Olympian1010

If you don’t support the athletes. Why do you care? Are athletes not allowed to be affected by events on their communities?

Very likely that a second game will be boycotted.

No clue. I can’t remember a situation like this before.

It appears as though the Bucks and Magic have boycotted their playoff game today. I’m so proud of my team and what they stand for

Unless they’re in the rink of course

Toronto’s having quite the day in American professional sports.

Just following up on this.

Strong statement from one of the Raptor’s players.

Raptors and Celtics have discussed boycotting the first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Thursday in protest of the shooting of Jacob Blake.

No words. California is on fire, there is political unrest throughout the country, and now Louisiana is about to get slammed by a massive hurricane.

Another unfortunate escalation last night.

Just a normal Tuesday in the US.

Oh damn, there’s going to be a lot of angry white people.

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1097683/zuray-marcano-dies-para-powerlifter

@NearPup What’s a Progressive Conservative?

IPod (Iouri Podladtchikov) announced his retirement: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1097651/snowboarder-podladtchikov-retires

Could be something to do with the chemicals used to manufacture the masks you wear I’m not a medical professional, so don’t take my word for it. The best thing I can recommend is for you to do your research by reading academic peer-reviewed research.

Just leaving this here...

Another police shooting of a black man. Obviously, details are still preliminary as this only happen a few hours ago, but the video circulated raises a lot of questions. I’m going to post the video in a spoiler below, so that you can see the incident from a primary source. This is video is of a real life police shooting that could very well be fatal, so please do not open the spoiler if you’re not comfortable seeing that (or if gun violence is a trauma trigger for you). I’m always careful about how I handle information that comes out following any sort of newsworthy event. You to be careful that the facts are being reported carefully and accurately. Often times I prefer to wait a few hours (or even a day) before making an effort to read all the facts and form an opinion. I will wait for more information to come before forming my final opinion, but here is my reaction to that video. This is case is a different from the murder of George Floyd. The man who was shot did not appear to be fully complaint with police. That said, I still don’t believe the shooting was justified. If an officer is close enough to grab a man’s shirt and hold a gun to his back before shooting; he is capable of using non-lethal methods to detain the man. The shooting seems pretty heinous being as I feel officers had multiple opportunities to apprehend the man. It’s also ridiculous that an officer would feel the need to shoot a man 7 (that’s the number being reported) times in the back. I get that officers have to deal with dangerous situations from time to time, but it seems utterly ridiculous that they had to resort to lethal methods here. Honestly, those officers attacked like they placed zero value on that man’s life, and that is unacceptable. Like I said, I’ll wait for more facts to emerge before I make my full judgement on the matter, but I am outraged by this video. Enough is enough.

There’s some (questionable, at best) U.S. media throwing around Kin Jong Un coma rumors again. As our resident North Korea expert, can you provide any info @Griff88?

It’s more true in the sense that you’re racing 500 miles. NASCAR has a 400 mile race that all of sudden becomes 405, 410, or 415 because of all the overtime starts. While I would absolutely agree the “Green, White, Checkered” finish is more exciting, it is a little less true to the sport since you’re not rewarding the guy who won the race at 400 miles. Plus, you take away the importance of the rest of the the race, since all the drivers know there will be a two sprint finish the majority of the time. Sure, you’ll want to have a good position going into that, but what’s the point when there will mostly likely be a 5-15 car crash that lets you move closer to the front anyway. I’m trying to say either way is better, they both have their own pros/cons in my opinion, I’m just saying that a straight finish is more true to the sport since you actually race a distance of 500 miles to find a winner. It’s unfortunate that races can end on yellow, but that’s the consequence of taking risks for a chance at victory. I can remember at least 3/4 yellow flag finishes in the Indy 500.