Where Sports and Politics Meet

Etan Thomas, former NBA player, MSNBC contributor, co-host of a weekly local radio show, The Collision, on WPFW in Washington, D.C., and the author of We Matter: Athletes and Activism, shares stories from his interviews with athlete-activists.

@etanthomas36 says Laura Ingraham saying "shut up and dribble" to LeBron James is not a new thing + that she only said it because she disagrees. Says he wants to encourage athletes to keep using their voices.

— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) March 5, 2018

@etanthomas36 argues that in future decades, we're going to see much more of an appreciation for Kaepernick + the courage it took for him to do what he did. Says it went that way for Muhammad Ali.

— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) March 5, 2018

@etanthomas36 also interviewed family members of Trayvon Martin, Philando Castile + Terence Crutcher + Eric Garner for his book. Wanted to know what it meant to them when athletes spoke out on their behalf. pic.twitter.com/MFTFAbE8aB

— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) March 5, 2018