By Doug Zanger

Back in April, an Internet hoax about the National Basketball Association (NBA) canceling the Charlotte, North Carolina 2017 NBA All-Star Game over the state’s controversial and discriminatory LGBT law, HB2, made the rounds. Today, however, the NBA took a stand and uprooted the game, a big-time money-maker for cities who host, from the home of the Charlotte Hornets, owned by NBA legend Michael Jordan.

The league, in a statement, said; “Our week-long schedule of All-Star events and activities is intended to be a global celebration of basketball, our league, and the values for which we stand, and to bring Read full story ›

Source: The Drum