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One Lakers legend has taken another to task over the latter’s handling of the Covid-19 situation. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar criticized LeBron James Sunday afternoon for supporting Golden State’s Andrew Wiggins’ vaccination trepidation as well as for sharing an Instagram meme that trivialized the coronavirus as the flu or common cold. Though he did offer praise for James’ incredible philanthropic efforts and say he’d like to sit down with The King to talk about it, Abdul-Jabbar didn’t hold back. “I wouldn’t mind doing it if he would take the time; I definitely got the time,” Abdul-Jabbar said. “I adm...
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Kyrie Irvingis going to get one helluva birthday present: Returning as a full-time player for the Brooklyn Nets, as Mayor Eric Adams (D) is expected to announce that unvaccinated athletes—such as Irving—will be allowed to compete in New York City under a major policy change. Irving, who turned 30 on Wednesday, has played in only 20 games this season due to New York City’s Covid-19 vaccine mandates. The shift in policy is good news for MLB’s two New York teams, the Yankees and Mets, whose season begins in a couple of weeks. “Until anything is official please do not ask me any questions about th...
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The Brooklyn Nets were fined $50,000 Monday for letting Kyrie Irving into their locker room after Sunday’s 110-107 victory over the Knicks, running amok of COVID-19 vaccination rules. Irving had been a spectator (again) at Barclays Center Sunday due to his refusal to get the vaccine. There is no longer a mandate for fans to be vaccinated to enter the arena, but one still remains for its employees. After the game, Irving went to the locker room with teammate Kevin Durant, who had 53 points. The NBA said that the Nets violated New York City law and league health and safety protocols by letting I...
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Some people never learn. Novak Djokovic is clearly one of them. The top-ranked men’s tennis player said that he would skip the French Open and Wimbledon this year if they require a COVID-19 vaccination—this comes after all he recently went through at the Australian Open. In an interview, Djokovic said that he’s still unvaccinated and plans to keep it that way even if it means missing major tournament—“the price that I am willing to pay.” Djokovic has been hailed as a hero by the anti-vax world after he was denied entry into Australia last month. However, he said that he’s not part of that move...
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Belgian Olympian Kim Meylemans has been released from isolation in Beijing after pleading for help due to her treatment ahead of the games. The 25-year-old skeleton racer was forced into isolation after she tested positive for Covid-19 upon arrival in the Chinese capital. Mistakenly thinking she could return to the Olympic Village after three days of isolation and two consecutive negative tests, she was instead taken to a separate government facility. Fighting back tears, she said she may never get to enter the Olympic Village. Hours after her cries for help Wednesday, the International Olympi...
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Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Amari Cooper has been fined $14,650 by the NFL for violating the Covid-19 protocols for the unvaccinated, after he attended a Dallas Mavericks game last week sans mask. Even before the Mavs game, Cooper was seen on the sideline at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, cheering on his alma mater Alabama against Cincinnati. The receiver was with vaccinated teammates both times, so CeeDee Lamb won’t catch heat for the Mavs game and Trevon Diggs is safe for attending the Cotton Bowl. League rules state that unvaccinated players can attend sports events but must sit in a lu...
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He’s out. He’s in. Now he’s out again. Novak Djokovic now faces deportation—again—after the Australian government revoked his visa, as the plot thickens on the saga of the top-ranked men’s tennis player and his COVID-19 vaccination status. Djokovic is looking to compete in the Australian Open, which begins in three days and at which he has won nine of his 20 Grand Slam titles. However, Immigration Minister Alex Hawke said he used his ministerial discretion to cancel the 34-year-old’s visa on “health and good order grounds, on the basis that it was in the public interest to do so.” His statemen...
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Continuing the seemingly never-ending saga of Novak Djokovic attempting to play in the Australian Open, the top-ranked men’s tennis player admitted Wednesday that a travel document he presented to Australian border officials last week contained erroneous information. The acknowledgement came as the country’s authorities were investigating whether he should be deported with regards to his COVID-19 vaccination—or lack thereof—status. Djokovic also revealed that he had attended a basketball game and then participated in an interview and photo shoot last month in Serbia despite testing positive fo...
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You gotta be Djoking! Almost immediately following Novak Djokovic’s COVID-19 vaccine-related escapade with the Australian Border Force, WTA Tour player Renata Voracova also found herself in hot water ahead of the 2022 Australian Open. Voracova’s vaccination status, though, came into question after she’d already played a warm-up tournament in Melbourne. Whereas Djokovic never even made it into the country. She, too, received a vaccine exemption from Tennis Australia because she’d recently had and recovered from the COVID. However, Border Force officials informed her she must leave the country. ...
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Following a back and forth with the Australian government over his Covid-19 vaccination status and eligibility to compete in the Australian Open, Novak Djokovic is “pleased and grateful” that his appeal to enter the country was successful and he wants to “stay and try to compete” in the event. Judge Anthony Kelly ixnayed the visa cancellation and ordered the Australian government to pay legal costs and release the top-ranked tennis player from detention within half an hour. However, Minister for Immigration Alex Hawke is still deciding whether to exercise a personal power of cancellation of Dj...
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