Day: August 28, 2020

NHL players use pause to focus on racial injustice concernsNHL players use pause to focus on racial injustice concerns

Braydon Coburn was polite but stern in declining to answer the question. A day after NHL players showed a united front, prompting the league to postpone two nights of playoff games to focus on racial injustice concerns, the veteran Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman wasn’t deviating from the message. The emphasis was instead on more important societal matters taking place outside the playoff bubbles in Toronto and Edmonton, Alberta, and on the player-driven conversations that led to the NHL joining North America’s other pro sports leagues in stopping play.

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NBA schedules tripleheaders for Saturday, SundayNBA schedules tripleheaders for Saturday, Sunday

The Milwaukee Bucks were the first team that refused to take the floor in these NBA playoffs, and they’ll be in the first game when play resumes Saturday. On Saturday: Milwaukee takes on Orlando at 3:30 p.m., followed by Oklahoma City against Houston at 6:30 p.m. and the Los Angeles Lakers meeting Portland at 9 p.m. All of those series are playing Game 5s; the Bucks and Lakers lead their series 3-1, and the Thunder-Rockets series is knotted at 2-2. The Celtics-Toronto game is Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals; the other two games are Game 6s in the Western Conference first round, with the Clippers and Jazz holding 3-2 series leads.

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NBA playoffs resume Saturday as sides detail new commitmentsNBA playoffs resume Saturday as sides detail new commitments

NBA players want change that makes their communities safer. Teams returned to the court Friday after the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association agreed on commitments that made players comfortable continuing. An emotional Chris Paul, the union president, detailed the events of the previous two days, when players upset by the latest police shooting of a Black man left them considering leaving the Disney campus and going home.

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