Seattle Storm veteran Sue Bird knows she has often stayed silent on racial justice issues, a fact she admitted to in her ESPYs monologue. That's not the case anymore. Beyond writing with Ogwumike about the role of the WNBA in the fight for social justice, Bird was the player who suggested wearing "Vote Warnock" T-shirts as a way to leverage the WNBA's political influence. (Rev. Raphael Warnock is an Atlanta pastor running against Sen. Kelly Loeffler, an Atlanta Dream coowner who opposed the WNBA's support of Black Lives Matter movement.) "This is our moment to prove that we know a better world is one where Black Lives are valued," Bird said in her ESPYs opening.
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