Outspoken basketball dad LaVar Ball told NFL National Anthem protesters that if they disagree with the league’s new policy requiring players to stand or remain in the locker room, they should find a new league. Ball told TMZ Sports he
In what appears to be a match made in heaven, outspoken basketball father LaVar Ball has started a feud with ESPN. Ball, the father of LiAngelo and LaMelo of Lithuania’s Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas and Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo, cut ESPN
“Inside the NBA” analyst Charles Barkley hosts this week’s “Saturday Night Live.” SNL and the crew from NBA on TNT teamed up Thursday to bring Kenan Thompson’s LaVar Ball character on “Inside the NBA” to talk basketball, the Ball family
You had to know it was only a matter of time before you saw this story.
During Thursday’s “SportsNation” on ESPN, co-host Michelle Beadle lit into LaVar Ball, calling him “obnoxious” and a “misogynist.” Ball is known for being the outspoken father of Los Angeles rookie Lonzo Ball who took his younger two sons, LiAngelo and
While his head coach may not be a fan of LaVar Ball, Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban is apparently all in.
LaVar Ball thinks he knows exactly why the Los Angeles Lakers are doing so poorly this year: He says it is because the players don’t want to play for a young coach.
One cannot overlook the irony of a business which shares the initials of the Better Business Bureau, getting an “F” rating from the nation’s premier advocate of marketplace trust.
Tuesday on Fox Sports 1’s “Speak for Yourself,” co-host Jason Whitlock reacted to Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball buying his father, LaVar, a $400,000 Rolls Royce, calling the outspoken basketball father a “stereotype” because he worked his way to money and
UCLA has announced that freshmen basketball players Cody Riley and Jalen Hill, will be suspended at least through the end of the 2017/2018 season, a report says.
Notorious basketball father LaVar Ball is attempting to grow his personal profile by creating a new basketball league for high school seniors who have decided not to bother going to college, reports say.
Thursday on ESPN’s “First Take,” Stephen A. Smith responded to outspoken basketball father LaVar Ball saying he would be treated differently if he were white. While Smith disagreed with that premise in Ball’s case, Smith did say that people, in general,
For his ESPN Radio show, Dan Le Batard purchased two pairs of LaVar Ball’s Big Baller Brand shoes in early May to give away to listeners. Le Batard said he purchased the shoes before he got “tired” of LaVar, who has publicly
LiAngelo Ball’s relationship with UCLA did not last very long, in fact it spanned all of one exhibition game and a brief trip to China. However, according to Ball, in one of his final acts as a Bruin, he followed the university’s instructions to thank President Trump for his release.
President Trump has had other, bigger and better things to do lately than continue a Twitter feud with LaVar Ball. Apparently not taking this well, LaVar Ball attempted to re-start the war of words with a tweet on Thursday night.
Thursday on Fox Sports 1’s “Undisputed,” analyst Chris Broussard reacted to LaVar Ball reportedly hiring an agent to help his sons, LiAngelo and LaMelo, get signed to play basketball overseas. The outspoken father removed LiAngelo from UCLA while he served a suspension in his
Fox Sports 1 “Undisputed” co-host Skip Bayless reacted Tuesday to LaVar Ball pulling his son LiAngelo out of UCLA over the suspension he faced for shoplifting in China, saying the father “has gone over the edge.” According to Bayless, LaVar
Tuesday on CNN’s “New Day,” LaVar Ball discussed withdrawing his son LiAngelo out of UCLA following his arrest and suspension for shoplifting in China. Ball plans to prepare his son for the NBA. The outspoken father refused to thank President
LaVar Ball couldn’t get his son out of China without President Trump’s help. However, the professional loudmouth can and reportedly will, get his son out of UCLA.
Rapper Master P scolded basketball stage father LaVar Ball for acting so ungrateful for President Donald Trump’s help in getting theft charges dropped, and his son returned from China without having to serve a ten-year prison sentence for the crime.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) argued President Trump has been “going after” African-Americans and people of color in reaction to President Trump’s tweets about LaVar Ball. Garamendi said he “absolutely” thinks the tweets are dog whistles. Garamendi
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” New Yorker Washington correspondent and CNN contributor Ryan Lizza reacted to President Donald Trump’s tweets about LaVar Ball by stating the President has an issue “with people of color who call him out.”
TMZ Sports recently caught up with outspoken Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban, and asked what he thought about the controversy between LaVar Ball and President Donald Trump. As far as Cuban is concerned, Ball is acting just like Trump.
Stephen Colbert, host of The Late Show on CBS, rarely misses an opportunity to take a dig at President Trump. The comedian seems especially prone to taking those digs when it comes to the president’s tweets. During Monday night’s opening monologue, Colbert didn’t let that opportunity go to waste.
President Donald Trump continued to heckle LaVar Ball who refused to give him credit for helping his son get released from China after he was arrested for shoplifting.
In an extraordinary interview Monday with CNN’s Chris Cuomo on “CNN Tonight,” Lavar Ball, father of UCLA Basketball’s LiAngelo Ball, explained that President Donald Trump would have gotten a “thank you” from him had he flown his son and the other two
Monday on “CNN Newsroom,” while discussing President Donald Trump’s tweet about LaVar Ball, the father of one of the UCLA players accused of shoplifting in China who were released after the president intervened, Trump biographer Michael D’Antonio said Trump seemed
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” host Neil Cavuto criticized President Trump for his tweets about Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and LaVar Ball by wondering why Trump won’t act like he’s president and when he’ll realize
Monday on Fox Sports 1’s “Undisputed,” host Shannon Sharpe sided with President Donald Trump after the president lamented working with Chinese government to get three UCLA basketball players released after they were detained on shoplifting charges because LaVar Ball, the father of one of the players, acted like
Monday, ESPN “First Take” co-host Stephen A. Smith said in a discussion about President Donald Trump’s feud with the father UCLA Basketball’s LiAngelo Ball, LaVar, that it should be reported how Trump chooses to talk about LaVar Ball’s ungratefulness, but
Sunday on “CNN Newsroom,” Brian Stelter reacted to President Donald Trump calling out LaVar Ball, outspoken father of UCLA Basketball’s LiAngelo Ball, for not crediting the president for getting his son released by the Chinese after a shoplifting charge. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/932303108146892801
President Donald Trump attacked the former basketball player turned media personality LaVar Ball on Sunday evening, claiming that he had been “very ungrateful” after Trump’s intervention saved his son from a prison sentence in China.
LaVar Ball, father of LiAngelo Ball, a UCLA basketball player recently released by the Chinese after being detained on shoplifting charges, has recently taken issue with President Trump’s role in his son’s release.
UCLA basketball star LiAngelo Ball and two other players were arrested in China for shoplifting — a crime that carries a ten-year sentence there — and President Donald Trump intervened, asking Chinese President Xi Jinping to look into the case. Chinese authorities have since freed the players, but now, LiAngelo’s father, LaVar Ball, has dismissed the president’s efforts.
LiAngelo Ball and two other players have been forced to remain in China as the UCLA basketball team left Chinese territory to head home this weekend. The players were not allowed to leave after being arrested and charged last week with shoplifting.
