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CHAMPAIGN — After years away, Meyers Leonard finally returned to the University of Illinois.
Leonard and Elle Leonard, his wife, were honored during the team’s loss to Purdue on Monday for making a $500,000 donation to the renovation of the Ubben basketball complex. That complex was where the two had their first date.
“This university is very special to us,” Leonard said.
But the donation or history wasn’t what stood out about Leonard’s return; it was the response to the last time he made headlines.
Leonard was suspended from the NBA, traded, and later cut after using an anti-Semitic slur on a Twitch stream playing “Call of Duty: Warzone” in March. Leonard, 29, said he didn’t know what the slur meant at the time.
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