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Hall Of Fame Linebacker Brian Urlacher Slams NBA Players For Postponing Games Over Blake Shooting

Tim Pearce
Hall Of Fame Linebacker Brian Urlacher Slams NBA Players For Postponing Games Over Blake Shooting
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Former NFL linebacker Brian Urlacher slammed the NBA after players postponed two days of games as they considered boycotting the rest of the playoffs over the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Urlacher was inducted into the Pro-Football Hall of Fame in 2018 after a 13-year career in the NFL playing for the Chicago Bears. He put out a statement on his Instagram on Thursday afternoon calling out NBA players for faltering “in the face of adversity.”

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