It happened in the NBA and the WNBA. It happened in the NHL and in MLB, too.
Across much of the sports world earlier this week, professional athletes sat out games — in some cases, playoff games — in support of Black lives as attention homed in on Kenosha, Wisconsin, where Jacob Blake was shot by police.
Actions were taken not only by individuals, but by entire teams. In basketball and hockey, entire day’s slates of games were postponed.
In 2020, sports fans have known nothing but disruption to their usual rooting routines. This time, though, it had nothing to do with the coronavirus.