Sports Illustrated - USA (2020-12)

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AUGUST

STANDING TALL

Bucks guard George Hill

explained the team’s

boycott of their playoff

game on Aug. 26, three

days after the police

shooting of Jacob Blake.

FREQUENT FRIAR

In leading the Padres to the playoffs,

Fernando Tatis Jr. did two things with

regularity all summer: wreak havoc

(50 runs, good for second in the NL)

and have fun (immeasurable).

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UNSTEMMED TIDE
Countless athletes and coaches—including Alabama’s
Nick Saban, who led his team through the streets of Tuscaloosa
on Aug. 31—joined in Black Lives Matter protests.