WNBA teams are joining others in sport in boycotting their matches and demanding justice for the countless Black lives lost at the hands of police brutality. All three games which were supposed to be played on Wednesday night in the U.S. have been postponed including the match between the Atlanta Dream and defending WNBA champion Washington…
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NBA Teams Boycott Playoffs to Protest Police Shooting of Jacob Blake
“Some things are bigger than basketball,” tweeted Alexander Lasry, Senior Vice-President of the Milwaukee Bucks moments after his players decided to boycott Game 5 of their playoff series against Orlando Magic. The team is demanding justice for Jacob Blake, a Black man who was shot in the back seven times by a police officer in Kenosha this…