Add Shaq to the chorus critiquing First Lady Jill Biden’s ill-fated White House invitation for the Iowa Hawkeyes.
Biden suggested the Hawkeyes join the national champion LSU Tigers in a visit to Washington, DC, an idea that was almost universally dismissed by players and pundits alikeFor Shaq, the NBA superstar-turned-TNT analyst, it wasn’t about sportsmanship or “participation trophies,” as suggested by “” co-host Nischelle Turner — though he was hesitant to come out and say what he believed.
“No, but that’s not what it was about,” O’Neal said. “That’s not what it was about. I want people to use their imaginations. You know what it was about. I’m not going to mention it. You know what it was about, right?” “We can say it,” Turner said. “It became a race issue. It became a team of all black girls beating a team of all white girls. That’s what it became.”Shaq stopped just short of saying Dr. Jill Biden’s White House invite blunder was due to race.“So, in the history of me going to the White House and all the champions going to the White House, we never even mentioned the second team, right?” Shaq, who helped campaign for Joe Biden in 2020, said. “But the fact that it was that versus that.
Biden’s unusual invite drew rebukes from across the sports world, including from Lady Tigers star Angel Reese, who herself was the subject of media coverage after sheAngel Reese’s taunting of Caitlyn Clark drew plenty of criticism.First Lady Jill Biden with Billie Jean King prior to the game between the LSU Lady Tigers and Iowa Hawkeyes.
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