ESPN has banned sports dad LaVar Ball from all platforms after he declined to apologize to ESPN moderator Molly Qerim for a "completely inappropriate" comment he made during a recent appearance on First Take.
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ESPN bosses lectured sports dad LaVar Ball, who allegedly made a "completely inappropriate" comment to ESPN's First Take moderator Molly Qerim.
LaVar Ball is not a happy man these days. The egocentric sports dad, whose 3 sons are among the most talked-about athletes in sports, has run out of time.
LaVar Ball continues to make enemies within the L.A. Lakers organization, even as he coaches his other sons' Lithuanian team across the pond. LaVar, who coaches his sons LiAngelo and LaMelo in Lithuania, reportedly told Lithuanian media that he will pull his son Lonzo Ball away from the Lakers (and presumably sign him to the Lithuanian team), if the Lakers don't acquire LiAngelo and LaMelo.
Sports fans are still shaking their heads over the news that NBA hopefuls LaMelo Ball, 16, and LiAngelo Ball, 18, will play for a pro basketball team all the way in Lithuania, a country in Europe.
Bleacherreport.com writer David Pick detailed the meager life awaiting the Ball brothers in an article titled "What Are LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball Getting Themselves into in Lithuania?"
Sports dad LaVar Ball is shipping his sons LiAngelo, left, and LaMelo off to Lithunia to play for a pro basketball team. LaVar announced the decision on Instagram.com last night.
"LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball are Officially Professional Basketball Players," he wrote under images of his sons signing pro contracts.
LaMelo Ball, pictured left, and LiAngelo Ball, center, are considering going overseas to play professional basketball after their father, LaVar Ball, right, screwed up their chances of ever playing in the NBA.
LiAngelo Ball is no longer a member of the UCLA Bruins basketball team. In a fit of anger, LiAngelo's unhinged father, LaVar Ball, removed the 18-year-old from the school on Monday.
CNN host Chris Cuomo, who is substituting for Don Lemon, invited controversial sports dad LaVar Ball on the show to discuss LaVar's well-publicized beef with President Trump.
Ball is the father of Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball and LiAngelo Ball, one of three UCLA players who were arrested for shoplifting in China.
It's hard to keep making excuses for President Trump who uses a microblogging platform to engage in public battles with opinionated Americans like LaVar Ball.
Ball's 18-year-old son LiAngelo, brother of Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball, was arrested along with two other UCLA freshmen for stealing a pair of Louis Vuitton sunglasses at a high end mall in China earlier this month.
Lonzo Ball's brother, LiAngelo Ball, and two other UCLA rookie basketball players will remain on house arrest at a Hangzhou, China hotel when the UCLA Bruins return to the U.S. after defeating Georgia Tech 63-60 in the season opener in Shanghai on Saturday.
Three UCLA men's basketball players could be confined to a China hotel for months pending an investigation into charges they shoplifted items from a Louis Vuitton boutique.
Lonzo Ball's parents LaVar and Tina Ball attended their son's 3rd game as a NBA rookie on Sunday. Tina is doing fine after suffering a stroke in February.
Sources said the Lakers rookie was not allowed to see his mother during her hospitalization because his father thought the visits would distract from his game.
Jay-Z defended LaVar Ball's decision to launch his own Big Baller Brand footwear to compete with NIKE brand. Jay-Z backed BBB by ordering 3 pairs of ZO2 sneakers for $1,000 a pair!
While hip hop stars Nicki Minaj and 2 Chainz performed at the NBA's first ever NBA awards in NYC, LaVar Ball upstaged the awards show from across the country on Monday.
The 48-year-old retired football player proved he is a master at promotion as he stripped off his shirt to take on wrestler The Miz at WWE Raw at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
As expected, the Los Angeles Lakers selected Lonzo Ball with the #2 pick in the 2017 NBA draft on Thursday. Lonzo posed on stage with NBA commissioner Adam Silver.
The 19-year-old 6’6” point guard averaged 14.6 points, 7.6 assists and 6 rebounds per game in his lone season at UCLA. He also set a single-season record with 274 assists.
Former UCLA point guard Lonzo Ball and his father LaVar Ball paid a visit to Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV studios in Los Angeles on Monday. The 20-year-old and his equally talented brothers LaMelo Ball, 15, and LiAngelo Ball, 18, arrived bearing gifts -- a pair of unreleased Big Baller Brand sneakers for Kimmel.
LaVar Ball is one of those annoying sports dads who lives vicariously through their more talented children.
Ball, 48, is the father of UCLA Bruins freshman star Lonzo Ball (pictured above) and Chino Hills (Calif.) High School standouts LiAngelo Ball and LaMelo Ball, a sophomore who recently scored 92 points in one game.