{"id":3758,"date":"2026-03-10T15:30:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T15:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/michelle-beadle-slams-luke-kornet-over-hawks-magic-city-game\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T15:30:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T15:30:52","slug":"michelle-beadle-slams-luke-kornet-over-hawks-magic-city-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/michelle-beadle-slams-luke-kornet-over-hawks-magic-city-game\/","title":{"rendered":"White Sports Journalist Michelle Beadle Slams Luke Kornet For Hatin\u2019 On Atlanta Hawks x Magic City Game"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The NBA<\/a> has multiple storylines in the news cycle now that the season is in its home stretch, and teams are jockeying for playoff position and superlative awards. However, for the past two weeks, there has been no storyline as polarizing and discussed as the Atlanta Hawks theme night collaboration with Magic City<\/a>. Pundits, players, and social media pontificators have all weighed in following the public statement released by San Antonio Spurs bench player Luke Kornet. BOSSIP<\/em> previously reported on controversy and the subsequent cancellation of the event that was announced last night (March 9).<\/p>\n

Hawks fans who actually live in Atlanta voiced their displeasure that the team folded to the NBA while these talking heads who have zero investment in the city, or fans yap disingenuously about \u201cprotecting women and children.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Current ESPN personality David Dennis Jr. made it plain in a different way. <\/p>\n

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According to the Toronto Sun<\/a><\/em>, former ESPN host Michelle Beadle, a white woman, is not one of those people\u2014a righteously indignant talking head. Beadle took Kornet to task for his unmelanated meddling during a recent episode of Beadle & Decker.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cAs a woman, I am not offended by the idea of Magic Monday,\u201d Beadle said. \u201cI cannot say this enough, Magic City, for anyone who\u2019s been to Atlanta, it\u2019s not just a t\u2014- bar. I feel like that\u2019s sort of the vibes that maybe people are getting.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

She continued:<\/p>\n

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\u201cSecondly, and more importantly is, thank you, White Knight. We don\u2019t need this. I\u2019ve had enough of men telling us what we can and shouldn\u2019t and what we should want and what we should need and how we should act. No. No, no, these are not trafficked 12-year-olds, OK? We have that and none of those people are being brought forward. This is not that. These are grown-a\u2013 women who have a job.\u201c<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The fact that people keep trying to insist that the Magic City dancers are being sex trafficked, pimped, and otherwise abuse<\/span>d says more about their views of women\u2019s agency than their fake attempts to \u201cprotect.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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