ESPN: Will LeBron Take A Stand In China?
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Team USA's Complicated Relationship with Human Rights
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LeBron James a few weeks ago said on ESPN, and the people at Aid Still Required told me recently, that the Beijing Olympics will be a time to make some big political points about Darfur and some other issues. There was talk of a meeting among NBA players affiliated with Aid Still Required who would be in the games planning what form their activism would take in Beijing. In the last few days, however, after Jerry Colangelo addressed the team about politics, it's hard to find any player on the team who is still feeling political. In the video report below, LeBron James says it's time to focus on basketball, and in terms of Darfur, he ...
The Political Defanging of Team USA
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Filed under: FIBA, USA BasketballOn Sunday morning, ESPN ran a substantial feature on the progression of Team USA's stated role in drawing attention to Darfur as it makes its way to China for the Olympics. Over the past year, players including LeBron James and Kobe Bryant have spoken (to different degrees) about the Sudanese genocide, and the indication has been that some sort of awareness campaign might coincide with the team's bid for gold. As the ESPN segment made clear -- and you can see it below -- this will not be the case. In May, ...
