By Elaine Briseño ( August 19, 2025, 8:20 PM EDT) -- The NBA secured a partial victory in a religious discrimination lawsuit challenging its COVID-19 protocols, with a Manhattan federal judge tossing the testimony of a fired referee's expert witness and ruling that the league's refusal to let him work unvaccinated was a justified business necessity....
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