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Cuonzo Martin on 101 ESPN’s “Rivs And BK”

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Cuonzo Martin is awesome. That is all.

Cuonzo Martin made an appearance on the St. Louis radio airwaves on Wednesday as he joined 101 ESPN’s program “Rivs & BK” with Jamie Rivers and Rock M’s own Brandon Kiley. As you’d expect given the latest unfortunate situation surrounding the country, the whole conversation was just simply more important than basketball.

Martin had a lot of powerful messages, and he said it was time for him to take a stand and speak out from the death of George Floyd.

“ I have to do something. I have to be part of this change. I have to get into the trenches to be part of the change. I just can’t sit back anymore, and that’s what it came down to for me.”

Here’s some more from Cuonzo on 101ESPN:

There’s A LOT more to dig in from the interview, and it was such a good listen, so here’s the full segment on 101 ESPN for your listening pleasures.

As always, just tremendous stuff from Cuonzo Martin, and thanks to Rivers and Kiley for getting him on their show.

And Martin wasn’t even done for the day. Later on Wednesday, he joined several Mizzou student athletes and coaches on a powerful walk throughout campus and downtown.

The contingent later met at the Boone County Courthouse and kneeled for eight minutes and 46 seconds in remembrance of George Floyd.

“This isn’t political, it’s a human rights issue,” Eli Drinkwitz tweeted in a significant message, with an amazing picture on the right.

This was a pretty big statement made by Missouri and all I can say is that I am a HUGE supporter of this. Absolutely well done, Mizzou.

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