Several cities with NBA arenas could see those facilities turned into in-person voting sites this fall, thanks to a deal reached Friday between players and franchise officials to resume the NBA playoffs this weekend.
Good news!!
Are these arenas in places where polling places have been closed?
Looking down/on with pride: Tommie Smith and John Carlos, Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson, Larry Doby, Paul Robeson, Jackie Robinson, Kenny Washington and Woody Strode in the NFL, Marion Motley,Bill Willis…
Out-fucking-standing. This is how you turn protest into action into change.
If the Bucks have done this, then yes, that would be Milwaukee for one.
Hoped they would do this. Good for them. Arenas in swing states, WI, OH, MN, PA and MI.
Anybody know how many cities where the local franchise “owns and controls” its facility? I doubt it’s very many, since almost all of them were built with public money.
Right on time, here comes the PGA. Pro golfer Cameron Champ is making his own statement this week. I say, Cheers to him!
Ironic, since the president has the skin color and texture of an actual basketball…
This. So much this. MORE. PLEASE.
And I’d like to bounce that head off a hard wooden floor repeatedly…
What I love about this is that when they go low, the NBA goes high. So cool.
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NBA players have the platform to become the conscience of the nation. I’m so glad they didn’t take Ingraham’s despicable advice to “shut up and dribble”.
While some NBA owners are relatively progressive, such as Mark Cuban, I imagine quite a few are Trump supporters who had to be reluctantly pulled to do the right thing. James Dolan, for example.
Every time the NBA does something socially significant and meaningful, it makes the other leagues look small and pathetic in contrast, especially the NFL.
UNIONS! This is the political power of workers joining a union and targeting an issue of importance to the members. Real democracy.
Anyone else see Jim Gaffigan’s Twitter thread? It was absolutely on fire. As if I didn’t love that guy already. And Colbert’s monologue as well.
Though i did
The Bucks offered up Fiserv , before this agreement happened.
It was also pretty damn cool to see the Mets and the Marlins walk off the field last night leaving a Black Lives Matter shirt across homeplate. Watch if you missed it.
https://twitter.com/ComplexSports/status/1299124311878438912
NBA heroes!
P.S. Jared is a putz
Tommie Smith and John Carlos are young and still with us.
