Colin Kaepernick is not letting his critics, including President Donald Trump, define him.Kaepernick hasbeen making good on his plan to donate $1 million and all the proceeds from his jersey sales from the 2016 NFL season to charities. From October 2016 to June 2017, he hasdonated $900,000 to 31 organizations….
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Trump Encourages Racists, Says Celtics' Jaylen Brown
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…
Why NBA Legend Bill Russell Decided to Take a Knee on Twitter
Bill Russell, a trailblazing pioneer for Black men in the NBA, had a career of historic proportions. Russell led the Boston Celtics to win 11 championships in just 13 seasons (1956 to 1969) and he was the NBA’s MVP five times. But during the time of Jim Crow laws in…