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The National Basketball Players’ Association (NBPA) is siding with the anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis, saying their players “can no longer remain silent,” accusing the efforts by law enforcement to apprehend illegal and violent criminals of sowing “division.” The statement comes one day after the league postponed the scheduled Saturday matchup of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors after a shooting involving federal agents and an armed protester. The player’s association’s characterization of Minneapolis as a city “at the forefront of the fight against injustices” seems to be a reference to the 2020 death of George Floyd. This incident set...

As anyone who follows any major league sports can tell you, sports media is as left-wing, if not more horribly left-wing, as regular media. Most people watch sports to cheer on their favorite team and forget about things like politics for a while. But in recent years, it has been a never-ending parade of things such as BLM T-shirts, and not taking a stand to keep biological men out of women's sports. Party politics has also seeped into sports media. And it is not hard to figure out which side many in professional sports are cheering for. Man kicked out...