Curry, Barkley Headline Panelists in 'Race and Sports in America: Conversations', Monday at 8 p.m. ET

Hosted by NBC Sports’ Damon Hack, Primetime Special to Cover Social Justice, Conversations on Race & How Sports Can Combat Inequality

(LAKE TAHOE, Nev.) – Monday at 8 p.m. ET, celebrity athletes – including two-time NBA MVP Stephen Curry and Basketball Hall-of-Famer and TNT NBA analyst Charles Barkley – will be featured on Race and Sports in America: Conversations, a wide-ranging roundtable discussion special that will simulcast on GOLF Channel, NBC Sports Network (NBCSN), NBC Sports Regional Networks and the Olympic Channel.

“We have to continue to double down and keep people accountable in all walks of life, all industries, all forms of leadership, the judicial system. And hopefully for my kids’ generation, their kids, we will see change.” – Stephen Curry

“This crap started 400 years ago. We can't do anything about that. We can't do anything about systematic racism. What I challenge every Black person, every White person to do: What can I do today going forward? And you have to tell yourself, ‘I want to be part of the solution, not part of the problem.’ Because if you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem.”  – Charles Barkley

Hosted by Damon Hack (GOLF Channel / NBC Sports), and filmed Thursday at the American Century Championship golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, the one-hour primetime special will focus on topics ranging from social justice, locker room conversations about race, and ways that sports can help combat inequality. Additional subjects will include the relationship between athletes and law enforcement, reaction to George Floyd’s death and reflections on personal experiences in the weeks since, as well as thoughts on what the conversations should be a year from now.

Additional athletes joining Curry and Barkley on Race & Sports in America include:
- James Blake – 10-time ATP tennis champion
- Troy Mullins – World Long Drive competitor
- Anthony Lynn – Los Angeles Chargers Head Coach
- Jimmy Rollins – World Series champion Shortstop
- Kyle Rudolph – Minnesota Vikings Tight End
- Ozzie Smith – Major League Baseball Hall-of-Famer

Pro Football Hall-of-Famer Jerome Bettis also sat down with Damon Hack for an extended one-on-one interview that will be available on NBC Sports’ digital and podcast platforms in conjunction with the television airing.

The panel of participants all competed in the American Century Championship, a 54-hole tournament that took place at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in Lake Tahoe.