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Maj. Michael Haley, the husband of GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley, hit back at former President Donald Trump’s questioning of his whereabouts with a meme on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. Haley has since June 2023 been deployed to Africa with the South Carolina Army National Guard. But Trump didn’t let the truth get in the way of an attack on his Republican primary rival Nikki Haley when he told a campaign rally in Conway, in her home state of South Carolina, at the… Source link

A female Duke volleyball player was repeatedly called a racial slur during her match against BYU on Friday night, according to the player’s godmother. “My Goddaughter is the only black starter for Dukes volleyball team,” Lesa Pamplin tweeted on Saturday. “While playing yesterday, she was called a [racial slur] every time she served. She was threatened by a white male that told her to watch her back going to the team bus. A police officer had to be put by their bench.” “Not one freaking adult… Source link

Justin Thomas has lost one of his oldest sponsors. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack) Justin Thomas will no longer have Ralph Lauren as a sponsor after a microphone picked up a muttered anti-gay slur from the golfer after he missed a putt at the Sentry Tournament of champions. The company announced it was discontinuing its partnership with Thomas, currently ranked third in the world, in a statement released Friday: At the Ralph Lauren Corporation, we believe in the dignity of all people, regardless… Source link

NASCAR driver Hailie Deegan apologized to “everyone who was offended by it” for saying the R-word during a Sunday night Twitch stream. Deegan — who was streaming for the first time on her Twitch channel — was broadcasting a virtual race that she was participating in. She was talking on her microphone over caution and used the slur to ask about a driver who was behind her. Earlier tonight I used an insensitive word during an online race being broadcast on twitch. It was inappropriate… Source link

Justin Thomas ended wishing he could redo his finish on the fourth hole in the Tournament of Champions, in more ways than one. Thomas, the third-ranked golfer in the world, missed a short par putt during the third round of the event at Kapalua’s Plantation Course in Hawaii. As he walked over and prepared to tap the ball in for bogey, Golf Channel microphones picked up him muttering an anti-gay slur (NSFW warning). At the end of the round, Thomas was brought forward by Golf Channel to address… Source link