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Re: Sports as a platform for protest
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: January 7, 2021, 4:37 am
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HTML https://us.yahoo.com/sports/election-wnba-appreciation-raphael-warnock-defeats-kelly-loeffler-us-senate-runoff-georgia-150907967.html
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> Atlanta Dream co-owner Kelly Loeffler will no longer serve in
the U.S. Senate, a conclusion to months of heated campaigning
that prompted Dream players and WNBA stars to publicly support
her opponent.
>
> Loeffler, a Republican, lost the U.S. Senate runoff in Georgia
in a race called early Wednesday morning by the Associated
Press. She was appointed to the seat in January 2020 and had to
run in a special election on Nov. 3. It went to a runoff since
no one had 50 percent of the vote.
>
> Democrat Raphael Warnock, a Black pastor at Ebenezer Baptist
Church, was declared the winner on Wednesday. He had a
35,000-vote lead with 97 percent of the vote counted.
>
> The WNBA did that. Warnock was polling at 9 percent at the
beginning of August when the WNBA players began supporting him
with T-shirts and interview mentions. Loeffler, who drew their
ire by speaking out against the support of the Black Lives
Matter movement, was polling at 26 percent at the time.
>
> Their activism has not stopped since that moment in the WNBA
bubble, which led to the league’s inclusion as one of Yahoo
Sports’ Transcendent 12 athletes in 2020. As results came in
late Tuesday and into Wednesday, the sports world gave their
appreciation to the league and its players on Twitter and
celebrated the victory.
> ...
> The rest of the sports world gave the WNBA some love and
appreciation, particularly the Dream and the reigning champion
Seattle Storm. Veteran superstar and four-time champion Sue Bird
helped lead the way to wearing “Vote Warnock” shirts after and
explained their stance on the ESPN broadcast that night. They
spoke with Warnock on a video call to make sure their values
aligned. Every other team wore the shirts in a calculated
response and none of the players spoke Loeffler’s name in
interviews the rest of the season.
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A lot of tweets in the original article, check them out!
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Re: Cancel Culture
DIR By: guest5
Date: January 12, 2021, 1:45 pm
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Bill Belichick Declines Medal Of Freedom From Trump
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> New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick declined to accept
the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Monday after last week's
deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3guP-0VZ5Q8
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Re: Sports as a platform for protest
DIR By: guest5
Date: January 19, 2021, 11:30 pm
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Enes Kanter Raises Awareness of Factory Farms Conditions
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> Enes Kanter hopes people will consider plant-based diets in
order to curb the spread of infectious disease.
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7BB1NiFJGE
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Re: Sports as a platform for protest
DIR By: guest5
Date: January 24, 2021, 2:14 pm
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Ronaldo reportedly rejects lucrative offer to promote Saudi
tourism
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> Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly rejected a
multi-million-dollar deal to promote tourism in Saudi Arabia.
#Ronaldo​ #Messi​ #MBS​
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FsY34X9GkY
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Re: Sports as a platform for protest
DIR By: guest5
Date: February 12, 2021, 12:11 am
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Mark Cuban Directs Mavericks To Stop Playing National Anthem
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> Mark Cuban is directing the national anthem not be played at
Mavericks games.
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UIZkIt1CJQ
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> Brian Cayanan
> 2 hours ago
> I’m utterly Shockled. Not in all my years of being a semi
proud American did I not take the time to wiki the National
anthem. Holy jfc those words will never even mumble out my mouth
ever again!!!
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Re: Sports as a platform for protest
DIR By: acc9
Date: March 3, 2021, 4:43 am
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HTML https://www.nba.com/news/jeremy-lin-asian-americans-tired-of-being-told-they-dont-experience-racism
Jeremy Lin speaks out on racism....
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Re: Sports as a platform for protest
DIR By: guest5
Date: March 13, 2021, 1:58 pm
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Company cancels World Cup contract after migrant workers' deaths
on construction sites | DW News
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> Dutch Company 'Hendriks Gras' has canceled its deal for the
upcoming World Cup in Qatar. That's following media reports that
more than 6,500 migrant workers have died on construction sites.
Supplying the grass for the World Cup pitch is usually a dream
job for businesses in the turf industry.
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52ucOyk_UOE
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Re: Sports as a platform for protest
DIR By: Zea_mays
Date: March 14, 2021, 5:36 pm
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This is why we protest. Even random sports announcers are white
supremacists.
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> Moments before the start of a girl's high school basketball
game between Norman High School and Midwest City in the Oklahoma
6A State Basketball Tournament on Thursday night, a broadcaster
used a racial slur while making comments about Norman players
taking a knee during the national anthem.
>
> The man on the call for the National Federation of High
Schools Network's online broadcast of the game has been
identified as Matt Rowan, who operates the live-streaming
platform that broadcasted the game.. Before using the slur on
the call, he announced that the broadcast would be back after
the national anthem performance. But his microphone was not off.
>
> While believing the broadcast was on a break, the announcer
said,"F-- them. I hope they lose," after seeing the Norman
players not standing during the national anthem. "C'mon Midwest
City. They're gonna kneel like that? Hell no ... F---ing
n-----s."
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So racism is a mental illness I guess?
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> Rowan released a statement in which he blamed his comments on
having Type 1 Diabetes.
>
> "I will state I suffer Type 1 Diabetes and during the game my
sugar was spiking," Rowan said. "While not excusing my remarks,
it is not unusual when my sugar spikes that I become disoriented
and often say things that are not appropriate as well as
hurtful."
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HTML https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/announcer-directs-racial-slur-at-high-school-girls-basketball-team-for-kneeling-during-national-anthem/
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Re: Sports as a platform for protest
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: March 27, 2021, 10:21 pm
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HTML https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/naomi-osaka-shares-stopasianhate-message-214528405.html
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> Naomi Osaka is condemning anti-Asian hate.
>
> On Saturday, the 23-year-old professional tennis player, who
is both Japanese and Haitian, shared a message on Twitter,
calling out those who "profit or enjoy" various aspects of Asian
culture but do not stand with the community when support is
needed.
> ...
> "#stopasianhate <- It's really sad that this even has to be a
hashtag/slogan. It should be common sense but it seems like
common sense is uncommon in this world now," she wrote on
Instagram.
>
> Also in a video from the Women's Tennis Association, Osaka
makes an appearance along with fellow tennis stars, who share
their support for the Asian Americans and Pacific Islander
community.
> ...
> Last month, Osaka condemned anti-Asian hate and spoke out on
the lack of coverage and discussions on the issue in a different
social media message.
>
> "The amount of hate, racism, and blame for COVID towards the
Asian community is disgusting," Osaka tweeted in February. "The
fact that this topic is not very widely covered makes me
concerned. I only found videos and information because I was
scrolling through my IG feed and by some algorithm it appeared."
>
> "And while I'm here- saying 'Ching Chong' and 'shrimp fried
rice' when talking about/to [an] Asian person isn't cool. You
aren't funny, it's not a joke and you're beyond pathetic," she
added in a separate tweet.
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Re: Sports as a platform for protest
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: April 2, 2021, 10:09 pm
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HTML https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31183822/mlb-moving-all-star-game-atlanta-georgia-voting-law
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> Major League Baseball announced Friday that it is moving the
2021 All-Star Game out of Atlanta in response to a new Georgia
law that has civil rights groups concerned about its potential
to restrict voting access for people of color.
>
> The 2021 MLB draft, a new addition to All-Star Game
festivities this year, will also be relocated.
> ...
> The Players Alliance, consisting of more than 100 current and
former players who have united in an effort to empower Black
communities, came out in support of MLB's decision with a
statement that read in part: "We want to make our voice heard
loud and clear in our opposition of the recent Georgia
legislation that not only disproportionately disenfranchises the
Black community, but also paves the way for other states to pass
similarly harmful laws based largely on widespread falsehoods
and disinformation."
> ...
> Stacey Abrams, a Democratic former Georgia gubernatorial
candidate and voting rights activist, tweeted about her
disappointment but understanding over MLB's decision.
>
> "Like many Georgians, I am disappointed that the MLB is
relocating the All-Star game; however, I commend the players,
owners and League commissioner for speaking out," Abrams wrote.
"I urge others in positions of the leadership to do so as well."
>
> Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, a Democrat, said she
supports MLB's decision. Atlanta will no doubt share in the
economic loss, though the Braves' home stadium is now located
outside the city, in suburban Cobb County.
>
> "Unfortunately, the removal of the MLB All-Star Game from
Georgia is likely the first of many dominoes to fall until the
unnecessary barriers put in place to restrict access to the
ballot box are removed,'' Bottoms said in a statement.
>
> Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, who is to guide the
National League All-Star team, applauded MLB for moving the game
from Georgia.
>
> "I think in a world now where people want and need to be heard
-- and in this particular case, people of color -- for Major
League Baseball to listen and do something about it, to be
proactive, it sets a tone,'' said Roberts, the son of a Black
father and Japanese mother.
>
> MLBPA executive director Tony Clark said last Friday that he
"would look forward" to discussions around moving the Midsummer
Classic -- slated for July 13 -- out of Atlanta. Five days after
that, President Joe Biden, who won Georgia by less than 12,000
votes, told SportsCenter he would "strongly support" such a
decision, calling the new bill "Jim Crow on steroids."
>
> Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, who has an ownership
stake in the Boston Red Sox, was among those expressing support
for MLB's decision on Twitter.
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