NBA’s Anthony Edwards fined $40,000 for homophobic comments on Instagram
by Associated Press from US news | The Guardian on (#63VTE)
- 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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