Cerabino: Miami Heat player and "Oath Keeper" show pitfalls of a pretend-soldier
Miami Heat player Meyers Leonard and a Florida member of the Oath Keepers militia group both are grown men who got in trouble while playing soldier.
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Miami Heat player Meyers Leonard and a Florida member of the Oath Keepers militia group both are grown men who got in trouble while playing soldier.
(JTA) — The NBA fined Miami Heat player Meyers Leonard $50,000 two days after he was caught saying the word “kike” on a video game stream.NBA commissioner Adam Silver, who
Leonard apologized for using the term as he played a video game that was livestreaming, insisting he did not know what it meant.
The Miami Heat star has been suspended indefinitely after a video of the slur he used emerged on Twitter on Tuesday.
“The Miami Heat vehemently condemns the use of any form of hate speech,” the team statement said.