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A rivalry game between two Washington high schools comes down to the last shot and the most unlikely thing happens. The result? The dreaded non-ending.
Dennis Rodman apologized Thursday for comments he made in North Korea about a detained American missionary, saying he had been drinking and was under pressure as he organized a game with former NBA players.
Dennis Rodman sang “Happy Birthday” to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before leading a squad of former NBA stars in a friendly game Wednesday as part of his “basketball diplomacy” that has been criticized in the U.S. as naive and laughable.
Three players for UTEP’s men’s basketball team bet on at least one sporting event, a university official said Tuesday, and they are no longer enrolled at the school.
The group of NBA players scheduled to play with Dennis Rodman against a team of North Koreans on Wednesday privately expressed second thoughts about going ahead because of an outpouring of criticism back home in the U.S.
