re: #371 Franklin

So this just happened, well written and well delivered.

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Could be more on the way. The Olympic Team might be doing something

The medal podium in Rio de Janeiro where Carmelo Anthony expects to receive his third Olympics gold medal next month might double as the stage for a coordinated act of protest about police brutality and racial tension in America.

The Knicks star certainly seems to be gearing up for some sort of political expression at the Olympics.

“For me, I do feel like this is a platform where we should - we as athletes, we as Americans - use it for something,” Anthony wrote in an essay published Wednesday in The Guardian. “Whether we make a statement out there or send a message, we can show the world that we’re united. Whatever way we want to do it, this is a chance to do something meaningful before an audience of billions.”

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Melo bought a back page ad in the NY Daily News last Saturday.

I’m loving the activism of the NBA these days.