MLB Teams Strike in Protest of Jacob Blake Shooting

Following Tuesday night’s historic sports strike — which started with the Milwaukee Bucks boycotting their playoff game in solidarity with police shooting victim Jacob Blake — Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors is making a call for similar action in Hollywood. “I think it's time for talent, writers, executives, the guild and SAG to show up for Black lives as well,” Cullors, a writer on Freeform’s Good Trouble, tells The Hollywood Reporter.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

UPDATE: 4:25 p.m. PT on 8/26: In solidarity with the NBA, WNBA players have also decided to strike and sit out Wednesday's games in protest of the police shooting of Jacob Blake.

first reported by the Wall Street Journal’s Jared Diamond. The Brewers and MLB have yet to make any official statement.The Reds have agreed not to play as well.

UPDATE: NBA teams are striking during all games Wednesday. The Houston Rockets-Oklahoma City Thunder and Portland Trailblazers-Los Angeles Lakers games will not be played Wednesday.

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.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorThe Milwaukee Brewers’ scheduled home game against the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday has been postponed after Brewers’ players met earlier in the afternoon and decided to boycott the game in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake.The news, reported by multiple outlets, follows earlier in the day the NBA having to postpone its three scheduled playoff games tonight in Orlando, a move prompted by players on the Milwaukee Bucks not taking the floor for

Ted Johnson Joe Biden condemned what he called “needless violence” in the aftermath of the officer-involved shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, WI, while the Democratic presidential nominee  said that he spoke to the victim’s family on Wednesday.In a 90-second video posted on Twitter on Wednesday, Biden said that he spoke to Blake’s family and told them that “Justice must and will be done.”“Once again, a Black man, Jacob Blake, has been shot by the police in broad daylight with the whole world

The Milwaukee Bucks are not playing tonight (August 26) in protest of police brutality, and as a result, the playoff games are being postponed.