It’s inevitable when you talk about the intersection of sports and politics online: the appearance, in email or Twitter reply, of the aggrieved fan who wants only to consume the former and hear nothing of the latter. “Stick to sports,” is the common refrain and it gets deployed with great frequency in particular when athletes choose to speak up about the state of the nation. When Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem to protest police brutality, he was vilified. When LeBron James opines on racism in America, he’s told to “shut up and dribble.
Stick to Sports? MLB's Donation to Cindy Hyde-Smith Proves Connections Defeat Principle
