The University of North Carolina’s championship-winning men’s basketball team won’t make the customary visit to the White House, a team spokesman said Saturday.
The Tar Heels attributed the decision to scheduling difficulties rather than political animus for President Trump. But the announcement came on the same day that Trump rescinded Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry’s invitation to the White House in response to the NBA star’s reported hesitance to make the trip.
“We couldn’t find a date that worked for both parties,” Steve Kirschner, the basketball team’s spokesman, told the News and Observer. “We tried about eight or nine dates and between they couldn’t work out that date, we couldn’t work out that date, so — we would have liked to have gone, but not going.” – READ MORE
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