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- Just did it: Kobe Bryant’s widow, Vanessa, ends 18-year Nike partnership despite wanting ‘lifelong deal reflecting his legacy’
The widow of Kobe Bryant, Vanessa, has ended the late basketball legend's 18-year relationship with sports apparel giant Nike, telling fans that she will "continue to fight" for fans to be able to wear his hugely popular shoes. - ‘We’re not treated as human’: NBA ace says cops see ‘black people as a threat’, hails Chauvin guilty verdict in George Floyd trialNBA star Draymond Green has said it was "really great" to see killer cop Derek Chauvin tried for the killing of George Floyd but warned that he sees a long road ahead before widespread social justice is achieved in the US.
- ‘He’s going to be ok’: NBA star Brown hospitalized with face wounds after being ‘attacked to head with bottle outside strip club’The Houston Rockets have issued a relieved statement saying that they expect Sterling Brown to recover from being assaulted over the head with a bottle in a horrifying altercation that allegedly happened outside a strip club.
- Honoring WWII heroes is RACIST? WNBA & Nike cancel jersey commemorating female army pilots because no black women were allowedAn effort by the WNBA’s Dallas Wings to honor women pilots who helped the US military during World War II has been canceled as offensive, after critics noted black people hadn’t been allowed to join the female flying force.
- Police investigate after referee gets SUPLEXED at girls basketball game in US (VIDEO)Police are reported to be investigating a violent incident in an Indiana girls travel basketball game after an on-court brawl led to a spectator storming the court and body-slamming an official.
- High school basketball coach ‘killed in wild shootout after attempting to rob Mexican drug cartel’ in North CarolinaA community in North Carolina are mourning the death of a high school basketball coach and Spanish teacher who was reportedly killed in a gruesome shootout with a Mexican cartel.
- Not worthy enough for woke brigade? Justice crusader Rapinoe rips into NBA star – despite his efforts to HELP womenWomen's soccer star and fervent social justice crusader Megan Rapinoe has hit out at NBA player Draymond Green, despite the latter proposing steps to bridge the gender pay gap.
- Big guy, big heart: NBA icon Shaq steps in to buy random stranger's engagement ring (VIDEO)NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal has shown his generous side through buying a complete stranger's engagement ring.
- ‘They can get paid in bitcoin as much as they want’: Owner of NBA’s Sacramento Kings offers to pay players in cryptocurrencyVivek Ranadive, the owner of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings, has announced that the team’s players, coaches and staff members will soon be presented with the option of getting paid in cryptocurrency.
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