Under Armour Inc and actor Dwayne"The Rock" Johnson on Thursday postponed the launch of a new sneaker collaboration following the shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin.
The sportswear maker's move comes after several professional athletes refused to play games on Wednesday to protest racial injustice, hitting the National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer.Two-time tennis Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka pulled out of a tournament after reaching the semi-finals.
Protests were widespread after the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in the city of Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Sunday. It was the latest in a string of controversial shootings of Black men over the past few years.
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