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Jerry Jones responds to LeBron James' criticism of media not asking him about old desegregation protest photo - Fox News
Dec 03, 2022 1 min, 53 secs

LeBron James scolded the media Wednesday for failing to ask him his feelings about an old, resurfaced photo from 1957 of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones at a desegregation protest at North Little Rock High School when Jones was a freshman at the school.

Jones said he was at the protest out of curiosity rather than arguing to keep his school segregated, but James wondered why he was not pressed on the topic.

Despite James' criticism of the Cowboys owner, Jones responded by praising the NBA superstar.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and NBA player LeBron James on the red carpet at the fourth annual Two Kings Dinner hosted by Jay-Z and James at the W Dallas Feb.

"When I watch Kyrie talk, and he says, 'I know who I am, but I want to keep the same energy when we're talking about my people and the things that we've been through,' and that Jerry Jones photo is one of those moments that our people, Black people, have been through in America," James said. .

LeBron James of the Miami Heat throws a football at AT and T Stadium before a game between the New York Giants and the Dallas Cowboys Sept.

"But it seems like, to me, that the whole Jerry Jones situation, photo — and I know it was years and years ago, and we all make mistakes, I get it — but it seems like it's just been buried under, like, 'Oh, it happened.

LEBRON JAMES SCOLDS MEDIA FOR FAILING TO ASK HIM ABOUT JERRY JONES, SUGGESTS RACE HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT.

Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys talks with LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavs during the Cowboys 28-10 win over the Cleveland Browns at Cleveland Browns Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio

James was a fan of the Cowboys but said in October he ended his allegiance because of the team’s stance on kneeling during the national anthem

"There was just a lot of things that was going on during when guys were kneeling, and guys were having freedom of speech," James said

Jones also praised James' football talent from when he was in high school, saying James "would've made a great tight end." James received an offer from the Cowboys during the NBA lockout in 2011

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