NBA teams and players have donated more than $38 million and nearly 1.5 million meals since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the league.
Lakers star Anthony Davis announces a partnership with world’s largest cold food storage company to help Staples Center employees find jobs during the coronavirus pandemic.“Once we ended suspending the season, we just pivoted right away to what we could do to help,” said Kathy Behrens, NBA president of social responsibility and player programs. “… We’re trying to put as much of what we’re doing ... directly focused on this issue right now.
One night after the league suspended its season, “Inside the NBA” — the beloved and irreverent pregame and postgame show on TNT — didn’t have to strain to turn its show into a public health forum, with Dr. Sanjay Gupta fielding questions from Kenny Smith and Shaquille O’Neal like he was an All-Star guard instead of a neurosurgeon.
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