Tag: Politics
In the leadup to this month’s NBA …
In the leadup to this month’s NBA All-Star festivities, the Cavs will donate merchandise, including tickets to All-Star events and related swag, as incentives to those getting vaccinated or boosted and will contribute tests and masks for distribution by area organizations. The NBA will also reportedly contribute $100,000 to the Cleveland Foundation, which will then allocate it through the Covid-19 funders collaborative.
In a recent interview, NBA player Enes …
Freedom went on to say that he found …
Freedom went on to say that he found Tsai and the people of Taiwan “amazing” for standing against China even when under a considerable amount of political pressure, and expressed a palpable desire to answer Tsai’s invitation to visit Taiwan. He said that he not only anticipates participating in basketball camps and trying foods which Tsai recommended in her Twitter message, he is also looking forward to sitting down with Tsai to have a face-to-face conversation.
The best editorial cartoons of January
Top political and editorial satire, January 2022.
Tom Orsborn: Pop hasn’t publicly talked …
Tom Orsborn: Pop hasn’t publicly talked politics lately, but he waded back in today, saying “it’s past time for hardball” when it comes to eliminating the filibuster rule because “the Republican Senate will not participate” in the Democrats’ sweeping election legislation.
Tom Orsborn: Pop also said that …
Former basketball star Yao Ming on …
Former basketball star Yao Ming on Monday invited staunch Beijing critic Enes Kanter Freedom to visit China after the Boston Celtics player urged athletes to boycott the Winter Olympics in the capital. Kanter has emerged as one of China’s most vocal critics in the sporting world, a rare athlete willing to forgo lucrative endorsements to speak on issues such as Beijing’s treatment of its Uyghur Muslim and Tibetan minorities.
Yao, China’s most famous basketball …
Yao, China’s most famous basketball star and one of its Olympic bid ambassadors, was asked about Kanter’s politics at a press gathering in Beijing on Monday. “I’ve heard of him, but I can’t really judge him because I don’t know him,” the retired Houston Rockets player and current president of the China Basketball Association said. “If there is an opportunity, I would like to invite him to visit China… Then he may have a more comprehensive understanding of us.”