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PublishedAugust 27, 2020
Sports protests extend to NHL and NFL, while NBA players vote to continue playoffs
The NHL joins the NBA in postponing playoff games on Thursday, several more baseball games are postponed, and some NFL teams cancel practice.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2020
Pence aide calls NBA protests over Kenosha ‘absurd and silly’
“If they want to protest, I don’t think we care,” Marc Short said after three NBA games were postponed on Wednesday.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2020
NFL teams cancel practice in response to Blake shooting
The New York Jets, Indianapolis Colts, Washington Football Team and Green Bay Packers all canceled practices.
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PublishedAugust 26, 2020
Boycott: Wednesday’s NBA playoff games called off amid player protest of racial injustice
Games between Milwaukee and Orlando, Houston and Oklahoma City and the Los Angeles Lakers and Portland will be rescheduled. It is unknown whether Thursday's games, including the Celtics' series-opener, will be played.
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PublishedAugust 26, 2020
Three MLB games called off in wake of Kenosha shooting
The Reds-Brewers, Mariners-Padres and Giants-Dodgers games are not played as players across the sports landscape react to the shooting by police of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Wisconsin.
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PublishedAugust 26, 2020
NBA playoff games called off as players protest social and racial injustice
Three games scheduled for Wednesday are postponed, and players meet to discuss whether or not to continue the playoffs but don't reach a consensus.
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PublishedAugust 25, 2020
Black Wisconsin man shot by police not likely to walk again, lawyer says
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers calls for calm Tuesday, while declaring a state of emergency in Kenosha, where crowds destroyed dozens of buildings and set more than 30 fires on Monday night.
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PublishedAugust 24, 2020
National Guard called out after police shoot Black man in Wisconsin
Kenosha becomes the nation’s latest flashpoint city in a summer of racial unrest.
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PublishedAugust 23, 2020
Tensions heightened over fatal police shooting of Black man in Louisiana
Officers shot Trayford Pellerin as he tried to enter a convenience store with a knife.
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PublishedAugust 22, 2020
Ketamine that’s injected during arrests draws new scrutiny
A lack of police training, conflicting medical standards and nonexistent protocols have resulted in hospitalizations and even deaths.
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