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NBA Playoffs Will Resume Saturday; Players, Coaches & League Had “Candid, Impassioned” Meeting

NBA to Resume Playoffs on Saturday, League Agrees to More Social Justice Initiatives

New York Mets And Miami Marlins Walk Off The Field Over Jacob Blake Shooting

Mets & Marlins Walk Off Field in Protest of Jacob Blake Shooting (Video)

NBA Players Reportedly Agree to Resume Playoffs, but Thursday's Games Are Not Happening

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Kenny Smith Walks Off ‘Inside the NBA’ Set to Stand With NBA Players’ Protests Over Jacob Blake Shooting

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.@TheJetOnTNT stands with the NBA players. pic.twitter.com/39Sby1D5kn— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) August 26, 2020Also Read: NBA Calls Off Playoff Games Amid Boycott Over Jacob Blake ShootingEarlier Wednesday, the NBA called off its three playoff games in response to the decision by the Milwaukee Bucks to boycott their game in protest of the shooting of Jacob Blake, an unarmed Black man, by police over the weekend in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

The Bucks were set to play the fifth game of its first round series against the Orlando Magic. The Magic were warming up on the court, but Bucks players never showed up.“The NBA and the NBPA today announced that in light of the Milwaukee Bucks’ decision to not take the floor today for Game 5 against the Orlando.

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30.08.2020 / 03:15

Candace Owens Mocks LeBron James Amid Jacob Blake Protests

Not everyone likes Candace Owens. Hot New Hip Hop reported today that the controversial political figure has been making waves in the public for years now, especially after she first appeared with Kanye West on TMZ during his infamous pro-Trump rant.

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30.08.2020 / 00:21

Colin Kaepernick Sends A Letter Of Thanks To LeBron James For Leading NBA Walkouts

Colin Kaepernick is thanking LeBron James for leading walkouts in the NBA bubble and boycotting games following the police shooting of Jacob Blake.

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29.08.2020 / 21:11

NFL Players Contemplate Sitting Out A Regular Season Game In Jacob Blake Protest

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerNational Football League players are formulating plans on how they will protest the shooting of Wisconsin man Jacob Blake. Some indicate they may follow in the wake of the NBA, WNBA, MLS and MLB teams and sit out a game.Teams have already cancelled practices to discuss social issues.

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29.08.2020 / 03:23

Michelle Obama Addresses Kenosha Shootings In Powerful Statement

Outrage and protests have been sparked after a police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin fired seven shots at point-blank range into the back of 29-year-old Jacob Blake as he attempted to enter his vehicle.

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29.08.2020 / 00:51

Toronto Raptors To Start Series Against Boston Celtics On Sunday

The Toronto Raptors will start their best-of-seven NBA Eastern Conference semifinal against the Boston Celtics on Sunday after Game 1 was postponed Thursday in the aftermath of the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Kenosha, Wis., last weekend.

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28.08.2020 / 20:47

NBA Will Turn Arenas Into Voting Locations in November, Playoff Games to Resume

The NBA has reached an agreement with the players union to resume playoff games this weekend and part of the deal was turning basketball arenas into voting locations this November!

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28.08.2020 / 20:29

NBA Playoffs Will Resume Saturday; Players, Coaches & League Had “Candid, Impassioned” Meeting

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorThe NBA and its players union said today that the playoffs will resume Saturday after a three-day pause in protest of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin.After a meeting among players, coaches and team officials, the league has committed to “further our collective efforts and actions in support of social justice and racial equality.”“We had a candid, impassioned and productive conversation yesterday between NBA players, coaches and team governors regarding next steps to further our collective efforts and actions in support of social justice and racial equality,” National Basketball Players Association Executive Director Michele Roberts and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said in a joint statement (read

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28.08.2020 / 20:27

NBA to Resume Playoffs on Saturday, League Agrees to More Social Justice Initiatives

The NBA will pick back up its playoffs on Saturday, following a few days of player-led boycotts to protest the shooting of Jacob Blake by a Wisconsin police officer last weekend.In addition, the NBA will set up a social justice coalition as well as convert arenas in cities where the buildings are owned by the franchises into voting centers for Election Day.Read the below statement from the NBA and NBA Players Association:“We had a candid, impassioned and productive conversation yesterday between NBA players, coaches and team governors regarding next steps to further our collective efforts and actions in support of social justice and racial equality.

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28.08.2020 / 16:23

New York Mets And Miami Marlins Walk Off The Field Over Jacob Blake Shooting

Baseball’s Mets and Marlins are standing in solidarity with Black Lives Matter protesters.

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28.08.2020 / 14:59

NHL Delays Two Days of Playoff Games Amid Injustice Protests

The NHL postponed two days of playoff games Thursday after withering criticism from Black players who said the league was slow to acknowledge the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin. The joint decision to put off Thursday and Friday's games was reached by the league and the NHL Players’ Association.

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28.08.2020 / 00:49

NBA Players Reportedly Agree to Resume Playoffs, but Thursday's Games Are Not Happening

UPDATE: 4:55 p.m. ET on 8/27: After holding a meeting on Thursday morning with NBA owners, league executives, and coaches, NBA players have reportedly agreed to resume the 2020 playoffs, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

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27.08.2020 / 23:31

The NBA Playoff Games Are Postponed Again

The NBA playoffs are continuing to be postponed amid an ongoing boycott from basketball players due to the police shooting of Jacob Blake, which has sparked outcry across the nation.

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27.08.2020 / 22:27

Tracee Ellis Ross Calls NBA Players Strike "One of the Most American Things You Can Do"

Black-ish star Tracee Ellis Ross has praised the decision by several NBA teams to strike over the Wisconsin police shooting of Jacob Blake earlier this week. The Milwaukee Bucks, an NBA team located around an hour outside of Kenosha, where Blake was shot, never appeared on the court for their playoff game against the Orlando Magic Wednesday night.

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27.08.2020 / 20:31

NBA Cancels Thursday Games, But Deal In Works To Resume Playoffs this Weekend – Reports

Dade Hayes Finance EditorNBA players have voted to resume the playoffs but will take another night off on Thursday in response to the police shooting of a Black man in Kenosha, WI.ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and other reporters cited unidentified sources in saying players decided today to resume the season but after at least one more night off in the wake of Jacob Blake’s shooting and resulting protests. Wojnarowski tweeted that a meeting between owners and players had been scheduled for later Thursday.

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27.08.2020 / 19:53

NBA Playoffs to Continue, Thursday Games Suspended Amid Player Strike

Jordan Moreau The NBA has postponed the three playoff games which were scheduled to take place Thursday, as players continue to strike in light of protests over the shooting of Jacob Blake, Variety has confirmed.However, the season is not officially over, as multiple outlets are reporting that players have voted to resume the playoffs at a later, as-yet-undecided date.The three Thursday games were between the Denver Nuggets and the Utah Jazz, the Boston Celtics and the Toronto Raptors, and the Los Angeles Clippers and the Dallas Mavericks.The Milwaukee Bucks began the player strikes on Wednesday, refusing to take the court ahead of their Game 5 playoff match against the Orlando Magic.

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27.08.2020 / 17:55

Media, Sports Worlds Wait to See if Player Protests Will Continue

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorThe media and sports worlds remained on tenterhooks Thursday after the NBA, WNBA and MLB suspended a handful of important games last night in the wake of players protesting the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin.The remarkable decisions halted a critical NBA playoffs game between the Milwaukee Bucks and Orlando Magic as well as two other games, and there has been speculation emanating that players may well decide to scrap the rest of an already bumpy NBA season made onerous by the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The NBA has said it hopes to reschedule the matches.

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27.08.2020 / 14:21

Tracee Ellis Ross Discusses NBA Boycott And Jacob Blake Shooting: ‘If We All Don’t Stand Up, It Won’t Change’

Tracee Ellis Ross spoke out about the shooting of Jacob Blake during an appearance on Wednesday’s “The Late Late Show”.

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27.08.2020 / 13:15

Diddy and Mark Ronson lead artists praising Milwaukee Bucks for protesting over Jacob Blake’s death

Diddy, Mark Ronson and former US President Barack Obama are among a host of artists and celebrities who have praised the Milwaukee Bucks after they called off their NBA match last night (August 26) in protest over the shooting of Jacob Blake.Footage emerged that appeared to show Blake was shot multiple times in the back by police officers in Wisconsin on Sunday (August 23) as he attempted to get into his vehicle. Blake remains in hospital, and protests have since erupted in Kenosha.“The past four months have shed light on the racial injustices facing our African American community,” the Bucks said in a team statement.“Citizens around the country have used their voices and platforms to speak out against these wrongdoings.

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27.08.2020 / 08:25

Tucker Carlson Defends Teen Vigilante Charged With Murdering 2 Kenosha Protesters (Video)

charged with murder for those deaths of those two people.Demonstrations erupted in Kenosha on Sunday night after Jacob Blake, who was unarmed and not suspected of a crime, was shot 7 times by police in front of his children. And on Tuesday night, two of those protesters were killed and a third person injured.

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27.08.2020 / 07:23

Barack Obama Speaks Out in Support of NBA and WNBA Protests After Jacob Blake's Shooting

Barack Obama is sharing his support for the NBA and WNBA athletes and coaches who are making their voices heard.

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27.08.2020 / 07:05

NBA Players Meeting Fails To Reach Concensus On Continuing Playoffs On Thursday Or Ending Season

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerThursday’s NBA playoff schedule, and perhaps the entire playoffs, still hang in the balance, as a meeting of NBA players and coaches Wednesday failed to reach a concensus on next steps.Wednesday’s NBA playoff games were postponed when the Milwaukee Bucks – the team nearest Kenosha, Wisconsin, where the Jacob Blake shooting incident that sparked protests and looting took place – decided not to play their game. The NBA has not said when those games would be made up.Players and coaches met for three hours today without reaching a conclusion, and discussed whether the season should continue.

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27.08.2020 / 05:15

Celebrities React As Milwaukee Bucks Issue Statement On Boycotting NBA Playoff Game In Wake Of Jacob Blake Shooting

The Milwaukee Bucks have decided to boycott Game 5 of their playoff series against Orlando Magic in protest over racial injustice.

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27.08.2020 / 05:11

MLB Baseball Teams Postpone Games; Join Milwaukee Bucks In Protesting Jacob Blake Shooting

Some Major League Baseball teams are following in basketball team Milwaukee Bucks footsteps.

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27.08.2020 / 04:43

Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants Join In Protests, Postpone Game

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerAdd the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants game scheduled for tonight to the list of major sports game postponed in protest of the Kenosha, Wisconsin shooting of Jacob Blake.The teams were scheduled for a game at Oracle Park in San Francisco that would have been televised by ESPN. The teams have postponed the game, according to several reports, but have not issued statements yet on the matter.The decision not to play followed similar decisions not to play by the Milwaukee Brewers and Cincinnati Reds, who would have faced off at Miller Park in Milwaukee, and the Seattle Mariners and San Diego Padres, who would have played at PETCO Park in San Diego.

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27.08.2020 / 04:23

MLB and WNBA Players Join NBA in Protests After Jacob Blake's Shooting

«The players from the Brewers and Reds have decided to not play tonight's baseball game,» the teams' joint statement begins. «With our community and our nation in such pain, we wanted to draw as much attention to the issues that really matter, especially racial injustice and systemic oppression.»From the players of the Milwaukee Brewers and the Cincinnati Reds: pic.twitter.com/qkhH4AmBKmThe news comes after Milwaukee Bucks players didn't take the court for Game 5 of their first-round NBA playoff series against the Orlando Magic.

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27.08.2020 / 04:09

Commentator Kenny Smith Walks Off ‘NBA On TNT’ In Solidarity With Players Strike

The Milwaukee Bucks refused to take to the court today for the team’s scheduled game against the Orlando Magic in protest of the police shooting of Jacob Blake, who has reportedly been left paralyzed after being shot seven times in the back by a Milwaukee police officer.

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27.08.2020 / 03:29

Jacob Blake's Sister Calls for Change In the Wake of Her Brother's Shooting: 'I Feel Numb'

Jacob Blake's sister is speaking out about the need for things to change in America. Letetra Wideman spoke at a press conference following days of protests and unrest sparked by the shooting, which left Blake hospitalized and likely paralyzed.«When you say the name Jacob Blake, make sure you say father, make sure you say cousin, make sure you say son, make sure you say uncle, but most importantly make sure you say human,» Wideman shared Tuesday.

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27.08.2020 / 03:13

WNBA Postpones Games In Unity With NBA Protest Over Police Shooting

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorThe WNBA has postponed its three games scheduled for tonight. The league’s move follows the postponed of today’s NBA playoff games in the wake of Jacob Blake’s shooting by police in Kenosha WI.“The consensus is to not play in tonight’s slate of games and to kneel, lock arms and raise fists during the national anthem,” said Elizabeth Williams of the Atlanta Dream.