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The 2023 WNBA All-Star Game will be played in Las Vegas at the Michelob Ultra Arena, home of the defending champion Las Vegas Aces, on July 15, the league announced today. In addition to the All-Star Game, there will be two full days packed with WNBA activities.
The WNBA will also host its &ldquo;WNBA Live&rdquo; fan festival, which is now in its second year. An exciting, interactive event that's open to the public, &ldquo;WNBA Live&rdquo; will provide fans with an opportunity to experience the intersection of the WNBA, entertainment and culture leading up to the WNBA All-Star Game.&nbsp;
&ldquo;The WNBA is thrilled to bring AT&amp;T WNBA All-Star 2023, to Las Vegas, a city that showed such incredible support for the Aces and the WNBA throughout last season, especially during the WNBA Finals presented by YouTube TV when the Aces brought the city its first professional sports championship,&rdquo; said WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert.
&ldquo;This will be the third AT&amp;T WNBA All-Star Game to take place in Las Vegas, where we had memorable experiences in 2019 and 2021. And I can&rsquo;t think of a better location for us to host our second annual &ldquo;WNBA Live&rdquo; interactive fan event that will give WNBA fans two days of incredible opportunities to engage with our brand and partners who have stepped up to support the WNBA.&rdquo;
On July 14, some of the league&rsquo;s biggest and brightest stars will display their talents at the 2023 edition of the WNBA 3-Point Contest&nbsp;and WNBA Skills Challenge.
&ldquo;We&rsquo;re excited to once again host the league&rsquo;s signature showcase event in the sports and entertainment capital of the world,&rdquo; said Aces president Nikki Fargas. &ldquo;Las Vegas has showed up and showed out for the Aces and the WNBA since our first season, and we are looking forward to welcoming fans from around the world back to Michelob ULTRA Arena for another incredible celebration of the best that women&rsquo;s basketball has to offer.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Tickets for the 2023 All-Star Game, 3-Point Contest and WNBA Skills Challenge will go on sale to the public on January 19 at 10 am PT. Tickets may be purchased by visiting <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.axs.com/series/17038/2023-wnba-all-star-weekend-tickets?skin=michelobultra__;!!PMETyfE!IXrorpecX7mxqVaILV9qvduUenTiKu4FK3-idmFAxgw5V4EP-piLDB1skZ1OUeRljS5lIzvxMyKQOcM8Zg$" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.axs.com/series/17038/2023-wnba-all-star-weekend-tickets?skin%3Dmichelobultra__;!!PMETyfE!IXrorpecX7mxqVaILV9qvduUenTiKu4FK3-idmFAxgw5V4EP-piLDB1skZ1OUeRljS5lIzvxMyKQOcM8Zg$&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1673646801589000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2bc70IOFL_UEIxza4JMxYO">axs.com</a>.
The 2023 WNBA regular season tips off on Friday, May 19 and features a record-high 40 games per team. All 12 teams will be in action during the opening weekend of the league&rsquo;s 27th regular season as part of WNBA Tip-Off 2023.
The regular season will conclude on Sept. 10, followed by the WNBA Playoffs.

The 2023 WNBA All-Star Game will be played in Las Vegas at the Michelob Ultra Arena on July 15.

Las Vegas to host the 2023 WNBA All-Star Weekend on July 14-15

The NBA today announced that Portland Trail Blazers forward Carmelo Anthony, Sacramento Kings forward Harrison Barnes, Philadelphia 76ers forward Tobias Harris, Milwaukee Bucks guard Jrue Holiday and Golden State Warriors forward Juan Toscano-Anderson have been selected as the five finalists for the inaugural Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion award. The new annual award, named after six-time NBA champion and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, recognizes a current NBA player for pursuing social justice and advancing Abdul-Jabbar&rsquo;s life mission to engage, empower and drive equality for individuals and groups who have been historically marginalized or systemically disadvantaged.&nbsp;
The finalists for the award were selected from an impressive pool of NBA team nominees who have upheld the league&rsquo;s decades-long values of equality, respect and inclusion.&nbsp; The finalists were determined by a selection committee&nbsp;composed of Abdul-Jabbar, notable social justice leaders, including&nbsp;Director&nbsp;of The&nbsp;Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport Dr. Richard Lapchick, student activist Teyonna Lofton, National Urban League President and CEO Marc Morial,&nbsp;UnidosUS President and CEO&nbsp;Janet Murgu&iacute;a, Rise Founder and CEO Amanda Nguyen, and&nbsp;NBA Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer Mark Tatum.
Each finalist has selected an organization focused on advancing social justice that will receive a contribution on his behalf.&nbsp; The winner&rsquo;s selection will receive a $100,000 donation and the other four finalists will each receive a $25,000 contribution for a social justice organization of their choosing.
The winner will be announced prior to Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals on TNT.&nbsp; Below is more information about the finalists, including their respective efforts and selected beneficiaries, and additional details regarding the selection committee.
Carmelo Anthony, Portland Trail Blazers
A prolific champion in the social impact space, ten-time NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony has been unabashedly vocal on how systemic oppression, racism and police brutality not only dehumanizes Black people, but prohibits the progress needed for generations of Black people to thrive and progress as a community.&nbsp; He founded the Carmelo Anthony Foundation over 15 years ago as a vehicle for actionable change and social reform through a variety of outreach programs and disaster relief initiatives.&nbsp; In 2020, he served as guest Editor-in-Chief for Slam Magazine&rsquo;s Special Social Justice Issue and established the Social Change Fund alongside fellow NBA greats to focus on investing in organizations addressing critical and timely issues impacting the Black community including expanding access to voting and civic engagement, education, employment, housing, economic equity, and representation in leadership.&nbsp; Anthony currently serves as a board member of the National Basketball Social Justice Coalition.
His work isn&rsquo;t just limited to reform in criminal justice, voting or race spaces, but he also developed an incubator program focused on creativity and the arts. &nbsp;Through his STAYME7O banner, Anthony established the STAYME7O Propel Program in 2020 as a way to tap into the creativity of Black culture through fashion, art and design to develop intricate pieces that honor a vision of&nbsp;Black&nbsp;excellence and inspire a culture to create&nbsp;and move further, together.&nbsp; This spring, Anthony also announced Creative 7, his global, multi-platform content company through which he has been developing a robust slate of projects that&nbsp;speak to the evolution of the human spirit through adversity, social activism and compelling, entertainment-forward storytelling.&nbsp; Anthony has selected&nbsp;the&nbsp;<a href="https://portlandartmuseum.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://portlandartmuseum.org/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1623513737585000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFYpq9TrITwg2RQK9JSfagXue-t0A">Portland Art Museum&rsquo;s Black Arts and Experiences Initiative</a>&nbsp;as the recipient of his donation.
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Harrison Barnes, Sacramento Kings
Over the last year Harrison Barnes has provided meaningful support to youth, families and frontline workers in Sacramento, Dallas and Ames, IA, and&nbsp;has also been a vocal advocate for voter rights, addressing systemic racism and investing in Black youth.&nbsp; Leading up to the 2020 election, he emphasized the importance of civic engagement and voting through speaking engagements, a collaboration with&nbsp;<a href="http://be.woke.vote/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://Be.Woke.Vote&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1623513737585000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHAwEmxFv8NeaxPMFtB-l_sJn-Lgg">Be.Woke.Vote</a>&nbsp;and casting a ballot himself on National Vote Early Day at Golden 1 Center. As part of the NBA restart, Barnes dedicated each Kings game to a different organization supporting racial justice &ndash; including the Trayvon Martin Foundation, the Botham Jean Foundation, The Atatiana Project, Mothers Against Police Brutality, the Michael Brown Foundation, Tamir Rice Foundation, Champion in the Making and the African American Policy Forum &ndash; and contributed $25,000 to those created by the families of victims of police brutality and gun violence.
In October, he was named to the NBA Foundation&rsquo;s inaugural Board of Directors, helping to guide its effort to further economic empowerment in the Black community and in February, Barnes announced his partnership with Goalsetter, a Black-owned finance app that provides an education-first banking experience, to open saving accounts for 500 youth from Build.Black. in Sacramento and TL Marsalis Elementary in Dallas.&nbsp; He also launched a series entitled &ldquo;<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.instagram.com/tv/CMUxqkEDsNA/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link__;!!PMETyfE!ZDDKwXjBncNGIltP-I1zSE6Ocp2vfJKWWTXUKVKyHIWNUcYTGip-GFMF9cA$" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.instagram.com/tv/CMUxqkEDsNA/?utm_source%3Dig_web_copy_link__;!!PMETyfE!ZDDKwXjBncNGIltP-I1zSE6Ocp2vfJKWWTXUKVKyHIWNUcYTGip-GFMF9cA$&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1623513737585000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF-SR7hwbNVH-6HHGmJ4lIryH9TGA">Conversations with Harrison</a>,&rdquo; in which he speaks with nonprofit and community leaders, educators, athletes, elected officials and business leaders to promote their work and bring attention to their causes.&nbsp;&nbsp;Barnes has selected&nbsp;<a href="https://policingequity.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://policingequity.org/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1623513737585000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFWFky7NK3nNBPEqvlc34ZxZj_7Dg">Center for Policing Equity</a>&nbsp;as the recipient of his donation.
Tobias Harris, Philadelphia 76ers
As a longtime advocate for social justice, Tobias Harris has been particularly focused on eliminating racial inequities within school systems that have historically harmed young people of color.&nbsp; To date through the Tobias Harris Charitable Fund, he has awarded $2 million dollars to help move the needle on educational equity.&nbsp; This year, he awarded $300,000 to The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia to recruit teachers from HBCUs or diverse backgrounds &ndash; who are more likely to carry higher student loan balances following graduation &ndash; and provide relocation stipends to prevent barriers of quality Black teachers in the classroom.&nbsp; Harris also created the Tobias&rsquo; Top Teachers program, to assist in the recruitment and retention of Black male teachers by helping fund 55 professional development workshops and providing 800 new teachers with needed classroom supplies.&nbsp; Additionally, through his Lit Labs program that focuses on improving reading scores among students of diverse backgrounds, he distributed 30,000 books to 8,000 Philadelphia children to prevent summer reading gaps and helped improve the average rate gain for young scholars by 70%.
Throughout 2020, Harris used his voice and platform to speak out against systemic injustice and racism, marching in protest of police brutality, calling for reform while in the NBA Bubble and reflecting on racial injustice in The Players&rsquo; Tribune.&nbsp; With actionable change at the center of his efforts, Harris led conversations with teammates and helped launch the VOTE 76 initiative to encourage civic engagement. He was also named as one of two player representatives to the NBA Foundation board, which aims to create greater economic opportunity for Black youth through employment and career advancement.&nbsp;&nbsp;Harris has selected&nbsp;<a href="http://thefundsdp.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://thefundsdp.org/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1623513737585000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEN6_gT0lgvFAla4HBOTQRjOoC2zw">Fund for the School District of Philadelphia</a>&nbsp;as the recipient of his donation.&nbsp;
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Jrue Holiday, Milwaukee Bucks
A longtime advocate for social justice, this past year Jrue Holiday has focused on creating economic opportunity and empowerment in communities of color.&nbsp; Last summer, Holiday pledged the remainder of his 2020 NBA salary to create The Jrue and Lauren Holiday Social Justice Fund, which seeks to combat systemic racism and increase economic equality by providing funding and support to Black-led organizations and businesses.&nbsp; Earlier this season, the fund announced support for 25 nonprofits and historically Black institutions, as well as 23 Black-owned small businesses in Los Angeles, New Orleans and Indianapolis.
In the fall of 2020, Jrue and his wife, Lauren, also partnered with the Wisconsin Women&rsquo;s Business Initiative Corporation to identify small, women- and Black-owned businesses most in need of assistance.&nbsp; After reviewing grant requests, the Holiday family announced funding for seven local businesses in January: Amri Counseling Services, Carter&rsquo;s Quality Care, Hands at Home, Jamaican Season Island Restaurant, Kid&rsquo;s Kingdom, Legacy Home Health Services and The SW.&nbsp; Beyond financial support, the Holidays provide coaching for the JLH Fund grantees to expand funding opportunities and community engagement and work with Microsoft&rsquo;s Nonprofit Tech Acceleration for Black &amp; African American Communities so that all recipients can also receive technology and support services.&nbsp; In Spring 2021, the Holidays opened the second round of applications and surprised a young man&nbsp;battling sickle cell anemia with tickets to a Bucks game in efforts to support the young man and bring awareness to the disorder that disproportionately impacts Black Americans.&nbsp;&nbsp;Holiday has&nbsp;selected&nbsp;<a href="https://expowisconsin.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://expowisconsin.org/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1623513737585000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGx8YxmJHtj_VW8sgElmIMsNmoXcw">EXPO of Wisconsin</a>&nbsp;as the recipient&nbsp;of his donation.
Juan Toscano-Anderson, Golden State Warriors
Juan Toscano-Anderson, whose parents are Black and Mexican American, is focused on empowerment for Latino and Black communities and established the Journey to Achieve (JTA) Foundation to give back to youth and families of color in the Bay Area, Santa Cruz and Mexico.&nbsp; The Oakland native has continued to use his voice&nbsp;to advocate for&nbsp;social justice&nbsp;and equality&nbsp;in the Bay Area.&nbsp;&nbsp;Toscano-Anderson participated in the Warriors&rsquo; VOTERS Win campaign &ndash; a PSA to encourage Black and Latino citizens to vote in the 2020 election and fill out the census &ndash; and led two Walk in Unity events in Oakland, bringing people together to combat oppression, police brutality and social injustice.
To create opportunity and empower young people of color this past year, he has discussed biases with 6th&nbsp;grade students in San Francisco, spoken to more than 3,000 African youth about his journey and overcoming obstacles and supported Digital Nest, a local nonprofit focused on empowering Latinx professionals, in a live Q&amp;A where he discussed his childhood, basketball career and the pride he felt in playing with the Mexican National Team.&nbsp; In continued efforts to support the Latinx community, he addressed more than 2,000 people in Spanish at the D&iacute;a De Los Muertos Film Festival in Watsonville and purchased equipment and materials for&nbsp;Fundacion&nbsp;Unidos Por&nbsp;Chavinda in his family&rsquo;s hometown that provides medicine and food for senior citizens and supports development and life skills for youth.&nbsp;&nbsp;Toscano-Anderson has selected&nbsp;<a href="http://www.homiesempowerment.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.homiesempowerment.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1623513737585000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFxXidiTpSAFQ2VPJn9JsxFGb-Ucg">Homies Empowerment</a>&nbsp;as the recipient of his donation.

Carmelo Anthony, Tobias Harris, Jrue Holiday, Harrison Barnes and Juan Toscano-Anderson are the finalists for the annual award.

NBA shares finalists for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion award

NEW YORK&nbsp;&ndash; As part of NBA All-Star 2021, the NBA today announced additional details regarding the NBA family&rsquo;s collective support for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and communities of color disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.&nbsp; As previously announced, the NBA family, including partners AT&amp;T, MTN DEW&reg;, State Farm&reg; and Taco Bell&reg;, will collectively provide more than $3 million in initial support to the HBCU community through the <a href="https://www.tmcf.org/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA34OBBhCcARIsAG32uvPUoRH6yxXJDaw5A-wdojOzE-dfFGnD2H6TjZAaCJk8DjqzZGKiRZAaAgXzEALw_wcB" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Thurgood Marshall College Fund</a> (TMCF), <a href="https://uncf.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UNCF</a> (United Negro College Fund),&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nafeonation.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Association for Equal Opportunity</a>&nbsp;(NAFEO) and <a href="https://www.directrelief.org/issue/health-equity/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Direct Relief&rsquo;s Fund for Health Equity</a>.
Through contributions and awareness, the NBA family will further the urgent and longstanding work and traditions of these organizations and institutions to create greater educational, financial and health equity.&nbsp; During the past year, public health data has made clear that the cumulative effect of historic racial and economic inequities in our country have worsened the impact of the pandemic on communities of color and predominately Black institutions.&nbsp; HBCUs &ndash; which produce 20 percent of the country&rsquo;s Black college graduates but only account for three percent of all colleges in the United States &ndash; were particularly impacted by COVID-19, experiencing drastic declines in funding and enrollment.&nbsp; To learn more about how the NBA All-Star beneficiaries and public and private institutions are addressing these inequities and meeting the needs of the communities they serve, please visit <a href="https://www.nba.com/news/nba-details-all-star-support-for-hbcus-communities-impacted-by-covid-19">NBA.com</a>.
Below is more information regarding the format and beneficiaries of the All-Star Game, skills competitions and additional elements:
<ul>
<li>NBA All-Star Game: as part of this year&rsquo;s <a href="https://ak-static.cms.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/46/2021/02/2021-NBA-All-Star-Game-Format.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">game format</a>, the two teams will play for either TMCF (comprised of 47 publicly-supported HBCUs) or UNCF (consisting of 37 member colleges) as their respective All-Star beneficiary, which will provide scholarship funding to further HBCU students&rsquo; higher education.
<ul>
<li>Each organization will receive an initial $500,000 contribution, with a total of $1.75 million contributed between the organizations.</li>
<li>At the end of each of the first three quarters, an additional $150,000 will be awarded to the leading team&rsquo;s selected organization &ndash; totaling $450,000 for those three quarters.</li>
<li>A remaining $300,000 will be awarded to the team&rsquo;s organization that first reaches the Final Target Score in the untimed fourth quarter.</li>
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<li>AT&amp;T Slam Dunk:&nbsp;through the&nbsp;<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.tmcf.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/TMCF-COVID-19-HBCU-Emegency-Fund_v2.pdf__;!!PMETyfE!bRFwmp1KIjOhhcZsOsBjrLN08R0AvsJTlnPWOUFAgoKOSpRV6S5vmMrvqw$" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TMCF COVID-19 HBCU Emergency Fund</a>, the three AT&amp;T Slam Dunk contestants will be paired with an HBCU to provide financial support that will benefit students, faculty or programs that address emergency aid, technology needs, food insecurities and mental health services exacerbated by the pandemic. &nbsp;Each HBCU represented by the players will receive a $50,000 donation toward their respective school, with the winner earning an additional $100,000.&nbsp; AT&amp;T will also provide a $100,000 contribution for the three dunkers &ndash; $40,000 for the winner and $30,000 for each runner-up &ndash; and donate $5,000, or &ldquo;5Gs,&rdquo; representative of their nationwide 5G network, toward HBCU student initiatives through TMCF for every dunk during the NBA All-Star Game.&nbsp;&nbsp;AT&amp;T also collaborates with HBCUs on various programs, including the HBCU Future Leaders Program and AT&amp;T HBCU Innovation Challenge, to help eliminate racial bias found in the development of today&rsquo;s technologies, increase education, skills building and career readiness opportunities in Black and other underserved communities.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Taco Bell&reg; Skills Challenge: as part of the Taco Bell&reg; Skills Challenge, the six participants will represent HBCU schools and students from a selected state.&nbsp; An initial donation of $35,000 will be given to students and institutions in each state through <a href="https://uncf.org/pages/cesa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UNCF&rsquo;s Emergency Student Aid</a> program, which provides financial assistance for food and housing, emergency hardship and retention and degree completion to HBCU students.&nbsp; The winning Skills Challenge participant will earn an additional $40,000 to assist with critical financial support to HBCU schools and students from their selected state.&nbsp; Additionally, two HBCU students who are part of the Taco Bell&reg; Foundation&rsquo;s Live M&aacute;s Scholarship will be recognized during All-Star for using their passion to ignite change in their communities.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>MTN DEW&reg; 3-Point Contest: during the MTN DEW&reg; 3-Point Contest, every &ldquo;Moneyball&rdquo; shot made will yield a $3,500 donation, while &ldquo;MTN DEW&reg; Zone&rdquo; shots will be worth $5,000 and benefit Direct Relief&rsquo;s Fund for Health Equity, which addresses gap funding for COVID-19 relief efforts in diverse communities throughout the country.&nbsp; In addition, MTN DEW&reg; &ndash; the official soft drink of the NBA &ndash; will award $100,000 in newly-created MTN DEW&reg; All-Star Scholarships to two students from PepsiCo partner HBCUs during the 3-Point Contest broadcast.&nbsp; As part of PepsiCo&rsquo;s multi-year Racial Equality Journey commitment to support the advancement of the Black community, MTN DEW&reg; developed the MTN DEW&reg; All-Star Scholarship Fund for students from HBCUs who embody the brand&rsquo;s ideals of passion and commitment to make a difference in the sports industry.&nbsp; MTN DEW&reg; believes in the power of doing and instigating more diversity and inclusion in the sports industry.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>The Goodr NBA All-Star Grocery Pop-Up presented by Kaiser Permanente:&nbsp;in partnership with Kaiser Permanente, Goodr will create full-service grocery stores in 16 communities across metro Atlanta, offering free groceries and household items to senior citizens, families, frontline workers, teachers and school staff. &nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>State Farm Assist Tracker: the State Farm Assist Tracker will return for its sixth consecutive All-Star game as part of the season-long commitment from State Farm to turn on-the-court assists into real-life assists in communities across the country.&nbsp; For every assist on the court during this year&rsquo;s NBA All-Star Game, State Farm will donate $1,900 &ndash; reflective of the more than 19,000 local State Farm agents &ndash; toward scholarship funding through the UNCF.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Kia MVP: this year, Kia will donate an all-new, 2021 Sorento SUV to the NBA All-Star Game MVP&rsquo;s team beneficiary.</li>
</ul>
The NBPA will also use the platform, influence and impact of All-Star to increase education around the importance of HBCUs and continue their longstanding engagement and support of these institutions.&nbsp; For the past three years, the union has hosted the NBPA Top 50 camps featuring twenty-five of the best players from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) and the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) for on-court skill development and leadership and life skills sessions off the court led by current and retired NBA players.&nbsp; Additionally, the NBPA Foundation has continued to support HBCU student-athletes through summer school scholarship resources that help facilitate the path to graduation goals for the past two years, including this past year for those who have been particularly impacted by COVID-19.
Throughout the night, HBCUs will be showcased through special performances, unique content and storytelling, and the NBA family will also continue education and awareness efforts around important public health and safety communications.&nbsp; Coverage of the 70th NBA All-Star Game will begin at 5 p.m. ET on TNT.&nbsp; Click <a href="https://www.nba.com/news/nba-all-star-2021-announcement-official-release">here</a> for a full schedule of TNT&rsquo;s coverage of the NBA All-Star Game and skills competitions.

The NBA has provided details about its charitable efforts on All-Star Sunday night.

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Las Vegas to host the 2023 WNBA All-Star Weekend on July 14-15

NBA shares finalists for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion award

NBA to donate over $3 million to HBCUs, COVID-impacted communities of color