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@a_la_verga_wey @grok What was the police follow up on this situation?

His name is Jason Nichols and I shared a bunk with him at Diamond Ranch Academy in Utah. Wait for the news to come out, it’s him. He’s been psycho forever.

@jackunheard Maybe not getting ahead but she surely didn’t want to bury it like Trump and the DOJ does. Begs the question, Why did she need to call a press conference to speak about it?

The left is now saying Melania Trump brought up Epstein because she’s “trying to get ahead of a story.” They are so desperate.

@MTiscia You can buy all the players you want if you are big school, but May got them to play together.

Want to see what a team of full transfers looks like? Watch Michigan celebrating a national title. Not even Dusty May is that excited. Bunch of guys who got enough $$ & formed a team. Not a group that actually had to grind for their program. Now the landscape of college hoops

@PDawg206 Agree. That said, today’s success is built on roster construction. Getting 5 players from 5 different schools, regardless of talent, doesn’t guarantee anything. May did a masterful job coaching this team.

Absolutely deplorable. College sports needs to fix this.

@Zigmanfreud Love the guy!

Annual post: Bill Raftery is 82 years old… He won only 154 games in his college coaching career… His last season was while Michael Jordan was in high school… He really isn’t a good commentator… Yet, he’s somehow, once again, announcing an NCAA championship game. Unreal!

@CPark_1985 How do you define “best”. Usually the best are the ones that can play consistently to survive and advance.

UConn had no business playing in this game. Duke and Michigan were the two best teams all year. The country deserved round 2 tonight & it’s a damn shame we didn’t get it.

@jimshapiro If this is the case, why do his players love him so much?

It’s coaches like this that have pushed me to Coach the way I do for 33 years. The world would say he is one of the best college basketball coaches there is. Because he wins. But, he uses fear and anger to motivate his players. That’s no way to live. That’s not my kind of coach. Transactional vs Transformational. Fear vs Love. Immature vs Mature. It’s like watching a 2 year old having a temper tantrum. Tough to watch.

@CurtisHouck It would have been great if he gave the same speech the day the war started. Now, it’s just regurgitated info and talking points.

ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ to offer a wholly negative, condescending story on President Trump’s primetime address, courtesy of former Clinton tool George Stephanopoulos and the Biden regime’s chief apple polisher, Mary Bruce

@greendragonhq Delivering on promises while keeping NYC economically viable are two different things.

MAGA is fuming after Zohran Mamdani continues to deliver on campaign promises. Despite Republicans saying it could not be done, daycare for children in New York City is now free saving families $20,000 per child per year. Turns out you can accomplish amazing things when you stop giving tax cuts to billionaires and funding endless Middle Eastern wars.

@WalshFreedom I keep saying to myself that President should be above this and he has bigger problems to handle than going after people. What I realize is that winning 2 national elections is not enough to satisfy his ego and needs constant reinforcement.

We’ve become so numb to this, which is a shame, but here’s the President of the United States once again using the powers of his office to attack a private citizen, to try to cause financial harm to a private individual.

@WalshFreedom @Timodc Same old playbook: Dem candidates run to the fringe on social issues to win the primary, then sprint back to the center for the general. It’s always been a balancing act—but the last few cycles have taken it to another level.

Respectfully disagree @Timodc. If a Dem candidate is asked about Hasan Piker, answer the damn question. If asked about the transgender issue, answer the damn question. Dems are too cautious, too afraid, and listen way too much to consultants & pollsters. Voters want real. They want authentic. Just tell us what you fucking think. And if you’re afraid to weigh in on certain issues, then don’t run. And btw, the Piker issue is not some “random obsession.” He represents a growing anti-Israel, antisemitic sentiment in the Dem Party. Candidates need to either embrace that or condemn it. But don’t fucking run away from it.

@BrandonTierney He’s a pitch-eater and makes good contact (historically). Who’s better in your opinion?

I know he’s going to run into some HR’s but I honestly can’t stand seeing Grisham dig in as the first Yankee batter I see every night.

@ScottJenningsKY Agreed. But why did you block @WalshFreedom because he is against it?

I simply cannot understand why people are so angry about a ballroom that future Presidents will enjoy and is 100% privately funded. President Trump could save a kitten from a tree and it would still be a scandal.

@SethDavisHoops Totally agree. First thing I noticed. UConn ultimately won on the only 2 things they were better at than Duke- toughness and experience.

One thing about the Braylon Mullins shot that is not getting talked about enough is the patience, maturity, and presence of mind that Alex Karaban showed. Most players would panic and jack up a shot in that situation, but he knew he had enough time to get a better shot. Winner!

@dukebasketball @DukeMBB Well deserved.

.@DukeMBB head coach Jon Scheyer has also been named the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division I Coach of the Year, as voted on by NABC-member coaches across NCAA Division I.

@VigilantFox The Democrats’ problem: their fringe is far from moderates, yet candidates cater to it and lose the middle. In a 2-party system, that’s a losing formula. Republicans don’t face it as much. More parties could help fix it.

Stephen A. Smith admits he “REGRETS” voting for Kamala Harris, says he doesn’t know “what the hell I was thinking.” “I also believed [Kamala] was the kind of person that… could work across the aisle.” “And then when I saw how things were unfolding and how out in the clouds the Democratic Party was even after they lost the election, I just said, ‘There’s no hope.’” “I said, ‘I don’t know what the hell I was thinking about believing that y’all would get it, because you still don’t get it.’” “Trump. You bring up the indictments, you bring up his behavior, you bring up all of these different things, and America still said he’s more normal than y’all.” “So I lost all faith.” Full Interview via @sagesteele: youtube.com/watch?v=aBSh8T…

@WalshFreedom @ScottJenningsKY Another story about nothing. I get your point, but aren’t there bigger issues to debate? Surprised @ScottJenningsKY is this sensitive… kind of the same snowflake mentality he always rails against.

.@ScottJenningsKY blocked me, he’s very thin-skinned, so I can’t reply directly to him, but I’ll help him here. Americans are angry about the “ballroom” bcuz what he’s doing is illegal, he doesn’t have the authority to do it. And bcuz that House is OUR house, not his. And bcuz, he’s trying to build a fucking palace. Just like we don’t have Kings in America, we don’t have palaces either. And btw, Jennings understands all this, but he’s paid by CNN to say he doesn’t understand.

@TheDunkCentral @NBA__Courtside Why is SAS clowning Hart? This is content about nothing. Plenty of real sports stories out there. Take it offline, grab a drink, and stop wasting everyone’s time.

Stephen A. sends a message "Message to Josh Hart, do I need to shut the hell up now? ...You haven't won a game since you clapped back at me… every time you go up against somebody that's relatively respectable, you're wetting the bed” (@NBA__Courtside)

@tjmcaulay If the ref wasn’t offended, why call the tech? Good officiating requires context, not just rulebook literalism. Funny how those wanting a different outcome suddenly become strict constructionists when the game has always been about nuance.

The official who failed to penalize Hurley’s abhorrent conduct is conspicuously missing. Speaks volumes. Reminds me of the situation in 1987 when three of the best failed to penalize Bobby Knight when he slammed the table during a Regional Final game. Everyone in the basketball community knew those three were done.

@game7__ If the ref wasn’t offended, why call the tech? Good officiating requires context, not just rulebook literalism. Funny how those wanting a different outcome suddenly become strict constructionists when the game has always been about nuance.

It's rare that sports fans agree on anything. But everyone seems to be in agreement today: Duke got robbed this weekend. Dan Hurley and UConn have been flagrantly ignoring the rules for the entirety of the NCAA Tournament. Sunday was no exception. There were still 0.4 seconds on the clock. The game was live. Dan Hurley walked toward a referee on the sideline. He got in the official’s face. Then he pressed his forehead directly into the ref’s forehead. SI called it a “menacing forehead tap.” No technical foul was called. If it had been, Duke shoots two free throws. Down one. With an 86% free throw shooter at the line. Here's what actually happened and why this should be a much bigger story than it is. Braylon Mullins hit a 35-foot three to give UConn a 73-72 lead with 0.4 seconds left. It was the shot of the tournament. Nobody is disputing that. But in the seconds after the shot, Hurley walked toward a referee, got in his face, and pressed his forehead directly into the official's forehead. Sports Illustrated described it as a "menacing forehead tap." The clock still showed 0.4 seconds. The game was not over. A technical foul on a head coach for making contact with an official during a live ball is one of the easiest calls in basketball. There is no gray area. Contact with a game official is a technical. If it's called, Duke's Isaiah Evans steps to the free throw line, trailing 73-72. He shot 86% from the stripe this season. Makes both? Duke wins 74-73. Makes one? Overtime. That wasn't the only violation. When Mullins' shot went in, UConn bench players ran onto the court to celebrate before the game was over. They caught themselves and ran back, but they had already entered the playing area during a live ball. Duke's radio announcers immediately called for a technical. That wasn't called either. Two separate technical foul violations. Zero calls. In the span of 0.4 seconds. And here's what makes the Hurley part impossible to ignore. Three weeks ago, on March 7, Hurley was ejected from UConn's game at Marquette in the final second for getting in a referee's face. He was chest-to-shoulder with the official. Double technical. Ejected. The Big East fined him $25,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct. In the Sweet 16 against Michigan State on March 27, Hurley challenged an out-of-bounds call, got it overturned, and then sarcastically offered his glasses to the ref who got it wrong. Lip readers caught him asking about Lasik. Nothing was called. Two days later against Duke, Hurley was officially "warned" during the game for leaving his coach's box. Told to stay put. Then after the buzzer beater, he went forehead-to-forehead with a ref. Ejected and fined $25,000 at Marquette. Taunted a ref to his face at Michigan State with no consequences. Warned during the Duke game for leaving his coach's box. Then physical contact with a referee in the biggest moment of the tournament. The full breakdown of every missed call and what would have happened if any of them were made is here: itsgame7.com/news/duke-got-… UConn came back from 19 down. Mullins hit one of the greatest shots in tournament history. That part was earned. But two technical foul violations in 0.4 seconds, and neither one called, on a coach who was ejected for the same thing three weeks ago? That's not intensity. That's a pattern. And last night, it changed the outcome of a game.