Joel Embiid shoving incident a microcosm of our society’s loss of respect for one another

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Joel Embiid’s postgame media gaggle went off without issue Tuesday night in New York, following the Philadelphia 76ers’ loss to the Knicks. There was no emotional confrontation between him and a reporter, unlike the previous week when he cursed and shoved a Philadelphia Inquirer columnist for writing a piece he viewed as crossing the line between professional and personal commentary. Dustups between professional athletes and reporters are as old as the games themselves, with the earliest known h

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