Officials stand beside an empty court at the scheduled start of an NBA basketball first round playoff game between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Orlando Magic, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, in Florida.

The NBA Boycotts for Racial Justice

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 27, 2020

The Milwaukee Bucks refused to take the court for their playoff game yesterday, sparking a boycott across the NBA and other professional sports against police violence and racial injustice. William Rhoden, former longtime sports columnist at The New York Times, now a writer for the site The Undefeated, talks about how the players got here, and what their high profile protests could mean for Black Lives Matter and racial justice in the United States.

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