Kyrie Irving suspended after refusing to apologize for sharing antisemitic work
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After Irving refused to apologize for sharing an antisemitic work on his Twitter feed, the team said he is is “unfit to be associated with the Brooklyn Nets."
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After Irving refused to apologize for sharing an antisemitic work on his Twitter feed, the team said he is is “unfit to be associated with the Brooklyn Nets."
The Brooklyn Nets are suspending Kyrie Irving for at least five games without pay, saying they were dismayed by his failure to “unequivocally say he has no antisemitic beliefs.” Hours
The Nets are suspending Kyrie Irving for at least five games, saying they were dismayed by his failure to ‘unequivocally say he has no antisemitic beliefs’
Irving was suspended indefinitely after he would not say he did not have antisemitic beliefs. The Nets want him to speak to Jewish leaders before returning.
The Brooklyn Nets suspended Kyrie Irving for at least five games on Thursday, saying they were "dismayed" by the NBA star's response after he was criticized for posting a link to anti-semitic material.
Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks said Friday the suspension of NBA star Kyrie Irving for at least five games over an anti-semitic controversy was the "best course of action."
The Brooklyn Nets suspended Kyrie Irving for at least five games without pay Thursday, dismayed by his repeated failure to "unequivocally say he has no antisemitic beliefs."
(CNN) -- [Breaking news update, published at 8 p.m. ET] The Brooklyn Nets in a statement announced the suspension of Kyrie Irving, saying in a statement, "he is currently unfit to be associated with the Brooklyn Nets.
The team said in a statement that after Irving refused to say he had no antisemitic beliefs, he is "currently unfit to be associated with the Brooklyn Nets.”
Basketball star Kyrie Irving posted a clip on Twitter from a film that contained false and antisemitic comments. The post has since been deleted and Irving now faces a suspension of at least 5 games.
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Rapper and former fashion mogul Kanye West publicly defended Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving after the team suspended him for not adequately apologizing after he posted an antisemitic film.
Hours after Irving refused to issue the apology that NBA Commissioner Adam Silver sought for posting a link to an antisemitic work on his Twitter feed, the Nets said that Irving is "currently unfit to be associated with the Brooklyn Nets."
