Beef is the true currency of the NBA. OK, that’s not true. It’s money, like it is everywhere else. But when you read that didn’t it feel right? Everyone involved wants you to think this, to believe that the NBA is a gigantic arena for settling grievances. Stephen A. Smith …
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Kyrie Irving — the singular basketball talent and moth-to-the-flame of NBA controversy — has embarked on a rebranding campaign with his new corporate benefactor, Chinese apparel giant ANTA. Irving is now the superstar face of ANTA Basketball — in a deal that also makes him the brand’s chief creative officer. …
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The Dallas Mavericks have a problem. They have a star player in Luka Dončić, a generational talent who can handle, score, pass, boards OK, has an eerie step-back three-point shot, good size, the exact sort of dude you want on your team. Aside from Luka, they are packing a bunch …
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Nike has officially cut ties with Kyrie Irving one month after suspending its relationship with the NBA star, The Athletic reports.It comes in the wake of him promoting a film filled with antisemitic tropes on Twitter, which Rolling Stone first reported. A Nike spokesperson reportedly confirmed the end of the …
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LeBron James addressed the unearthed high school photo of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones during a desegregation confrontation in 1957 and asked why the press wasn’t covering the photograph with the “same energy” as the Kyrie Irving controversy during a postgame presser Wednesday. “I got one question for you guys …
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Kyrie Irving has apologized and given some explanation of his actions in a new interview with SNY following the fallout that came after heboosted a film that pushed antisemitic tropes,linking his 4.5 million Twitter followers toHebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America, as Rolling Stone first reported. After he participated …
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Debra Messing, Mila Kunis, and Mayim Bialik are among the celebrities who have signed an open letter urging Amazon and Barnes and Noble to stop selling the antisemitic documentary and book pushed by Kyrie Irving. The letter, organized by Creative Community for Peace, calls out the two retail giants — …
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Ronnie Lee refused to eat pork. “Swine,” he said, “was unclean.” My oldest cousin was never particularly religious. In fact, the only time I ever recall Ronnie Lee in the pews of a church was for various family funerals and weddings, where he often came dressed to the nines with …
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A day after the Brooklyn Nets suspended Kyrie Irving for promoting an antisemitic film, Nike cut ties with the star basketball player. In a statement sent to Rolling Stone, the company said: “At Nike, we believe there is no place for hate speech and we condemn any form of antisemitism.To …
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LeBron James touched on the controversy surrounding Kyrie Irving’s boosting of an antisemitic film and the decision to not broadcast an episode of The Shop with Kanye West in the Lakers star’s postgame press conference Friday. “I believe that what Kyrie did caused some harm to a lot of people,” …
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