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The U.S. Senator triumphed over late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel in their much-hyped charity basketball game that Kimmel dubbed the Blobfish Basketball Classic. With each basket worth a single point, Cruz topped Kimmel 11-9 in a two-hour one-on-one match they agreed to abbreviate Saturday at Texas Southern University after neither appeared capable of reaching 15 points and winning by two.
Keep this quiet, because I don't want to jinx a miracle: A bunch of young men have been dribbling this month during the college basketball tournament called March Madness, and guess what? Neither they nor those in their world have inspired a tweet from the White House. To the delight of us who want a drama-free Final Four this weekend in San Antonio, Donald Trump is preoccupied with other stuff, ranging from the firing of folks to the wrath of a porn star.
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President Donald Trump attacked the National Football League Friday and basketball star Stephen Curry Saturday, and he is now warring with star athletes and not North Korea's Kim Jong Un. "Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, 'Get that son of a bitch off the field right now, out, he's fired.
She characterized the incident as a "new trend in the threat we face", in that attackers are copying the methods of similar attacks. May said the attacks weren't directly connected, but that "terrorism breeds terrorism" and attackers copy one another.
Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo wears a shirt to honor NBA broadcaster Craig Sager who died earlier before an NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016, in Milwaukee. . Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo and Jabari Parker wear shirts to honor NBA broadcaster Craig Sager who died earlier before an NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016, in Milwaukee.
Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James watches as President Barack Obama greets members of the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team members and staff after honoring the 2016 NBA Champions during a ceremony, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington.
The Akron, Ohio-based NBA star exclusively announced his decision in an op-ed published on Business Insider Sunday evening . His op-ed will also run in the local paper, the Akron Beacon Journal, which has endorsed Clinton for president .
As the drumbeat for gender equity in soccer grows louder with the approach of the Olympics in Rio, there are signs that women's issues are being taken seriously by FIFA. Critics say it's a positive and long overdue step to shattering the governing body's reputation as an old boys' club.