A new era for athletes
Sports are only just restarting after the COVID-19 shutdown. Yet a swell of athlete activism has already risen worldwide. Soccer stars and jockeys kneel for Black Lives Matter. College athletes fight for justice. A Black NASCAR driver seeks to banish the Confederate flag. The days of keeping a social conscience off the field seem gone forever.
George Floyd’s death has sparked a movement that will only build momentum as more sports leagues—particularly the NBA and NFL, whose players are majority Black and wield immense
