LeBron James broke the all-time NBA scoring record on Tuesday, adding another line in the history books as he bats aside a code of silence pressed upon famous athletes to remain apolitical in order to maintain broad appeal.Three decades after Michael Jordan famously quipped 'Republicans buy sneakers too,'
LeBron James broke the all-time NBA scoring record on Tuesday, adding another line in the history books as he bats aside a code of silence pressed upon famous athletes to remain apolitical in order to maintain broad appeal.
"LeBron showed that it's not going to affect anything .... It was really important for him to do that because for a while, the reason why you saw so many people quiet was because the top person, MJ, was quiet." "They didn't feel comfortable saying anything themselves," he told Reuters."That was floating around still, that you would be hurting yourself if you do."
The four-times MVP took aim at Republican then-President Donald Trump in 2018, saying Trump had emboldened racists in the United States. Later, he opened the"I Promise" school for at-risk students in his hometown of Akron, Ohio.
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