Across professional sports leagues this week, players decided not to play in response to the police shooting of Jacob Blake. The WNBA, which has dedicated this season to the Black Lives Matter movement, did not play their scheduled games on Wednesday or Thursday.
Yesterday, Sue Bird joined Holly Rowe on Sports Center alongside the WNBA player’s association board to talk about the decision and actionable responses to support the movement.
“Affecting change comes in a lot of forms,” said Bird. “As important as it is to be in the streets, to be out protesting, to keep that energy up, we have to take that energy to the polls.