Article 63VTE NBA’s Anthony Edwards fined $40,000 for homophobic comments on Instagram

NBA’s Anthony Edwards fined $40,000 for homophobic comments on Instagram

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  • Minnesota star broadcast slurs to his 1.2m followers
  • 22-year-old issued apology for unacceptable' comments

Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards was fined $40,000 by the NBA on Tuesday for homophobic comments he made on social media.

The league announced the punishment for Edwards' use of offensive and derogatory language" in a since-deleted Instagram video published to his more than 1m followers. He later apologized for the post.

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