When Stadiums Become Venues for Dissent

When it comes to the question of mixing sports and politics, people seem to fall into two distinct camps. One side believes that politics have absolutely no place in sports and that political topics should not be mentioned in any sporting context. The other camp, meanwhile, believes that, like any other facet of life, politics are an intrinsic component of sports and that the understanding of one provides a lens with which to analyze and further understand the other. Regardless of which side you might fall on, several of the most famous instances of politics intertwining with sport come in the form of protest. Examples range from Tommie Smith and John Carlos' black power salute at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games to the more recent instances of NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneeling during the American national anthem and Lebron James sporting an "I Can't Breathe" shirt referencing a controversial case...