FITCHBURG Building off the success of last year’s inaugural contest, the Massachusetts Athletic Youth Sports Scholastic Association (MAYSSA) were back at the outdoor basketball court at Parkhill Park on Sunday afternoon for the second annual Pick Up in the Park Title IX Women’s Exhibition Basketball Game. “This is a fun way for us to […]
Glimp glimpse. media used his passion for media to gain rare access to the young supreme leader. one of the things he had come to enjoy was the chicago bulls, michael juror daordan. call the bulls and maybe they will go. and we will get an invite. we started going down the list of bulls. eventually found ourselves at dennis rodman. dennis was available. ryan duffy travels to pyongyang in february 2013 with dennis rodman and members of the glo globetrotters. it was an exercise in them showing us, everyone here is happy. look at our dolphin show. look at our water park. we were wandering through this village of sets they had created for us. the trip ended in an exhibition basketball game in front of a capacity crowd.
Americans who have ever met with kim jong-un face-to-face. he has visited that country at least four times, the last visit coming in 2014 when he and other former nba players took part in an exhibition basketball game, which was a birthday gift for kim. wolf, a u.s. official telling cnn tonight the state department was aware of rodman s plans to travel to north korea but stress he is not going in any official capacity with the u.s. government. interesting that we spotted him. we have that video of him in beijing at the international airport. you want to go to pyongyang, you have to fly to beijing first, then get a visa in beijing, then fly into north korea, payongyan. a lot of us remember the negative publicity for the last visit. that s right, he was heavily criticized for not bringing up the case of american kenneth bae, who spent more than two years in north korean custody.
Rodman is out of north korea and apologizing for what he says he was not able to do while he was there. rodman landed in beijing overnight, the last member of his team to depart north korea after visiting and taking part in an exhibition basketball game for kim jong-un s birthday. this visit, as you all know, was filled with controversy as the american family of missionary kenneth bae begged him, begged rodman to ask the north korean leader, a man that rodman calls a friend, for help getting about a released. rodman told reporters in beijing he was sorry he could not do anything and he continued to defend this trip. people make it like extravaganza, like i did something so bad. yes, he s my friend. i don t know what s going on with politics. that s not my job. if that was the case, let someone else go for me next time and see if they can do something better than i m doing. i m just trying to open the door and hope that one day someone will go over there and do what,
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One. many of these gun tragedies are entirely preventable and we need to take the steps that are essential to reduce as much as possible the likelihood of someone becoming a victim of gun violence because someone who had a gun shouldn t have. thank you so much for being with us today on a day of great victory, celebrating what gabby giffords has achieved. we ve got a lot of work to do, but we can do it together. thanks for being here. today, the family of an american detained in north korea is outraged by former nba star dennis rodman s latest stunts, his comments during a trip to the country for an exhibition basketball game. before the game today, rodman led a crowd singing happy birthday to north korea s young dictator kim jong-un. camera crews were not permitted to take pictures of kim, though. in a bizarre and sometimes incoherent rant, rodman suggested during an interview
North korea, kim jong-un, celebrates his 31st birthday and dennis rodman is celebrating with him. the former nba player singing happy birthday. rodman and a team of former players played exhibition basketball game against north korea and sky news reporting that rodman s team lost. rodman is coming under fire by u.s. officials because he is rubbing elbows with north korea s elite and criticizing kenneth bae. bae s sister spoke out last hour on new day. i was shocked by his words and i think i don t think dennis rodman i m not sure where he is getting his information and i m not sure how much credence i would give to his outbursts. he is certainly not a diplomat and not an authority on this case at all.
I have nothing, no control over that. these have been going on for years and years and years. he says he ll spend four days training the north korean basketball team and will return in two week with 12 former nba players for an exhibition game. rodman said he is not interested. and despite a plea, he said he has no plans to discuss the detained american with kim jong-un. now more on the controversial company paying for the trip. with his rocky image and bizarre behavior, dennis rodman might be the last person most advertisers want representing their brands. this is ground breaking things and petty power is the main source of doing this. reporter: but the former nba player has a big backer in a company called patty power. an irish online betting company dos some betting of its own by sponsoring his trips to north korea and an exhibition basketball game there next month.