What is the role or responsibility of today's NBA in issues such as religion, race, sexuality, and more?
The boos rained down from the stadium like embers in a forest fire, and felt nearly as hot. The object of their fire and ire was buried deep in prayer.
Over twenty years later, a picture of that moment, or one much like it, is displayed on a sizable billboard on La Brea Avenue here in Los Angeles. The photo on the billboard is exactly the same as the one that leads off this article, a well-positioned Associated Press shot. A man in uniform with his hands before his face, with what is obviously a large crowd of people around him. There is also an American flag that is large enough to…