Bomani Jones

With a long-awaited finals appearance by the New York Knicks bringing the sports spotlight to New York City, CNN had of course found a way to turn the highlight of the night into a rant about President Donald Trump. Allegedly concerned about the ‘injection’ of Trump into sports, CNN injected their own politics into a non-partisan event in the hopes of getting even a slight hit on Trump. 

On CNN Wednesday, BuzzFeed sports editor Jack Moore called for a gay pro athlete to come out of the closet and be "a Jackie Robinson of this cause." "It just shows that more than ever we need some major pro athlete to come out of the closet at the height – like while they're in the league," he ranted. "But we need a Jackie Robinson of this cause because we just need an example to show that,…