Sport
Lakers, Clippers vote to boycott NBA season – The Sydney Morning Herald
Two NBA heavy-hitters have decided as teams they do not want to play the rest of the season, despite their rivals voting to continue the play-offs.
Athletes from the NBA, WNBA, Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer boycotted games Wednesday in response to the police shooting of black man Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
The moves dramatically escalated a season of athletes demonstrating for social justice as some expressed doubts about continuing to play amid widespread social unrest.
The wave of boycotts and postponements was sparked by Milwaukee Bucks players responding to the shooting by refusing to come out of their locker r…
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