WNBA players, just like their NBA counterparts roughly 100 miles away at Walt Disney World, staged a walkout on Wednesday in response to the Jacob Blake shooting.
Four of the six teams scheduled to play at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, linked arms and kneeled together on the court in a powerful show of force on ESPN ahead of the announcement.
“After speaking with representatives from teams playing tonight, as well as our WNBPA leadership, the consensus is to not play in tonight’s slate of games and to kneel, lock arms and raise fists during the national anthem,” Atlanta Dream center Elizabeth Williams said in a joint statement on ESPN.