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1 Year Ago: Sports World Came To A Halt To Protest Shooting Of Jacob Blake 메이저사이트

A Black Lives Matter pennant hangs outside of the field after a deferred NBA b-ball initially round season finisher game between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Orlando Magic, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The game was delayed get-togethers Milwaukee Bucks didn't take the floor in challenge racial foul play and the shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, Pool)

On August 26, 2020, the games world stopped as competitors fought the shooting of a Black man by cops in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

The remarkable move started when the Milwaukee Bucks boycotted Game 5 of their NBA season finisher game against the Orlando Magic to fight the shooting of Jacob Blake.

Three games were delayed on Wednesday, yet they continued the next day.

There were reports that the Lakers and Clippers had casted a ballot to end the end of the season games, yet by Thursday, Aug. 27, players apparently consented to keep playing.

The group declared on Twitter that Thursday and Friday's games were delayed. By Saturday, games continued.

A few groups and players took action accordingly all through the games world: MLS and WNBA deferred games, while some MLB groups and players delayed or sat out.

A few groups, including the Arizona Cardinals and Indianapolis Colts, dropped practice Thursday to fight Blake's shooting in the NFL.

Five Major League Soccer groups additionally remained in fortitude with the NBA, delaying matches on Wednesday.

In Major League Baseball, a few groups, including the Milwaukee Brewers and Cincinnati Reds, decided not to play on Wednesday.

Colorado Rockies outfielder Matt Kemp hung out in fight on Wednesday.

The Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics, Minnesota Twins, and Philadelphia Phillies chose not to play on Thursday.

The National Hockey League deferred Thursday and Friday's season finisher games subsequent to getting reaction on Wednesday. It chose to permit a few games to occur and hold a snapshot of reflection as opposed to deferring games like different clubs had done.

The WNBA likewise delayed three games on Wednesday.

A few school football crews, including Oklahoma and Ole Miss, dropped practice that Friday in the midst of dissent of Blake's shooting.

The fights likewise happened on the commemoration of previous San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick sitting during the public song of devotion, exhibiting social shamefulness and police mercilessness.