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Kevin Durant: Meant No Offense In Comments About India
Aaron And Sanya Richards-Ross Welcome Son
Olympic gold medalist Sanya Richards-Ross and her former NFL star hubby Aaron wel-comed their first child Saturday.
Sanya Richards-Ross
and her hubby are officially parents.
The four-time Olympic gold medalist and her two- time Super Bowl cornerback husband, Aaron Ross wel- comed a son. Aaron Jer- maine Ross, II was born on Saturday at 3 a.m.
Shortly after giving birth, Sanya posted to Instagram; “8/12/17.... my prince has ar- rived!!!! There is no greater love #AJRII #FirstTimeMo- mmy #MyLove.”
Tiger Woods, Michael Phelps Congratulate Justin Thomas
JUSTIN THOMAS
Justin Thomas’s first major victory was a huge hit with his fellow golfers in per- son at Quail Hollow and with many athletes across social media.
Leading the congratulatory messages after Thomas won the 99th PGA Championship on Twitter was 14-time major champion Tiger Woods.
“Congrats JT!!!! Way to rise above the carnage and out execute everyone on that back nine,” Woods tweeted.
Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler and several others were waiting for Spieth after he got finished on 18.
“So awesome,” Spieth said.
Ice Cube Has Good Day, Beats LaVar Ball At BIG3 4-Point Challenge
BEAUTY UNLIMITED
VANESSA
This week’s Beauty Unlimited feature is Vanessa. Aspiring to be the best she can be, Vanessa is not afraid to be daring and is willing to make the sacrifices necessary to be successful. Vanessa has a beauty that the camera doesn’t need to capture, because it flows naturally. Congratulations to Vanessa as this week’s Beauty Unlimited feature.
During Sunday's BIG3 four-point challenge against LaVar Ball, it seems as though Ice Cube put his best into it.
The rapper and co- founder of the three-on-three basketball league -- which features a spot on the court for a 4-pointer -- bested the father of Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball during Sunday's showcase at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Ice Cube netted two shots while Ball -- who had a couple air balls -- scored one.
ICE CUBE AND LAVAR BALL
Ball in May to the contest, saying he would buy 10 of Ball's Big Baller Brand sneakers should he lose. Ball accepted the challenge on Fri- day.
Ice Cube had challenged
Warriors Host Cavaliers As
Part Of Christmas Lineup
The Golden State Warriors will face the Cleveland Cava- liers in the centerpiece Christ- mas Day game for the third consecutive season, the NBA revealed Thursday, along with the rest of its high-profile Dec. 25 schedule.
As the defending NBA champions, the Warriors get the reward of being home at Oracle Arena on Christmas and will host the game at 3 p.m. ET, tipping off a triple- header on ABC.
The Cavs beat the War- riors on Christmas last year when Kyrie Irving made a shot with Klay Thompson draped on him with 3.4 sec- onds left in the game.
The NBA also announced
STEPH CURRY AND LEBRON JAMES
the season's featured first week of games. The Warriors and Cavs will both play on opening night, Oct. 17. The Cavs will host the Boston Celtics in a rematch of the Eastern Conference finals in the first game at 8 p.m. ET on TNT, followed by the ring cer- emony at Oracle Arena as the Warriors host the Houston Rockets at 10:30 p.m. ET.
Basketball star Kevin Du- rant has issued an apology for saying India is "20 years behind" and for several other comments about the Asian country.
The Golden State Warriors forward tweeted Friday that he's "sorry that my comments about India were taken out of context."
Durant said he plans to return to India to run more basketball camps and that he meant no disrespect.
Durant traveled to India recently and spoke about the trip in an interview with The Athletic published this week.
In the interview, Durant marveled at the "cows in the street, monkeys running around everywhere, hundreds of people on the side of the road" and visible poverty.
"It's a country that's 20 years behind in terms of knowledge and experience," he said, adding that his visit to
KEVIN DURANT
the Taj Mahal was eye-open- ing and not what he had imag- ined.
He had expected the mon- ument to be "holy ground, super protected, very, very clean," but instead, as he drove up, it reminded him of places where he grew up near Washington, D.C., he said.
"Mud in the middle of the street, houses were not fin- ished but there were people living in them. No doors. No windows ... stray dogs and then, boom, Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders of the world."
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