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New York (AFP) - Brooklyn star Kyrie Irving, banned by the Nets for at least five games over his "failure to disavow anti-semitism," issued an apology late on Thursday for the social media post that sparked the furore. Irving had declined to apologize when talking to reporters at the NBA team's training facility earlier in the day, prompting the Nets to deem him "currently unfit to be associated with" the team. Irving has been under scrutiny since a social media post last week in which he offered a link to the film "Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America" -- a 2018 film widely lambasted for...
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New York (AFP) - Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai said Friday he was "disappointed" that guard Kyrie Irving used social media to draw attention to a film based on a book "full of anti-Semitic disinformation." Irving posted a tweet on Thursday that offered a link to the Amazon page for the 2018 film "Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America". "I'm disappointed that Kyrie appears to support a film based on a book full of anti-Semitic disinformation," Tsai tweeted on Friday. "I want to sit down and make sure he understands this is hurtful to all of us, and as a man of faith, it is wrong to promote h...
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New York (AFP) - Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving says he's "doing what's best for me" in declining a Covid-19 vaccine, a move that will see him sidelined from NBA play. Irving addressed the issue on Instagram Live on Wednesday, confirming that he hoped to be back on the floor with teammates eventually. But he said he would not bow to pressure to be vaccinated, while insisting he was neither anti- nor pro-vaccines. "Do what's best for you, but I am not an advocate for either side," Irving said. "I am doing what's best for me. "I know the consequences here, and if it means that I'm judged and de...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving bought a house for the family of George Floyd, the African American man killed by police in Minnesota last year, former NBA player Stephen Jackson has said. Jackson, a friend of Floyd who was speaking on the "The Rematch" podcast with former NBA player Etan Thomas, said he had continued to try to support the family emotionally and practically and noted others who had done the same. "Kyrie Irving bought them a house," Jackson said. "Lil Wayne's manager bought them a Mercedes-Benz. Barbra Streisand gave them stock in Disney." Minneapolis polic...
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