Chinese media remove Celtics games after ‘Free Tibet’ statements


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By ESPN NEWS SERVICES Boston Celtics games have been pulled off Chinese media after center Enes Kanter tweeted a two-minute video of himself expressing support for Tibet and wore shoes with the phrase “Free Tibet” on them during Wednesday night’s game against the New York Knicks. “I’m here to add my voice and speak out about what is happening in Tibet. Under the Chinese government’s brutal rule, Tibetan people’s basic rights and freedoms are nonexistent,” Kanter said in the video posted Wednesday on Twitter and Instagram. He called Chinese President Xi Jinping a “brutal dictator” in the text when he...