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...most of the 1995-1996 NBA season, Denver Nuggets' star guard Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf refused to stand for the national anthem prior to games. He would either stretch on the sidelines or remain in the locker room...
...Denver Nuggets guard Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, who refused to stand during the playing of the national anthem because of his Islamic beliefs and was suspended...
...DENVER: The price of principle for Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf is $31,707 per game. That's how much the Denver Nuggets guard is losing after being suspended by the NBA without pay for violating a league rule that requires players to "stand and line up in a dignified posture" during the national anthem. Abdul-Rauf, a devout Muslim, said he doesn't believe in standing for any nationalistic ideology. "My beliefs are more important than anything. If I have to give up basketball, I will," Abdul-Rauf said. "This country has a long history of (oppression...
...were, black women around the country would have something other than praises to sing about it. Considering how far we've come as a people, I'd prefer on occasion seeing my own kind being "trashy,'' being true, being human, to never seeing myself at all. CYMANTHA M. GUEST Denver...
...Diego's symphony is far from the first to capitulate to low and ever-graying attendance. In the last 10 years, orchestras in New Orleans, Oakland and Denver have also gone under, reappearing in less powerful forms. The cities may vary, but the litany remains the same: little financial support from audiences who say they have better things...