All posts tagged "NBA"
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NBA commissioner wants to bring back All-Star Game to Charlotte
Even though he signed off on yanking this year’s All-Star Game from Charlotte and moving it to New Orleans, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver wants to...
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NBA follows NFL’s lead in warning Texas not to pass “bathroom bill”
The sports community is telling the Lone Star State “not so fast” when it comes to pushing through a discriminatory “bathroom bill” that would prohibit...
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Atlantic Coast Conference yanks 10 championships from North Carolina
Right on the heels of the NCAA’s announcement that it was pulling seven sports championship games from North Carolina — including the first and second rounds of the...
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NBA moves All-Star Game to LGBT-friendly New Orleans
City's selection underscores economic benefits that North Carolina will lose due to its anti-LGBT HB 2 law
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Derrick Gordon: I was shut out of the NBA because I’m gay
Former college basketball star expresses regret that no team gave him a chance to try out
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Chris Christie accuses NBA of “grandstanding” on North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law
Christie lashed out at the NBA for opposing HB2, North Carolina's anti-LGBT law
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McCrory claims North Carolina had “verbal agreement” with NBA on amending HB 2
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) claimed last week that state lawmakers had reached a “total verbal agreement” with the NBA regarding changes to the...
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Jason Collins praises Hillary Clinton in Democratic convention speech
–Jason Collins, a former player for the Brooklyn Nets for 13 years and the first openly gay man in the National Basketball Association (NBA), addressing...
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North Carolina’s governor is angry that the NBA doesn’t like his anti-LGBT law
Gov. Pat McCrory refuses to accept that he is to blame
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NBA moves All-Star game from North Carolina due to anti-trans law
Anti-LGBT law HB2 clearly violates NBA's core values of "diversity, inclusion, fairness and respect for others"
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NBA and business community denounce N.C. anti-gay law
And it’s all just a little bit of history repeating. That’s what people are saying about a growing corporate backlash against the state of North...
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Rajon Rondo “apologizes” for yelling slurs at gay referee UPDATE: Rondo issues formal apology
UPDATE: Sacramento Kings point guard Rajon Rondo has issued a formal apology for lobbing anti-gay slurs at openly gay referee Bill Kennedy following his ejection...
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Gay NBA athlete Jason Collins one of TIME’s ‘100 Most Influential People’
“Jason has always maintained he’s first a basketball player. He is. But he’s also a leader and an inspiration. For Michael Sam, Derrick Gordon and...
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Jason Collins signs with Brooklyn Nets to become the first openly gay athlete in the NBA
“The decision to sign Jason was a basketball decision. We needed to increase our depth inside, and with his experience and size, we felt he...
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Congratulating Jason Collins gets former NFL player pulled from church event
“He disagreed, and I said, ‘We agree to disagree’ and he said ‘No, I’m right and you’re wrong.'” LeRoy Butler, a former safety with the...
