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LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA – AUGUST 26: A general view of the court after the postponed game five of the first round of the NBA Playoffs between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Houston Rockets at The Field House at ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex on August 26, 2020 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The NBA announced the postponement of today’s games in response to the Milwaukee Bucks boycotting their game in protest against the shooting of Jacob Blake by Kenosha, Wisconsin police. (Kim Klement – Pool/Getty Images)
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More than a game: NBA players in wildcat strike to protest racial injustice

In 1961, Bill Russell led his fellow Boston Celtics in refusing to play in an NBA game in protest of systemic racism. It happened again on Wednesday.

NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, famous for protesting against social injustice in the US, was championed by Nike, but probably just to increase the company’s sales.(Angela Weiss/AFP)

Looking inwards

Businesses are finding tangible ways to give back – but only because consumers demand it

It’s 2019 and women’s football still faces its biggest battles off the field. (Reuters/Bernadett Szabo)

The greatest show — so sit up and pay up

The Women’s World Cup was an unprecedented success. Despite the incredible entertainment and value, the women’s game still faces massive challenges

Caster Semenya alongside the young girl who plays her in the film. (Nike)

‘Bold and unapologetic’ Semenya honoured in Nike’s ‘Just Do It’ campaign

South Africa’s speed queen joins Serena Williams, Lebron James, Colin Kaepernick

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneels in protest during the US anthem. (Timothy Ludwig/USA Today Sports)

Nike selects NFL ‘pariah’ Kaepernick to ‘just do it’

Colin Kaepernick staged his first silent protest during the team’s third preseason game

30-year-old Colin Kaepernick is suing the NFL, claiming he has been frozen out of the league by team owners because of his activism.

Kaepernick fronts Nike’s ‘Just Do It’ ad campaign

Kaepernick triggered a political firestorm after kneeling during the US national anthem in 2016 to protest racial injustice

With a music career spanning 30 years, the Texas-born artist has made us cry, dance and fall in love

Beyoncé, Jay-Z release joint album on marriage and identity

The album came out late on Saturday exclusively on Jay-Z’s fledgling Tidal streaming service

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NFL to fine players for ‘taking a knee’

The new guidelines will see all NFL employees and players stand for the duration of the national anthem

Colin Kaeparnick files grievance claiming owners collusion

​Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who began the kneeling protest during US anthems has filed a collusion grievance against the NFL.

Blackballing Kaepernick: Fear of the black athlete

By blackballing Colin Kaepernick, NFL owners are telling all black athletes to stay silent and subservient.