NBA star Kyrie Irving reveals he lost $100 million extension so he could remain unvaccinated
The Brooklyn Nets guard said he 'had to deal with that real life circumstance of losing my job.'
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NBA star Kyrie Irving calls COVID mandates ‘one of the biggest violations of human rights in history’
'If I can work and be unvaccinated, then all of my brothers and sisters who are also unvaccinated should be able to do the same, without being discriminated against, vilified, or fired.'
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NBA team hit with $50k fine after letting unvaccinated star player enter locker room
New York City Mayor Eric Adams' rules allow Kyrie Irving to attend games, but not play in them.
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NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom given freedom award for calling out China’s human right’s abuses
NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom received the 2022 Freedom Award from the Captives Nation Coalition of the Committee on the Present Danger: China (CPDC).
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Chinese newspaper applauds NBA team for releasing player critical of Communist Party
Newly-minted American citizen Enes Kanter Freedom is a frequent critic of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Novak Djokovic’s principled stand is a stark contrast to woke athletes in the US
Djokovic told BBC News on Tuesday that he is willing to sit out upcoming major tournaments, as 'that is the price that I’m willing to pay.'
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Former NBA star on vaccine mandates: People shouldn’t be ‘forced’ to take something they don’t want
Shaquille O’Neal previously criticized NBA player Kyrie Irving for choosing not to get jabbed – but now he has changed his mind on mandates.
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Gonzaga University cancels NBA hall-of-famer’s season tickets for his anti-mask stance
The all-time NBA assists leader and Gonzaga alum said the 'higher-ups' at the Jesuit university complained that Stockton could be seen without wearing a mask.
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Big-ticket Democrat donor says ‘nobody cares’ about China’s genocide of Uyghur Muslims
The billionaire and part-owner of the NBA's Golden State Warriors has attempted to back away from the comments after facing considerable backlash, but critics argue his ‘clarifying comments’ aren’t enough.
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NBA’s Jonathan Isaac decries ‘COVID hysteria,’ defends medical freedom in new interview
'People have been so weaponized and to a degree misguided by the media, to just be upset with everybody and beat everybody over the head that has any type of hesitancy about the vaccine,' the Orlando Magic forward lamented.
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