Stephen Curry defends professional athletes speaking out on issues

in a panel about the movie in Cramton Auditorium of Howard University in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 23, 2019. (Photo by Guillermo Hernandez Martinez/The Players’ Tribune)Subscribe to the Mercury News and East Bay Times for $40 a year and receive a free Warriors championship coffee table book

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Warriors’ star spent most of his day flying across the country and then completing a 90-minute practice. That did not inhibit Stephen Curry, however, from spending the rest of his Wednesday evening doing something familiar in the nation’s capital.

Instead of sticking to sports, Curry talked about issues that have remained divisive nationally. Curry hosted a screening at Howard…