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Most Athletes Have Chosen to ‘Shut up and Dribble’ over Gaza | Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva

Summary by The Guardian
Only a handful of North American athletes have spoken out against Israel’s assault on Gaza, a silence shaped by fear, sponsorship and the policing of speech“I will not just shut up and dribble… I get to sit up here and talk about what’s really important.” So proclaimed LeBron James in 2018 when confronted with the question of whether athletes have the right to speak about the political and social justice questions of their time.Yet since 7 Octob…

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the Guardian broke the news in on Friday, October 17, 2025.
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