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Olympic Gold Medalist Simone Biles Says She Was Sexually Assault By Team Doc Too
Simone Biles says she was abused and sexually assaulted too by national team’s doctor for four Olympic Games, Larry Nassar.
Houston Players Suspended Two Games For Charging Into Clippers’ Locker Room
Trevor Ariza (#1) of the Hous- ton Rockets is restrained by an assistant coach.
Houston Rockets forward Trevor Ariza and guard Ger- ald Green have each been sus- pended two games without pay for entering the Los Angeles Clippers’ locker room to con- front a player from the oppos- ing team, it was announced today by Kiki VanDeWeghe, Executive Vice President, Bas- ketball Operations.
The incident occurred fol- lowing the Clippers’ 113-102 win over the Rockets on Jan. 15 at Staples Center. During the league’s investigation, which in- cluded more than 20 interviews with executives, staff, coaches and players from both teams, as well as arena personnel, it was determined that Ariza and Green entered the Clippers’ locker room immediately after the game and engaged in a hos- tile, verbal altercation with sev- eral Clippers players. The league’s investigation further concluded that Rockets players, James Harden and Chris Paul, followed Ariza and Green into the corridor out- side the locker room in an effort to defuse the situation, and ac- cordingly, discipline is not war- ranted.
Charles Barkley: Cavaliers Will Not Make NBA Finals
Olympic gymnast Simone Biles is saying “Me Too.” The 20-year-old athlete is accusing former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar of sex- ually abusing and assaulting her.
In a text post shared to her Twitter page, the gold medal- ist wrote, “I, too, am one of the many survivors that was sexu- ally abused by Larry Nassar. There are many reasons that I have been reluctant to share my story, but I know now that it is not my fault.
Nassar, who was the na- tional team’s doctor for four Olympic Games, has been ac-
cused by several gymnasts of sexual abuse and assault in- cluding Biles’ teammates Gabby Douglas and Aly Raisman. 2012’s “Fierce Five” team member McKayla Maroney is reportedly suing USA Gymnastics for extorting her in an attempt to conceal her claims of Nassar’s abuse.
He plead guilty in Novem- ber to seven counts of criminal conduct, and he admitted to using his position to sexually assault young girls as young as 13 years old. His sentencing was on Tuesday (Jan. 16) for 10 state counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct.
Looks like LeBron James will have his latest rea- son to be annoyed with Charles Barkley.
Speaking on TNT prior to Monday’s Golden State War- riors-Cleveland Cavaliers game, Barkley predicted that the Cavaliers would not reach the NBA Finals this year:
The Cavs and Warriors have met in the Finals for three straight seasons, with the Warriors winning the first and third series between the teams.
This time around, it cer- tainly seems less likely that the Cavs make it back to the Finals compared to past seasons.
Cleveland experienced a major change in the offseason when Kyrie Irving was traded to Boston for Isaiah Thomas. Thomas is coming back from a hip injury, and it’s hard to know how well the
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team will play with him and whether he’ll regain full strength. Meanwhile, Boston has looked strong since the start of the season and seems to be legitimate competition for the Cavs.
Even if the Cavs do make it back, they don’t seem to be as strong as they were in past years.
Still, these comments will do nothing to mend the rela- tionship between Chuck and LeBron, which has been strained over notable past in- cidents.
Danica Patrick Confirms She Is Dating Aaron Rodgers
U. S. Men And Women’s Bobsled Teams Have Multiple Black Team Members
Danica Patrick con- firmed Monday she is dating Green Bay Packers quarter- back Aaron Rodgers.
“Yes, Aaron and I are dat- ing,” Patrick told the Associ- ated Press, via TMZ.
Patrick said the pair met at the 2012 ESPYs and stayed friendly — and that she’s switching her allegiances from being a fan of the rival Chicago Bears to root for Rodgers’s Packers.
“I am probably going to
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cheer for the whole team,” Patrick said. “Take out the word ‘probably.’ Now I’m going to cheer for the whole team.”
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Rumors have hounded the pair since they were pho- tographed having dinner to- gether over the weekend in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Nicholas Taylor, Christopher Kinney and Hakeem Abdul-Sa- boor are the 3 Black men who will go to Korea for the Winter Olympics as members of the Bob- sled team.
The U.S. bobsled team for the 2018 Winter Olympics was announced this week, and it features a diverse lineup, with a number of bobsledders of color.
On the men’s side, these athletes include: Hakeem Abdul-Saboor, Nicholas Taylor and Christopher Kinney.
On the women’s team se- lected will be 4 Black mem- bers of the 5-member team.
The four athletes who have been selected to the 2018 U.S. Olympic Women’s Bobsled Team to compete in Pyeongchang, South Korea are: Pilots Elana Meyers Taylor (Douglasville, Ga.) and Jamie Greubel Poser
On Paul Pierce Day
The Women’s team consists of 5 members selected from the U. S. Women’s Bobsled National Team. Left to right, Aja Evans, Lauren Gibbs, Elana Meyers Taylor, Jamie Greubel Poser, and Briauna Jones (Photo/Molly Choma/USA Bobsled & Skele- ton).
(Newtown, Pa.) , Lauren Gibbs (Los Angeles, Calif.) earned her spot in the back of Meyers Taylor’s sled, while 2014 Olympic bronze medal teammates Greubel Poser and Aja Evans (Chicago, Ill.) will once again be paired to- gether in Pyeongchang.
Briauna Jones (Char- lotte, N.C.) has been selected as a replacement athlete and will travel to Pyeongchang. Jones can substitute for competing athletes during training runs, and is eligible to compete in the event of an injury or illness.
Paul Pierce
apparently has won his staring contest with Isa- iah Thomas.
The former
Celtics guard
tweeted on Tues-
day that he no THOMAS longer wants Boston to play a video tribute of him when his new team, the Cleveland Cava- liers, visit TD Garden on Feb. 11.
There was a controversy that arose earlier this month over what would happen on Feb. 11. Pierce is set to have his jersey retired by the franchise that day, and he said he didn’t want anything else (like a Thomas tribute) taking atten- tion away from his day.
Thomas had an opportu- nity to receive a tribute from the Celtics on Jan. 3, but he de- clined because he was not play- ing and he wanted his family to be able to attend to enjoy it.
Longer Wants Tribute
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