Players with the NFL’s Buffalo Bills take a knee during the playing of the national anthem before last Sunday’s game against the Denver Broncos in New York. Right, Olympic gold medalist Tommie Smith, center, and bronze medalist John Carlos raise their fist with the symbolic “Black Power” sign during their medal ceremony at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City after winning in the 200-meter track event.
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Trump creates firestorm over athletes’ taking a knee
President Trump seems to have too little to do. Amid the damage from two hurricanes, a verbal feud with a nuclear North Korea and a host of other issues ranging from health care to tax reform, the president has triggered a spat with athletes in the nation’s most popular pro sports leagues, the NFL and the NBA.
