NAMES & FACES

Richard Sherman

The Seattle Seahawks’ cornerback says the public isn’t listening to the message NFL players are trying to send with their actions during the national anthem. Though some fans are obsessing about what the players are doing, Sherman said they should be talking about why players are protesting. “More videos have come out of guys getting killed, and I think people are still missing the point,” the Stanford alum said. “The reason these guys are kneeling, the reason we’re locking arms, is to bring people together to make people aware that this is not right.”

Chris Bosh

The Miami Heat forward said in the first chapter of a documentary that he’s releasing through former Miami teammate LeBron James’ “Uninterrupted” digital platform that he felt written off when team doctors advised him that his blood clots likely would be career-ending. Bosh, who has not been cleared to practice but insists he will play this season, said, “If a doctor tells me, ‘Hey, that’s it and this is how it is’ and I don’t buy that, I think that I have the right to disagree with you. I know inside me I have a lot of talent and a lot of ability. And I have it. I know I have it.”