national anthem

Everyone entered the NBA preseason wondering how the league’s teams and players would handle the national anthem. The Association is explicitly against kneeling or sitting during it, but the NBA is the most progressive professional sporting entity in North America. Surely its players would do something. And some did. The Denver Nuggets, for instance, locked [...]

The New York Knicks and the Houston Rockets have decided to take their show of unity one step further than other NBA teams. Last night players from both teams interlocked arms with one another during the anthem, not just with their own teammates. [tweet https://twitter.com/HoustonRockets/status/783458026380328960] Joakim Noah apparently contacted Houston Rockets James Harden and Corey [...]

Stephen Curry didn’t mince words when it came to addressing Colin Kaepernick, quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, creating a ruckus when he first decided to sit for the National Anthem. From CSNBayArea.com’s Monte Poole: Asked by CNBC-TV host Sara Eisen if he had any opinion on the buzz around Kaepernick, Curry didn’t hesitate. “I [...]

Before game 3 tipped off in the Air Canada Centre, Dwyane Wade made headlines for all the wrong reasons. While the Canadian national anthem was being sung, Wade was still taking practice shots. Rightfully so, he was criticized for this. At first Wade dismissed the entire ordeal in an interesting fashion. He didn’t exactly apologize, [...]