Bonus: A Conversation On Sports, Racism And Police Brutality

Protestors rally outside U.S. Bank Stadium before the game between the Washington Redskins and Minnesota Vikings on October 24, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A number of Native American leaders and local politicians spoke about the Washington nickname.

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NPR's Only A Game

"Why have most sports teams and leagues stopped short of calling out police brutality? How much hope should we draw from NASCAR's — NASCAR's! — decision to ban the Confederate flag? Could the NFL franchise in Washington D.C. be next? And what's next for Colin Kaepernick?

Those are just some of the questions that Penn State Professor and Burn It All Down podcast co-host Amira Rose Davis, Professor Kenneth Shropshire, CEO of the Global Sport Institute at Arizona State University, and the Washington Post’s Kevin Blackistone explored on this week's edition of 3 Stories You Should Know."

Link to the full show here.

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