A new week is here and there’s a three-day weekend in your future.
Light at the end of the tunnel,
The Last Night’s Game Team
NBA (National Basketball Association)
The NBA has announced that in its return to the court, players will be allowed to replace their names on the back of their jerseys with statements of social justice. They also released the game schedule for the rest of the season that will begin on July 30, with eight teams playing for a spot in the playoff tournament. MAKING A STATEMENT
Overtime
Last year Kelly Stafford, wife of Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford (NFL – National Football League), underwent lifesaving surgery to remove brain tumors. This weekend the couple announced the birth of their fourth child. OUR FAVORITE COMEBACK STORY OF THE WEEKEND
Sideline stat
Over the past few weeks the state of Mississippi has been under intense pressure from athletes and the biggest college football conference in the country to change their flag. Yesterday the Mississippi state legislature voted to adopt a new flag. Voters will be able to vote on a new design in November’s election. The current state flag is the last in the nation to display the Confederate battle emblem. SO LONG, FAREWELL
Coaches’ corner
Patient zero in the NBA, Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz, is a household name because he was the first player in the league to test positive for coronavirus. Other players tested positive after contact with him. He told a French newspaper that he still hasn’t fully recovered from the virus. He is still without his sense of smell. THAT’LL COME IN HANDY IN LOCKER ROOMS
