WNBA
teams fined for
wearing black shirts to
protest shootings
On Thursday, the
WNBA an**unced they were fining three
teams — Indiana Fever, New York Liberty and Phoenix Mercury — over players recently
wearing shirts in
protest of recent U.S. shootings. The American women's basketball league
fined each team $5,000 and each player $500.*
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The
WNBA sent out a memo earlier this week to the
teams reminding them of the uniform policy. Minnesota, New York and Dallas players all wore
shirts with slogans in remembrance of two men who were shot by police and the five Dallas police ******rs who were killed in an attack on July 7.*
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