GHLIGHT REELCook, a freshman, continues to show off his athleticism and leaping abil

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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Capitals head coach Adam Oates said Ovechkin was injured in the first period against the Vancouver Canucks on Monday and clarified it was not a head injury.IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Peter Jok scored 20 of his 27 points in the first half and Iowa cruised to a 95-67 win over Texas Rio Grande Valley on Sunday.Tyler Cook scored 15 points and Isaiah Moss had a career-high 14 for the Hawkeyes (3-1), who shot 51 percent from the field and scored 41 points off 26 Vaqueros turnovers.Iowa went on a 26-7 run in the middle of the game to pull away from UTRGV -- including a faster start to the second half that coach Fran McCaffery has wanted from his young team.McCaffery watched his Hawkeyes turn a two-point halftime lead into a 53-47 deficit in Thursdays loss against Seton Hall -- an eight-point swing in 4 1/2 minutes. On Sunday, Iowa pushed a 46-33 lead at the break to 20 points in just a few minutes.Im really proud of how aggressively our team came out during the second half and executed, said forward Nicholas Baer, who had eight points and seven rebounds. I think thats something weve been struggling with.Jok, Iowas top scorer and lone returning starter from last season, left a few minutes into the second half after a knee-to-knee collision with a defender during a drive to the rim.Jok -- who 9-of-13 shooting, including 5-of-8 3-pointers, in 19 minutes -- stayed in to shoot his two free throws, but didnt play after that as a precaution. Jok wanted to go back in the game to test his knee, but McCaffery wasnt having it.The last thing I wanted to do was put him back in there and have something happen to him, McCaffery said.Antonio Green scored 17 points to lead UTRGV (0-4), which out-rebounded Iowa 43-38.Iowas Brady Ellingson scored 11 points.BIG PICTUREIowa:: The Hawkeyes needed this pick-me-up after Thursdays tough loss to Seton Hall.dddddddddddd Iowa still struggled from the foul line, hitting 20 of 30 attempts. Its an area the Hawkeyes need to clean up as the competition stiffens.UTRGV: The winless Vaqueros have struggled to find consistent offense this season. Turnovers are a big reason why. UTRGV has averaged 24.3 turnovers in its last three games, including a season-high tying 26 against the Hawkeyes.HIGHLIGHT REELCook, a freshman, continues to show off his athleticism and leaping ability, finishing four big dunks in the first half.During one stretch late in the half, Dom Uhl drove the lane and tossed an alley-oop to Cook for the two-handed slam. Less than a minute later, Christian Williams passed back to Cook in transition for an easy, wide-open dunk.INJURIESIowas Dale Jones did not play after suffering a fractured wrist in Thursdays game against Seton Hall. The backup forward is expected to miss 8-9 weeks.Jones, a senior co-captain who transferred to Iowa from junior college in 2015, played in only six games last year before a knee injury ended his season. He was expected to add depth to the teams frontcourt rotation this season.UP NEXTIowa faces a huge challenge in No. 8 Virginia on Friday in the Emerald Coast Classic in Florida. The Hawkeyes will play either Providence or Memphis on Saturday to wrap up the tournament.UTRGV goes for its first win of the season against Southeast Missouri State on Tuesday. ' ' '