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The University of Virginia men’s basketball team recently won this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament, but they won’t be visiting the White House anytime soon. They declined an invitation to the traditional meeting with the president after a championship win. Head coach Tony Bennett tweeted: “We have received inquiries about…
President Donald Trump refused to invite the Golden State Warriors to a customary White House visit for NBA champions. So, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee invited the players and their families to the Capitol instead. In a letter addressed to Golden State on Tuesday, Pelosi…
Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown opened up about his experience with racism growing up in Marietta, Ga., and how he thinks President Donald Trump emboldens racists. In London for Thursday’s NBA game, where the Celtics, the leading team in the Eastern conference, will face the Philadelphia 76ers,Brown spoke of painful…
The group of athletes from 18 NCAA championship teams visiting the White House last week was very similar to President Donald Trump’s administration: they were nearly all white and not representative of the nation at large. It seemed the majority of players or teams in attendance — those without “scheduling…
Seven former players on the University of Illinois’s women’s basketball team have filed a lawsuit against their old school after their allegations that the coaches frequently exhibited racist behaviors. And the former athletes have opened up to CNN about the mistreatment they all endured while on the school’s teams. Eight…
By Julissa Catalan More than a dozen sponsors have severed or suspended ties with the Los Angeles Clippers following Donald Sterling’s recent racism scandal. The first sponsor to undo its relationship with the Clippers was CarMax. The auto-dealership giant announced on Monday that after a nine-year relationship, it would no…
By Julissa Catalan At a press conference on Tuesday, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver confirmed that Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been barred for life from the Clippers organization and the NBA. This includes no games, no practices and no meetings. Sterling was also fined the maximum amount of…
By Julissa Catalan Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s true racist colors have been revealed, all thanks to an audio recording. In a 15-minute recorded conversation released by TMZ, Sterling is heard arguing with his girlfriend, V. Stiviano, about her posting a photo on Instagram of herself with basketball legend…
