(JTA) — Nearly two years after NBA player Meyers Leonard was caught using an antisemitic slur on a video game platform, the former first-round pick opened up about the incident and his subsequent ...
MIAMI — The Miami Heat said Tuesday night that Meyers Leonard will be away from the team indefinitely, sharply criticizing his use of an anti-Semitic slur while playing a video game that was being ...
Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving was recently suspended for posting an Anti-semitic film on his social media. His suspension is set to be at least five games, and Irving will have to complete a ...
Meyers Leonard was suspended in March 2021 after he was heard using a racial slur during a live broadcast of Call of Duty on the streaming platform Twitch Charmaine Patterson is an Associate Editor at ...
An NBA player who hasn’t seen game action since saying an antisemitic slur two years ago could be making a comeback. According to an ESPN report, Meyers Leonard is set to sign a 10-day contract with ...
Meyers Leonard said he was sorry countless times to a very engaged audience that had gathered recently at the Jewish Community Center at his request. He apologized several times in the 15-minute news ...
Less than a week after a video surfaced of Meyers Leonard using an anti-Semitic slur, the NBA has announced an official punishment for the Miami Heat center. According to a press release, the league ...
Ten months have lapsed since former Illinois and Miami Heat center Meyers Leonard’s life — and his NBA career — grinded to a halt. While livestreaming “Call of Duty” on Twitch last March, Leonard used ...