On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the NBA honors Dr. King’s enduring legacy through community-focused initiatives and thought-provoking reflections. The day is both a celebration of his vision and a call to action, reminding all of the work still needed to achieve equality and justice.
The NBA continues its tradition of honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with 8 games on Monday, Jan. 20.
Three score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we now stand, delivered, “I Have a Dream,” calling for an immediate end to the “chains of discrimination” that force Black people onto “a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity.”
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The Sporting News has all the details on how to watch each basketball game on 2025 MLK Day. Three games will be featured on national TV, but only one will be live on NBA TV. That will be the Mavericks vs. Hornets at noon ET. The other two games: Timberwolves vs. Grizzlies and Celtics vs. Warriors will be on TNT and truTV.
The Cavs honored the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday for their 3:30 p.m. game vs. Phoenix at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. The MLK Day program emphasized one of King’s famous quotes: “The time is always right to do what is right.
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Although the late, great Martin Luther King Jr. hailed from Atlanta, Georgia, the mecca of basketball resides in New York, New York. With such a marriage of admiration and respect for the civil rights leader and the prestigious Madison Square Garden, it's no surprise the NBA pushed the Knicks as a marquee franchise for the significant holiday.
The rescheduled Martin Luther King Jr. parade is on Sunday at 3 p.m. The parade lineup begins at 2 p.m. on Broadway Street. The parade will begin on Franklin Street and continue to MLK Street. From there,
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Ryan Mela was named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week on 1/13 and 1/20. He is the first Friar to earn the honor in consecutive weeks since A.J. Reeves in 2019. *Ryan Mela ranks fourth in the league in rebounding in BIG EAST games (7.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the world’s largest nonprofit AIDS service organization, is honored to have received the MLK, Jr. Social Justice Award this past weekend during The King Center’s annual Beloved Awards celebration in Atlanta,