“It’s the kind of thing you come to Harvard for,” the 6-foot-7 forward for the Crimson basketball team said. The Crimson basketball team had never won an Ivy League title, beaten a ranked team or cracked The Associated Press Top 25 before Amaker arrived in 2007. He has also used it to lure politicians, Hall of Fame basketball players and coaches, and business and thought leaders to speak to his players on issues more important than bounce passes or boxing out. Edwards’ talk on Wednesday put Kaepernick’s national anthem protest in the context of athlete activism over the decades. And the Breakfast Club allows them to connect with prominent Bostonians and others with Harvard ties, many of them African-American.

Source: Hindustan Times September 19, 2017 08:26 UTC