NEW YORK (AP) — Oh, you thought going to a WNBA basketball game might be an escape from the arguments and polarization that are so common in American life these days? “Sport,” she says, “is a microcosm (that) reflects and refracts society.”What makes Clark distinctive also makes her a lightning rodThat Clark merits attention for her basketball prowess is not in doubt. (There are white players on the Olympics roster, a veteran squad in search of its eighth straight Olympic gold against tough international competition.) “There are a lot of incredible basketball players with really interesting and compelling stories — as players and as people,” she wrote in an email. “What is happening right now feels like a forced monoculture with a singular focus on one person.”___AP WNBA: https://apnews.com/hub/wnba-basketball

Source: Ethiopian News June 19, 2024 16:43 UTC