WNBA and Sports Activism News

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Oct 7, 2020

In the wake of the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, the sports world has seen a new wave of political activism. New York Times columnist Kurt Streeter details how the WNBA has united to defeat a Georgia senator who has said derogatory things about the BLM movement and gives us an update on what else is happening in this highly unusual sports season. 

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