Athletes boycott games over police shooting of Jacob Blake – Chicago Tribune
LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA. All three NBA playoff games scheduled for Wednesday were postponed, with players around the league choosing to boycott in their strongest statement yet against racial injustice.
Called off: Games between the Milwaukee Bucks and Orlando Magic, the Houston Rockets and Oklahoma City Thunder and the Los Angeles Lakers and Portland Trail Blazers. The NBA said all three games would be rescheduled but did not say when.
The reverberations quickly moved into Major League Baseball, the WNBA and Major League Soccer.