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LeBron James Vows
Out On Social Issues
Manu Ginobili Retires After 16 Years
MANU GINOBILI
San Antonio star Manu
Ginobili expected "at all times" that the 2017-18 NBA season would be his last, but Monday's retirement an- nouncement won't prevent the future Hall of Famer from con- tinuing to contribute to the San Antonio Spurs.
A day after announcing his retirement on Twitter, Gino- bili, 41, detailed his decision to conclude a 16-year NBA ca- reer that included four NBA championships and a pair of NBA All-Star appearances.
Serena Williams Reveals The Reason She Will Not Celebrate Her Daughter's Birthdays
SERENA WILLIAMS AND ALEXIS OLYMPIA
Serena Williams’ daugh- ter Alexis Olympia is turning 1 on Saturday, but it will be free of fanfare, according to her mom.
At a Saturday press confer- ence surrounding the U. S. Open, the 36-year-old tennis superstar explained why she and husband Alexis Ohanian aren’t planning a party for their daughter.
“Olympia doesn’t cele- brate birthdays,” said Williams. “We’re Jehovah’s Witnesses, so we don’t do that.”
According to the official website for Jehovah’s Wit- nesses, followers of the church don’t believe in celebrating birthdays “because we believe that such celebrations dis- please God.”
One of the reasons for Je- hovah’s Witnesses to avoid birthdays is they believe the celebrations have pagan roots.
Tiger Woods Returns To
To Continue Speaking
Sunken Place Defending
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James said he has lost popularity for speaking out on social issues -- but that won't deter him from continu- ing to do so.
"I want the satisfaction. Not for myself, but for every- body else. I was raised off of [rappers] Snoop [Dogg] and [Tupac] and [Jay-Z] and Biggie [Smalls], and now I get an opportunity to be the inspiration around what all of these kids are looking up to? And for me to just sit back and not say s--- when a lot of my peers didn't say s---? It didn't feel right," James said on the debut episode of "The Shop," an HBO show featuring an un- scripted discussion between James and other athletes and entertainers.
"At the end of the day, when I decided I was going to start speaking up and not giv- ing a f--- about the backlash or if it affects me, my whole mindset was it's not about
LEBRON JAMES
me," James added. "... My popularity went down. But at the end of the day, my truth to so many different kids and so many different people was broader than me personally."
James has repeatedly ex- pressed his opinion on the state of race relations in Amer- ica and shared public criti- cisms of President Donald Trump.
James' social stance was one of several topics covered on the first episode of "The Shop," which aired Tuesday night.
Tiger Woods has proven once again that he’s not a part of the culture. After once proclaiming he’s not Black but instead a “Ca- blinasian,” he’s now made it known that Trump’s con- stant attack on people of color doesn’t seem to faze him.
On Sunday, during a news conference following Woods’ final-round at The Northern Trust, Woods was reportedly asked by a re- porter: “At times, especially 2018, I think a lot of people, especially immigrants (of color) are threatened by him (Trump) and his policy — what do you say to people who might find it interesting that you have a friendly rela- tionship with him?”
Woods answered, seal- ing his full support of Trump’s racist policies.
“He’s the President of the United States. You have to respect the office. No matter who is in the office, you may like, dislike personality or the politics, but we all must respect the office.”
He went on to admit that he enjoys a close relationship with Trump.
“We’ve played golf to- gether. We’ve had dinner to- gether. I’ve known him pre-presidency and obvi-
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ously during his presidency,” said Woods when asked about his relationship with Trump.
The bromance continued online with Trump tweeted in support of Woods’ mis- guided comment and taking his side.
“The Fake News Media worked hard to get Tiger Woods to say something that he didn’t want to say. Tiger wouldn’t play the game – he is very smart. More importantly, he is play- ing great golf again!”
If Woods had said something not flattering he would have been called a dog or some other nasty deroga- tory comment that POTUS typically hurls at people of color that disagree with him.
Needless to say Tiger continues to remain unin- vited to the cookout.
Trump Friendship
Kyrie Irving Finds New
Name And New Family On
North Dakota Reservation
The Standing Rock Sioux Reservation stretches across the central Dakotas, a harsh and largely desolate landscape along a wide section of the Missouri River. It is not an easy place to live and not an easy place to get to.
But it is a sacred place for the Sioux, they've defended it for hundreds of years. It is the land of Sitting Bull. They de- fend it to this day, the most re- cent opponent being intruding and, the Sioux fervently be- lieve, dangerous oil pipelines. And they defend their way of life, their Lakota traditions and language. This is not a place for empty gestures or for public-relations stunts. It is authentic as it gets, in charm- ing and foreboding ways.
Kyrie Irving came to Standing Rock this week for the first time. He did not come for charity -- he gave the tribe $100,000 a year ago -- and he did not come for photo ops. The main event was sternly off limits to video or photography. He came to honor his mother and he came to understand his heritage.
Irving didn't know his
The Standing Rock Sioux tribe gave Kyrie Irving the Lakota name Little Mountain at a ceremony in North Dakota on Thursday.
mother, Elizabeth, well. His parents separated when he was very young and she moved across the country before she passed away when Irving was just 4 years old.
He has both mourned her and been inspired by her for much of his life. As he grew, sometimes he had to fill out paperwork that asked for her information. He'd get emo- tional sometimes having to leave it blank. When he got his signature shoe from Nike, the first model he wore had his mom's name and the date 9-9- 96, the day she died, stitched into them.
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