Like it or not, sports and politics are intertwined.
Escaping from reality through sports is harder than ever. After Colin Kaepernick’s national anthem protests dominated the news last year, Golden State star Stephen Curry recently expressed his feelings about President Donald Trump after Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank called Trump an “asset” to the country.
“I agree with that description,” Curry told the Mercury News of San Jose, “if you remove the ‘et’ from ‘asset.’ ”
I think athletes are a little bit more outspoken about what they believe nowadays. I think back in the day athletes and entertainers shied away from it a lot more to be politically correct, to be more marketable and all that stuff.