In Athletes’ Forceful Response to Uvalde, Advocates See ‘A Tipping Point’

June 02, 2022
Dave Sheinin

On the evening of May 26 — two days after the school shooting that claimed 21 lives in Uvalde, Tex., and two days before the first pitch of a series between the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox — executives of the teams got on the phone to discuss how to acknowledge the tragedy.

The executives, White Sox vice president of communications Scott Reifert and Cubs senior vice president of communications and community affairs Julian Green, quickly agreed that this was a moment that demanded a more ambitious plan.
Read Dave Sheinin’s full article on athletes’ response to the Buffalo and Uvalde shootings on the Washington Post, HERE