Philadelphia 76ers Head Coach Doc Rivers speaks with Danuel House after practice Sept. 27 on the first day of the 76ers NBA basketball training camp at the McAlister Field House on the campus of The Citadel in Charleston, S.C.
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76ers’ Doc Rivers merges Black history lessons into camp
Doc Rivers is at ease using his platform as an NBA coach to fight bigotry and racial injustice, campaign for politicians he believes in and advocate for social change on themes ranging from poverty to police brutality. Sometimes, his speeches sound like they were delivered by someone running for office. Might the 60-year-old Coach Rivers, the son of a Chicago police officer, someday stump for change as an actual politician?
