Milwaukee Bucks Boycott NBA Playoff Game In Wake Of Jacob Blake Shooting

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerNational Football League players are formulating plans on how they will protest the shooting of Wisconsin man Jacob Blake. Some indicate they may follow in the wake of the NBA, WNBA, MLS and MLB teams and sit out a game.Teams have already cancelled practices to discuss social issues.

Baseball’s Mets and Marlins are standing in solidarity with Black Lives Matter protesters.

Tyrese Gibson, one of Hollywood’s most notable Black performers as an actor, singer and songwriter, has a heavy heart in the wake of the shooting of Jacob Blake, was shot seven times in the back by Rusten Sheskey, a police officer in Kenosha, Wis. while his children looked on in an SUV.

The New York Mets and the Miami Marlins didn’t play their scheduled game on Thursday (August 27) as the players all walked off the field in protest of the shooting of Jacob Blake.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorMajor League Baseball’s scheduled Oakland A’s-Texas Rangers game will not be played Thursday after players on both teams agreed to sit out to protest this past weekend’s police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, WI.The decision by players on the AL West rivals makes it the fourth MLB game to be postponed in the wake of boycotts by players in several pro sports leagues beginning Wednesday.

Megyn Kelly was slammed on Twitter on Thursday after sharing a Daily Mail article suggesting Jacob Blake had a knife when cops shot him in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorA day after the NBA and other leagues postponed games in protest of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin, some NFL teams have canceled or postponed their practices today.The Indianapolis Colts, Arizona Cardinals, New York Jets and the currently unnamed Washington club scrapped practice this morning, and other clubs including the Jacksonville Jaguars, Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers delayed the start of theirs.

Tracee Ellis Ross is speaking out following the shooting of Jacob Blake. The 47-year-old actress appeared on Wednesday's episode of and reacted to professional athletes protesting their upcoming games due to Blake's shooting.Blake, a 29-year-old Wisconsin man, was shot in the back multiple times by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Sunday. The family's attorney stated on Tuesday that doctors believe Blake will be left paralyzed by the incident.«I say bravo.

Tracee Ellis Ross spoke out about the shooting of Jacob Blake during an appearance on Wednesday’s “The Late Late Show”.

Diddy, Mark Ronson and former US President Barack Obama are among a host of artists and celebrities who have praised the Milwaukee Bucks after they called off their NBA match last night (August 26) in protest over the shooting of Jacob Blake.Footage emerged that appeared to show Blake was shot multiple times in the back by police officers in Wisconsin on Sunday (August 23) as he attempted to get into his vehicle.

It may have taken three days, but the name of the officer accused of shooting 29-year-old Jacob Blake has been released. The Wisconsin Department of Justice said in a statement that he is Rusten Sheskey, a seven year veteran of the Kenosha Police Department. Sheskey was seen on tape on Aug. 23 grabbing Jacob by the back of his shirt and firing at him seven times from behind at close range. Jacob somehow survived the shooting, but is still hospitalized and now paralyzed from the waist down.

The Milwaukee Bucks have decided to boycott Game 5 of their playoff series against Orlando Magic in protest over racial injustice.

Naomi Osaka will not being playing in her semifinals match at the 2020 Western & Southern Open on Thursday (August 27) amid racial injustice in the United States.

Some Major League Baseball teams are following in basketball team Milwaukee Bucks footsteps.

.@TheJetOnTNT stands with the NBA players. pic.twitter.com/39Sby1D5kn— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) August 26, 2020Also Read: NBA Calls Off Playoff Games Amid Boycott Over Jacob Blake ShootingEarlier Wednesday, the NBA called off its three playoff games in response to the decision by the Milwaukee Bucks to boycott their game in protest of the shooting of Jacob Blake, an unarmed Black man, by police over the weekend in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Following the lead of several teams in the NBA, at least two Major League Baseball teams, the Milwaukee Brewers and the Cincinnati Reds, also decided to sit out their previously scheduled game on Wednesday to protest the shooting of Jacob Blake, an unarmed Black man shot seven times in the back by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Sunday. Blake is still in the hospital and is reportedly paralyzed, members of Blake's family and attorneys revealed in a press conference on Tuesday.

sat out of their scheduled playoff game against the Orlando Magic in the wake of Jacob Blake's shooting. Blake, a 29-year-old Wisconsin man, was shot in the back multiple times by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Sunday.