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CEO's comments cost firm partnerships with NFL, NBA teams

| June 7, 2020 11:27 AM

CHARLOTTE, Va. (AP) — Charlotte's two professional sports franchises and two universities have canceled their partnerships with a North Carolina home security company after the firm's CEO told an activist he should focus on black-on-black crime rather than the George Floyd protests.

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