In what appears to be a match made in heaven, outspoken basketball father LaVar Ball has started a feud with ESPN. Ball, the father of LiAngelo and LaMelo of Lithuania’s Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas and Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo, cut ESPN
A new report suggests that the fate of three UCLA basketball players arrested in China for shoplifting may have been determined before President Donald Trump attempted to plead on their behalf.
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UCLA has announced that freshmen basketball players Cody Riley and Jalen Hill, will be suspended at least through the end of the 2017/2018 season, a report says.
LiAngelo Ball’s relationship with UCLA did not last very long, in fact it spanned all of one exhibition game and a brief trip to China. However, according to Ball, in one of his final acts as a Bruin, he followed the university’s instructions to thank President Trump for his release.
President Trump has had other, bigger and better things to do lately than continue a Twitter feud with LaVar Ball. Apparently not taking this well, LaVar Ball attempted to re-start the war of words with a tweet on Thursday night.
Tuesday on CNN’s “New Day,” LaVar Ball discussed withdrawing his son LiAngelo out of UCLA following his arrest and suspension for shoplifting in China. Ball plans to prepare his son for the NBA. The outspoken father refused to thank President
LaVar Ball couldn’t get his son out of China without President Trump’s help. However, the professional loudmouth can and reportedly will, get his son out of UCLA.
TMZ Sports recently caught up with outspoken Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban, and asked what he thought about the controversy between LaVar Ball and President Donald Trump. As far as Cuban is concerned, Ball is acting just like Trump.
In an extraordinary interview Monday with CNN’s Chris Cuomo on “CNN Tonight,” Lavar Ball, father of UCLA Basketball’s LiAngelo Ball, explained that President Donald Trump would have gotten a “thank you” from him had he flown his son and the other two
Monday on Fox Sports 1’s “Undisputed,” host Shannon Sharpe sided with President Donald Trump after the president lamented working with Chinese government to get three UCLA basketball players released after they were detained on shoplifting charges because LaVar Ball, the father of one of the players, acted like
Sunday on “CNN Newsroom,” Brian Stelter reacted to President Donald Trump calling out LaVar Ball, outspoken father of UCLA Basketball’s LiAngelo Ball, for not crediting the president for getting his son released by the Chinese after a shoplifting charge. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/932303108146892801
President Donald Trump attacked the former basketball player turned media personality LaVar Ball on Sunday evening, claiming that he had been “very ungrateful” after Trump’s intervention saved his son from a prison sentence in China.
LaVar Ball, father of LiAngelo Ball, a UCLA basketball player recently released by the Chinese after being detained on shoplifting charges, has recently taken issue with President Trump’s role in his son’s release.
UCLA basketball star LiAngelo Ball and two other players were arrested in China for shoplifting — a crime that carries a ten-year sentence there — and President Donald Trump intervened, asking Chinese President Xi Jinping to look into the case. Chinese authorities have since freed the players, but now, LiAngelo’s father, LaVar Ball, has dismissed the president’s efforts.
President Donald Trump accepted the thanks from three UCLA basketball players after they were released from China for shoplifting.
LiAngelo Ball and two other UCLA basketball players have finally been allowed to leave China after being accused of shoplifting while in Hangzhou, and ESPN host Tony Kornheiser thinks President Donald Trump is the one man the players need to thank for their freedom.
“Do you think the three UCLA Basketball Players will say thank you President Trump?” Trump asked. “They were headed for 10 years in jail!”
President Donald J. Trump reportedly appealed directly to China’s leader, Xi Jinping, to help resolve the case of three UCLA basketball players, including star player LiAngelo Ball, arrested and charged with shoplifting during the team’s visit to Hangzhou, China.
LiAngelo Ball and two of his UCLA teammates could face a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison if they are convicted after being arrested, Tuesday, for shoplifting while visiting Shanghai, China.
