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...Los Angeles Sparks leave the court before national anthem at Game 1 of WNBA finals after being...
Daily Mail UK ^ | September 25, 2017 | Kelly Mclaughlin For Mailonline

Posted on 09/25/2017 12:18:55 PM PDT by Morgana

FULL TITLE: 'We agreed on unity and solidarity': Los Angeles Sparks leave the court before national anthem at Game 1 of WNBA finals after being inspired by the Pittsburgh Steelers

The Los Angeles Sparks walked off the basketball court ahead of the national anthem at Game 1 of the WNBA Finals in Minneapolis on Sunday and remained in their locker room until the song ended.

Their opponents, the Minnesota Lynx, stood on the court with their arms linked in Williams Arena on the University of Minnesota campus.

Sparks Forward Nneka Ogwumike said they returned to the locker room after warm ups as a sign of 'unity and solidarity'.

Some Sparks players wanted to stand for the anthem while others wanted to kneel or sit, so the team decided to remove themselves from court instead.

Ogwumike said the team were inspired by the Pittsburgh Steelers.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Sports
KEYWORDS: flag; trump; wmba
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To: Morgana

As goes Nneka Ogwumike...


2 posted on 09/25/2017 12:20:02 PM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: Morgana

Wow, I thought the WNBA folded years ago.


3 posted on 09/25/2017 12:20:12 PM PDT by pinkandgreenmom
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To: pinkandgreenmom

Still around but does not get turn out like NBA


4 posted on 09/25/2017 12:20:45 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

” ‘We agreed on unity and solidarity’:” Unlike that traitor Alajandro Villanueva with the steelers. /s


5 posted on 09/25/2017 12:21:11 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: Morgana

The brain dead just go along. Yup yup zug zug.


6 posted on 09/25/2017 12:21:57 PM PDT by SkyDancer (Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator)
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To: Morgana

What’s the WNBA?
LOL


7 posted on 09/25/2017 12:22:06 PM PDT by al_c (LIBERAL - Laughable Iconsiderate Blaming Entitled Ranting Anti-christian Loudmouth)
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To: Morgana

They are still around?.................


8 posted on 09/25/2017 12:22:30 PM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: rktman

They should automatically lose the game.

Forfeited.


9 posted on 09/25/2017 12:22:34 PM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: Morgana

My Mom’s friend has a daughter who is a WNBA and Olympic coach. I doubt if she’d put up with this nonsense.


10 posted on 09/25/2017 12:22:36 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Morgana

Cue Don Imus and a nappy headed something comment


11 posted on 09/25/2017 12:22:44 PM PDT by redcatcherb412
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

If you’ve lost Nneka Ogwumike, you’ve lost America...


12 posted on 09/25/2017 12:23:51 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob
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To: Morgana

Attendance just went down 50% to 100 fans per game.


13 posted on 09/25/2017 12:25:51 PM PDT by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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To: al_c

Won’t

Nobody

Be

Attending


14 posted on 09/25/2017 12:26:17 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: Morgana

A failed league propped up by guilt and feminism. Yeah they’re really sending a message out.


15 posted on 09/25/2017 12:26:47 PM PDT by Lent
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To: Morgana

How would anyone know? This truly sounds like a “tree falling in the woods” moment.


16 posted on 09/25/2017 12:26:50 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: Morgana

Elena Kagan is a big fan of the WNBA.


17 posted on 09/25/2017 12:27:11 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: BlueStateRightist

I think you meant......100 fans per season.

They play here in Minneapolis but I have never heard anyone talk about them or anyone who has ever seen them play.


18 posted on 09/25/2017 12:28:18 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: BlueStateRightist

“Attendance just went down 50% to 100 fans per game.”

When you lose the lesbians you’ve lost the league. !


19 posted on 09/25/2017 12:28:38 PM PDT by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: Red Badger

“They are still around?.................”

Not for long

BWAAAHAHAHAHA


20 posted on 09/25/2017 12:29:13 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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