NBA coaches Steve Kerr and Stan Van Gundy have joined Popovich in publicly criticizing Trump’s reliance on xenophobia and racism among white American voters . And this week ESPN reported that at least three NBA teams are no longer staying at Trump-branded hotels to protest a president-elect they find divisive. This week Trump has met with New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, and posed for a photo with retired boxing star Floyd Mayweather. “NFL teams reflect the divisions in this country, yet they find a way to make it work.”There is precedent for that type of sports-as-unifying force motif. Two years later, white Americans also cheered Joe Louis when he pummelled German Max Schmeling in their rematch.

Source: thestar November 19, 2016 21:56 UTC