{"id":194920,"date":"2021-01-16T12:34:51","date_gmt":"2021-01-16T11:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=194920"},"modified":"2021-01-16T12:34:51","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T11:34:51","slug":"pope-francis-blesses-hawks-mlk-jersey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/pope-francis-blesses-hawks-mlk-jersey\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis blesses Hawks\u2019 MLK jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hawks just got blessed.<\/p>\n<p>Well, their jersey at least. Pope Francis received a package from Atlanta that consisted of the Hawks\u2019 20-21 MLK Nike City Edition jersey, which he gave his blessing and signed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud835\udc13\ud835\udc30\ud835\udc28 \ud835\udc20\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc1b\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc25 \ud835\udc22\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc2c. \ud83d\ude4c<\/p>\n<p>On Dr. King&#8217;s birthday, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pontifex?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Pontifex<\/a> blessed our 20-21 MLK Nike City Edition jersey to honor our shared commitment to making positive change in social equality, economic empowerment and love.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd17: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ob7sSp0J9H\">https:\/\/t.co\/ob7sSp0J9H<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EarnTheseLetters?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EarnTheseLetters<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hy8xts7t9y\">pic.twitter.com\/Hy8xts7t9y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ATLHawks\/status\/1350152080393183233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In November, five NBA players were part of a delegation that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/nbpa-delegation-meets-with-pope-francis\">sat down<\/a>\u00a0with Pope Francis at the Vatican to talk social justice.<\/p>\n<p>The NBPA said the players spoke about their \u201cindividual and collective efforts addressing social and economic injustice and inequality occurring in their communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta unveiled the jersey last fall, which will honor civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. and mark the first time the initials of an individual will be featured prominently on the chest of an official NBA game uniform.<\/p>\n<p>Profits from the jersey sales will go directly towards the Atlanta community.<\/p>\n<p>The Hawks will debut the threads on MLK Day against the Timberwolves on NBA TV at 2:30 ET, along with a revamped court emblazoned with MLK on the sidelines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hawks will debut the threads on MLK Day against the Timberwolves on NBA TV at 2:30 ET, along with a revamped court emblazoned with MLK on the sidelines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":194921,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[92],"tags":[1443,15470],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-194920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-atlanta-hawks","tag-pope-francis"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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