Honoring civil rights
Former NBA players Sam Perkins, James Worthy and Penny Hardaway and Cash tour the National Civil Rights Museum. The four were honored with the museum’s Sports Legacy Award.Getty Images
National Basketball Players Association Executive Director Michele Roberts speaks at a symposium at the National Civil Rights Museum on Jan. 14 in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, with Memphis Grizzlies’ Mike Conley and former WNBA player Swin Cash. Getty Images
NBA's MLK Day tributes
Giannis Antetokounmpo wears an MLK Day shirt on Jan. 16 at BMO Harris Bradley Center.Getty Images
NBA players wore warmup shirts in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. An excerpt from King’s 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech appears on the back of one of the shirts at the Philadelphia 76ers-Toronto Raptors game Jan. 15 at Wells Fargo Center.Getty Images
Seeing is believing
ESPN’s Neil Everett, Los Angeles Clippers’ Gillian Zucker, Los Angeles Unified School District’s Chris Downing, Vision to Learn’s Austin Beutner, Clippers owner Steve Ballmer and player Blake Griffin, LAUSD Superintendent Vivian Ekchian, and LAUSD Board President Monica Garcia pose with schoolchildren from Lovelia P. Flournoy Elementary in Los Angeles as part of Griffin and the L.A. Clippers Foundation’s partnership with Vision to Learn and LAUSD to provide free eye exams and glasses to every student in need. Varon Panganiban / Los Angeles Clippers
Baseball scouts foundation honors Griffeys
From the 15th annual Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation Spectacular: Ken Griffey Sr., former Seattle Mariners President Chuck Armstrong and Ken Griffey Jr. The Griffeys were presented with Lifetime Achievement Awards at the Jan. 13 dinner at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif.Paul Lester
Disney opens arena
At the opening of The Arena at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex on Jan. 12.: Varsity Brands founder and Chairman Jeff Webb; Maribeth Bisienere, SVP of ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex and Disney Springs; Faron Kelley, Disney SVP; and AAU President Roger Goudy.Courtesy of Walt Diseny World
Skate with 88
Hockey Hall of Fame member Eric Lindros celebrated the retiring of his No. 88 Philadelphia Flyers jersey on Jan. 16 at the AAA Arena at Ice Line Quad Rinks in West Chester, Pa. From left: Lindros, AAA Mid-Atlantic Terry Rubritz and AAA Mid-Atlantic Managing Director Matt Haas.AAA
Toting the hardware Down Under
Boris Becker and Billie Jean King appear at the first day of the Australian Open, posing with the men’s and women’s singles trophies and the tournament’s ball boys and girls, on Jan. 15 in Melbourne.Getty Images
At courtside for Clippers
Actor Billy Crystal and Disney CEO Bob Iger attend the Los Angeles Clippers-Houston Rockets game on Jan. 15 at Staples Center.Getty Images
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