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LOS ANGELES -- Carmelo Anthony praised Michael Jordan for speaking out Monday on the countrys growing racial and social unrest while also saying it was about time Jordan stepped up and took a stance and put his money where his mouth is at with two grants of $1 million each to two organizations working to build trust between the police and their communities.I thought it was brilliant and about time that he stepped up and said what he said, Anthony said later Monday after a meeting with community leaders in Los Angeles. At the end of the day, amongst us, he is our face. He is an African-American and a very powerful African-American, so for him to step up in the midst of these times right now, it was very big on his behalf. Its not always about the money, but for him to step up and put his money where his mouth is at, the timing was perfect.On Monday, Anthony, along with Tamika Catchings and other members of USA Basketball mens and womens national teams, met with community leaders at the Challengers Boys & Girls Club in Los Angeles for two hours in what was billed as Leadership Together: A Conversation with Our Sons & Daughters. About 200 people were in attendance, including Deputy Chief William Scott of the Los Angeles Police Department; Calvin Lyons, the president and CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Los Angeles; and Charisse Bremond-Weaver, the president of the Brotherhood Crusade.We had a bunch of youth and a bunch of police officers and bunch of community leaders of all races and ethnicities, and it was an open forum and an open dialogue and an honest conversation, Anthony said. We came together as one big group first and we discussed some things, and then we broke down into eight small groups, and each group had athletes, officers and community leaders. We just talked about the issues that are going on out there today, and we talked about solutions. Now, there were a lot of solutions going on out there today, but we know that nothing is going to happen overnight. But what we wanted to do was create something that we can start right now and continue when we leave here.Anthonys vision for Mondays meeting in Los Angeles -- as well as opening the ESPYS earlier this month with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Paul, each of them urging their fellow athletes to be active socially -- came to him in the middle of the night as he watched racial and social unrest unfolding each day on television.It started 3 oclock in the morning one night after watching CNN all day and watching all the tragedies that were happening back to back to back, Anthony said. It took me a while to get to that point because a lot of times when things happen like that, everybody quickly jumps on social media and everybody has an opinion. Nobody knows the facts and nobody knows whats going on. Were quick to say Black Lives Matter without knowing both sides of the story. So I wanted to take my time.I wasnt going to say anything at first because I like to stay behind the scenes. I went to bed and I woke up in the middle of the night and I just started typing, and as I was typing, I spoke from the heart. The first thing that came to my mind was I have to get my fellow athletes to step up and use their voice and use their platform in the best way that they can. It went from an Instagram post to me getting [James, Wade and Paul] to open up the ESPYS, which was a big platform for us. ... Were just going to keep the conversation going.On Saturday, the WNBA withdrew fines for teams and players who wore warm-up shirts in a show of support for citizens and police involved in recent shootings. Catchings, who is retiring at the end of the season and is the president of the players union, said the issues affecting men today also affect women, and stressed that it was important for all sides in the discussion to be educated.Weve been able to stand up the last couple of weeks in what weve done with wearing the black shirts and being able to have a voice and use our platform, Catchings said. Coming here and listening to the young men and women, were all struggling and were all hurting and feeling disrespected to a certain extent, but what comes out of today is being educated and being able to hear stories from the cop side and from the youth side.Anthonys goal is that Mondays conversation will be the first of several that take place across the country over the next year with not only NBA and WNBA players but athletes in all sports and community leaders in their respective cities.There were some very, very powerful messages that were talked about amongst not just us as athletes, but the youth, he said. The youth really, really spoke out today about how they feel about their community and how they feel about police officers and how they feel about relationships and how we can mend these relationships. 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Zvonareva made her comeback in January in Shenzhen and played in the Australian Open but lost her first matches at both tournaments.Now the AFL minor premiership marathon has been won, Sydney coach John Longmire is looking to maintain his sides sizzling form through the finals after a crushing 113-point victory over Richmond at the SCG.The Swans clinched top spot in breathtaking fashion, with Lance Franklin kicking seven goals, Ben McGlynn a career-equal-best five and Gary Rohan four in Saturdays 25.14 (164) to 7.9 (51) victory.It was Sydneys sixth straight win and their fourth by 67 points or more in that period, though fading North Melbourne were their only top-eight opponent in that time.Richmonds 14th loss of the season leaves them in 13th place, which is their lowest placing since they finished 15th in coach Damien Hardwicks first year in charge in 2010.At one stage, Sydney piled on 70 successive points and they led by as much as 136 in the final quarter before the Tigers kicked four of the last five goals in a belated show of defiance.The contest was a stark contrast with their first meeting this season, when Richmond won by one point following a goal after the siren.Richmond didnt kick their first goal until the second quarter and trailed by 31, 81 and 123 at the breaks.The Swans fast ball movement and unrelenting pressure proved far too much for a Richmond side lacking the talent, intensity and experience to compete for a full game.Josh Kennedy spearheaded a dominannt Sydney midfield, youngster Isaac Heeney looked sharp and a miserly defensive unit kept the clamps on the Tigers forwards.ddddddddddddI thought our players, the way we went about it, was fantastic and really didnt give them a look in, Longmire said after Sydneys biggest score and winning margin in three years.Longmire spent little time savouring just the third minor premiership in his clubs history.Its important to play well for the year. Its a marathon to get to this point, Longmire said.But the reality is that season has now finished and a new season is about to begin and hopefully weve got some confidence in the football we like to play and thats what we take into this new season.Longmire praised Franklin for his outstanding pressure rather than his goal haul, and said the star forward had played well the whole year.Hardwick said the season had been a kick in the backside, and he was more disappointed than relieved their underwhelming campaign had finished.We played a side tonight that was playing for something. They are an incredible side, Hardwick said.But we were probably looking more for season 2017 more so than the result tonight.When youve got a young side youve got to take your chances early and we didnt. ' ' '