Content warning for slightly graphic discussion of police violence toward Black people, in the context of the Jacob Blake shooting and the response of sports with the boycott/strike.
Contents include:
The shooting of Jacob Blake by police and the subsequent response of Sports:
- Hockey: Eastern NHL vs Western NHL response; the NHL nap factor
- Basketball: the origin of the strike; actions by the NBA; actions by the WNBA
- timeline of teams involved and the actions taken by them and when
- Baseball: Jackie Robinson Day, Chadwick Boseman, and Bruce Maxwell
- Hockey Pt. 2: Logan Coture shows his whole ass online (not literally, that would have been more appreciated)
- Matter is the Minimum/College Sports and activism
- Vocab 2020: Boycott vs Strike
Tales from the Negro Leagues: Satchel Page and Barnstorming
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