over the police shooting of Jacob Blake and stating "Patriot Lives Matter", attracting significant criticism. In response to Urlacher's post, the Chicago Bears stated, "the social media posts in no way reflect the values or opinions of the Chicago Bears organization." Variations and disagreements over terminology There has been disagreement over whether to refer to the player action as a strike or a boycott. When a New York Times headline referred to it as a "boycott", Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York responded on Twitter that "strike" was the proper term. LeBron James used the term "boycott" in response to the National Basketball Players Association calling it a "postponement". Multiple terms are in use (emphasis added): NPR had an article Week In Sports: Players Strike In Solidarity With Protests For Racial Justice. Vanity Fair had After Sweeping Player Strikes, Professional-Sports Owners Are Asked to Confront the Next Steps. NBC News had NBA to restart playoffs Saturday, ending player walkout after Jacob Blake shooting. The Anchorage Daily News headlined an Associated Press article Second day of NBA playoff games halted after player walkout in protest of social injustice. Sporting News had Adam Silver responds to player boycott: 'I wholeheartedly support NBA and WNBA players. Mother Jones had NBA Players Are Staging a Wildcat Strike. See also U.S. national anthem protests Colin Kaepernick Raven Saunders 1961 Boston Celtics boycott 1968 Olympics Black Power salute List of Olympic Games boycotts List of boycotts References 2020 in American sports 2020 labor disputes and strikes 2020 protests 2020–2021 United States racial unrest August 2020 sports events in the United States Sports Boycotts Criminal justice reform in the United States Sports Post–civil rights era in African-American history Politics and sports Sports labor disputes in the United States Shooting of Jacob Blake