About: http://data.cimple.eu/news-article/e34ad07c794c2bd580cb94be98ef6ab9c26cee8cfec18717337a78a2     Goto   Sponge   NotDistinct   Permalink

An Entity of Type : schema:NewsArticle, within Data Space : data.cimple.eu associated with source document(s)

AttributesValues
rdf:type
schema:articleBody
  • The NBA playoffs were back in action Saturday with the Milwaukee Bucks chasing a second-round playoff berth and a chance to amplify their call for social reform. It was the Bucks' decision to boycott game five of their series against the Orlando Magic on Wednesday after the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, that brought the league to a standstill for three days. Their stand -- joined by their opponents and other teams in the league and backed by NBA officials -- rippled through the rest of the US sports world, with games and training postponed in Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer, the National Hockey League, NFL and the ATP and WTA Western & Southern Open as players called for racial justice and police reform. With plans in place for concrete action in concert with NBA owners -- promoting voting as well as police and criminal justice reform legislation -- NBA players opted to finish out their coronavirus-disrupted season. But there was a somber mood at the restart in the league's quarantine bubble in Orlando, Florida, where there was a pre-game moment of silence in memory of former Trail Blazers star Cliff Roberts, Hall of Fame coach Lute Olson and actor Chadwick Boseman, who all died this week. Roberts, 53, helped the Trail Blazers reach two NBA Finals in his 18-year career that included an All-Star nod. Olson, 85, mentored future NBA stars as he made the University of Arizona a college basketball power. Boseman, star of the ground-breaking superhero movie "Black Panther" died at the age of 43 after a battle with cancer. The actor who also started in the Jackie Robinson baseball biopic "42", was remembered as a "close friend of the NBA." The Bucks took a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference series into game five against the Magic. They've been led by reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Giannis Antetokounmpo, who has averaged 31 points 16 rebounds and more than six assists per game. Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said that even as he prepared his team to return to action on court, the solidarity that emerged after days of meetings among players, coaches and NFL officials continued to resonate. "This is a moment where I've learned from our players," he said. "They've made me better. To some degree they've led me, they've led us, to stand up and say 'Enough, we want change.'" bb/js
schema:headline
  • Bucks and Magic relaunch NBA playoffs, social reform call
schema:mentions
schema:author
schema:datePublished
http://data.cimple...sPoliticalLeaning
http://data.cimple...logy#hasSentiment
http://data.cimple...readability_score
http://data.cimple...tology#hasEmotion
Faceted Search & Find service v1.16.115 as of Oct 09 2023


Alternative Linked Data Documents: ODE     Content Formats:   [cxml] [csv]     RDF   [text] [turtle] [ld+json] [rdf+json] [rdf+xml]     ODATA   [atom+xml] [odata+json]     Microdata   [microdata+json] [html]    About   
This material is Open Knowledge   W3C Semantic Web Technology [RDF Data] Valid XHTML + RDFa
OpenLink Virtuoso version 07.20.3238 as of Jul 16 2024, on Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-musl), Single-Server Edition (126 GB total memory, 3 GB memory in use)
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2025 OpenLink Software