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August 28, 2020

Baseball, Basketball and Hockey Games Postponed as Players Protest Police Violence
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Professional athletes continued work stoppages Thursday to protest
police violence and racial injustice. At the start of a Mets-Marlins
baseball game in New York, both teams walked onto the field and stood
silently for 42 seconds in honor of the first African American player in
the Major Leagues, Jackie Robinson. Then they walked off the field,
refusing to play, leaving a Black Lives Matter T-shirt draped over home
plate. In total, seven Major League Baseball games were postponed
Thursday. The NBA, WNBA and the National Hockey League also postponed
games and nine NFL teams canceled practices amid player protests.


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