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Milwaukee coach Doc Rivers said Friday it was “awful to hear” President Donald Trump baselessly blame diversity initiatives for hurting air safety after the midair collision between a commercial airliner and a U.S. Army helicopter near Washington Reagan National Airport resulted in the deaths of 67 people.
The Wheeler name comes from Joseph Wheeler, a Confederate general who hailed from Georgia and led cavalry for the South in the Civil War, but later went on to serve in the U.S. Army and Congress.
He walked away from the dream to fulfill another, as a platoon leader in the U.S. Army, stationed at Fort Lewis in Washington. “They’ve been tremendously supportive and accepted, ‘Hey, Marshall is his own individual with his own individual passions. It just happens to be that Marshall is not only passionate about basketball, but passionate about the Army and about service,’ ” Plumlee said of his brothers. “They’re probably my biggest cheerleaders on this new team that I’m on. … It took some time for everyone to warm up to the idea because we were a basketball family and that’s all we knew. But seeing how happy I am, seeing how I’ve improved as a person, they know I’m exactly where I’m meant to be.”
He nicked a Knick and hasn’t been able to stay out of trouble since. A US Army vet who got a slap on the wrist for stabbing ex-Knicks player Chris Copeland and then blew the sweetheart deal, landing himself behind bars for six months, has now violated his probation and will have to serve another year.
One of the highest-ranked Army vets believes Dennis Rodman can help make peace with North Korea ... saying Donald Trump should seriously consider meeting with the ex-NBA star to smooth things out with Kim Jong-un. TMZ Sports spoke with Retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré -- who most people remember as the guy who famously led the military recovery efforts during Hurricane Katrina.
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Retired U.S. Army general Martin E. Dempsey - who was named the future chair of USA Basketball on Tuesday - stressed Thursday that players who suit up for the national program are representing their country, not any particular president. "They are not representing President-elect (Donald) Trump," Dempsey told Andy Katz and Rich Klein on the ESPN/ABC News podcast Capital Games. "They are representing the country where we have a system that stood the test of time with three separate and equal branches of government, representing 350 million people.''
An automated logistical and mechanical supply specialist in the U.S. Army for many years, Bentley was honored for her service during Seats for Soldiers Night presented by Harris Corporation at the Orlando Magic’s game against the Utah Jazz on Friday. She, along with about 2,000 other active and retired military personnel and their families, received a standing ovation from the crowd. They also participated in various festivities throughout the night. On top of her heroism to protect the country, Bentley says the Magic’s gratitude and warmth is extremely motivating as she works toward getting back on her feet. “I am so appreciative of everything everybody has done for me,” she said. “I’m speechless.”
A U.S. Army veteran who stabbed hoops star Chris Copeland outside celebrity hangout 1OAK was sentenced to 60 days in jail plus five years’ probation on Wednesday. Shevoy Bleary-Murdock, 23, was originally getting a much sweeter deal for knifing the former Knick outside the Chelsea club on April 8, 2015 — one month of just weekends behind bars.
Get the tissues ready for this one. U.S Army Private Namon Bledsoe wanted to treat his mother Denise Edwards to a special night while he was deployed in South Korea, so he wrote to the Detroit Pistons. From there, it was all magic.
Haywood, 63, is one of 12 finalists, among them former UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian and fellow Las Vegas resident and former NBA star guard Gary Payton. Speaking at the Discovery Children’s Museum, where his company installed the flooring and tiles in the bathrooms, Haywood talked candidly about his life — a life that was never about taking the safe route. “It was that kind of time in American sports,” said Haywood, referring to the early 1970s, during which Flood challenged baseball’s reserve clause and boxing great Muhammad Ali fought for his right to refuse induction into the U.S. Army and not have to fight in Vietnam. “Here’s the thing — I wasn’t looking for trouble. I just wanted to earn a living playing basketball. So when Seattle signed me (in 1970), and the NBA said I couldn’t play, I was angry. I couldn’t provide for my family. So I did what I had to do.”
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Well, it turns out the Knicks can’t even beat the Celtics at a scavenger hunt. Appearing on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” via Skype, Tyson Chandler and Rajon Rondo ran around their homes in search of three items: 1) The last book they each read, 2) an embarrassing item their teammates would make fun of them for owning, and 3) a wig. Rondo being Rondo, he instantly located, “The Other Wes Moore,” a book by one Wes Moore (an Oxford alum, U.S. Army Captain and host of the Oprah Winfrey Network’s “Beyond Belief”) about another Wes Moore (a convicted cop killer). Naturally, Chandler found a basketball-themed book by Jerry West. Advantage Rondo.
During an interview on Jason Whitlock's FoxSports.com podcast, MacMullan described how Phillip Harrison, Shaquille O'Neal's father, a staff sergeant in the United States Army, repeatedly physically abused the NBA legend during his childhood. "It gets lost in the shuffle because people want to talk about Kobe, Pat Riley, and LeBron and all these other famous people," MacMullan said, "but another fascinating part of this book is his father. 'Sarge,' Phillip Harrison, who, frankly, abused him all the way through his life. Physically abused him, beat the living daylights out of him at every turn."
A group of eight NBA players went to Hawaii last week and hefted real M16s in a simulated firefight, got up close with an array of makeshift bombs, heard the coordinates barked for a desert air raid and ran in a stuffy, dimly-lit gym or two with soldiers either just back from, or headed to, Afghanistan and Iraq. Along the way, they showed that, despite the NBA lockout, the league still cares. Or at least some of its players do. The eight players -- Derrick Rose, Al Horford, Brook and Robin Lopez, Tyreke Evans, JaVale McGee, Mike Miller and D.J. Augustin -- did all that as part of a four-day USO tour of Oahu, the first featuring current professional athletes. They met with, and performed for, military personnel at Hickam Air Force Base and the U.S. Army's Schofield Barracks.
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