Jacob Blake

LeBron James on this week's unrest at Capitol Hill: "We live in two Americas"

LeBron James has remained a critic of Trump during his four years in office and said that what happened at the US Capitol was a direct correlation of what Trump represents.

'An embarrassing and shameful day in our country': NBA reacts to Capitol Hill violence, Jacob Blake decision

At the Capitol, a mob delayed Congress from certifying the results of November's election and paving the way for President-elect Joe Biden to be sworn in later this month.

Year in Review 2020, Biggest Sports Stories: NBA season halted over shooting of Jacob Blake

In August, just a month after the NBA had restarted its season in a bio-secure bubble, the action stopped again over Jacob Blake's shooting. By the time the season restarted, NBA owners had committed to a series of initiatives, including using arenas as polling places.

Year of athlete activism as sports across the world embrace protests

The killing of unarmed Black man George Floyd during his arrest by police in Minneapolis in May proved to be a catalyst for change, prompting athletes from multiple sports to speak out against systemic racism and police brutality.

NBA: Doc Rivers' legacy at the Los Angeles Clippers cannot be measured in statistics, records, or even trophies

In his seven years with the Los Angeles Clippers, Doc Rivers could never take the franchise to the NBA Conference Finals, let alone to a title. But his legacy at the team was far beyond numbers, or titles.

‘Hurts to sleep, eat, breathe’: Jacob Blake speaks out for first time since Kenosha police shooting

The officers who were present at the time of the shooting were placed on administrative leave, but none of them have been charged

Donald Trump ordered to end anti-racism training for federal employees, says White House

The order comes as the US president works to appeal to his white, blue-collar base while fighting an uphill battle for re-election amid a divisive national reckoning over how non-whites are treated in America

Donald Trump ignores COVID-19 pandemic, stokes unrest is US cities, solves neither, says Joe Biden

Biden assailed Trump for his vilifying of protesters as well as his handling of the pandemic that has killed nearly 1,90,000 Americans and crippled the national economy

Trump ignores warnings to visit Kenosha; denounces violence, but stays mum on Jacob Blake shooting

Trump said his administration will provide $5 million and $42 million to the city and state respectively with an aim to bolster law enforcement

Los Angeles Country sheriff's deputies shoot, kill Black man who dropped gun; spark protests over shooting

The killing came on the heels of the police shooting in Kenosha that left Jacob Blake paralysed and spurred days of protests, reinvigorating the national debate on racial injustice and policing