Last week, a decades-old photo surfaced showing Cowboys owner Jerry Jones attending a protest at North Little Rock High in his native Arkansas. The photo, from Sept. 9, 1957, shows a group of white students blocking the doorway of the school and shouting slurs at six Black students who attempted to enter during one of the first attempts at public school integration in the state.
On Wednesday, Lakers star LeBron James questioned the media as to why the Jones story was quick to exit the news cycle, and why he was never questioned about it the same way he fielded questions about Kyrie Irving’s recent sharing of antisemitic materials and the lengthy delay in apologizing for them, as well as his consequent suspension from the Nets.