San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler told reporters ahead of his team’s Friday game against the Cincinnati Reds that he intends to forgo the pregame US national anthem moving forward.
Highlights
- Kapler: “I don’t plan on coming out for the anthem going forward until I feel better about the direction of our country” Kapler questioned whether the U.S.
- is truly “the land of the free and the home of the brave” Comments come after 19 children and two adults were killed at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, by a lone, 18-year-old gunman.
- Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr railed against gun violence in the wake of Tuesday’s shooting in the United States.
- The Warriors are in the midst of Game 4 of the Warriors’ series against the Dallas Mavericks, instead raising his voice as he raised his voice.