The sports world applauded the WNBA’s players for taking a stand

The WNBA continues to lead the way.

The WNBA announced on Thursday that the slate of games scheduled for the day were all cancelled.

Instead, the players are taking what they’re calling a “day of reflection” and issuing a call to action to the rest of the world. It’s the second day in a row the league hasn’t played games as a response to the Jacob Blake shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Instead of sitting idle, though, the players used the time that they had to broadcast their message loud and clear to the masses.

When the league announced the cancellation of their games, the players all stood together in unity wearing shirts that said “Arrest the cops that killed Breonna Taylor.”

It was a truly incredible and extraordinary moment.

The players emphasized that this was not a boycott, per Power Plays author Lindsay Gibbs. Instead, they call it a moment of reflection.

It’s just yet another monumental moment in what has been a momentous WNBA season. They’ve remained steadfast in their stance against police brutality and the abuses that Black people and other people of color face in America every single day.

The WNBA has led the way in the social justice movement throughout sports and they continue to do so. People in and outside of sports applauded them for their actions.

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