.”
Former Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher took to Instagram to ridicule the NBA for boycotting games on Wednesday.
Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris used the phrase “monumental courage” to describe the NBA and WNBA decision to cancel games in protest of the officer-involved shooting of Jacob Blake.
