Donovan Clingan, a star player for UConn’s back-to-back championship-winning teams, revealed how painfully out of it President Joe Biden was during his visit to the White House.
Appearing on Caleb Feemster’s podcast, the 7’2″ center described a surreal scene: meeting President Biden, taking a picture with him, then watching as the 80-year-old completely forgot it happened.
“Last year, after won our national championship we went to the White House and took a picture with Joe Biden, team picture,” Clingan said. “Joe Biden talked to us for about three minutes.”
Asked what words of advice Biden gave the players, Clingan said he “completely ignored” coach Dan Hurley. “We really couldn’t understand what he was saying,” he admitted. “And then he was like ‘All right, let’s grab a picture.’”
As to whether Biden understands basketball, that much was clear. “Not much,” Clingan stated in a clip that has since gone viral.
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The Huskies repeated their 2023 victory this year, defeating Purdue in a 75-60 win and accomplishing the extremely rare feat of back-to-back titles. The last team to do so was Florida in the 2006 and 2007 seasons, according to ABC. Hurley’s brother Bobby, who coaches at Arizona State, credited the team with stomping its rivals through 12 straight double-digit victories throughout their past two NCAA tournaments.
“They haven’t even allowed a team to get close, which is scary, because in both of my championships there were games that we could have lost in each of those seasons and each of those tournaments,” Bobby Hurley said. “Whether it’s (Christian) Laettner hitting a game-winning shot or making some clutch plays down the stretch to beat UNLV in the Final Four, there was always a really close game that we had to win. UConn has been so dominant that they haven’t even had that in two years. So it’s been scary how good they’ve been.”
The number of athletes willing to buck Biden and woke is seemingly growing by the day. David Wells, the left-handed pitcher for the World Series-winning 1988 New York Yankees, told reporters during a September ceremony that sporting corporates like Nike need to knock off the progressive grandstanding and stick to basic customer service.
“I hate Nike! They’re woke!” Wells told The Athletic. “We’re in a different world. It sucks. That’s why everyone should carry a gun.”
Former Fighting Irish coach Lou Holtz posted a somewhat cryptic message on X in February, saying America is in need of a coach to get “back to greatness,” a comment many took to express his support for President Donald Trump. Holtz was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom during the Republican’s time in office.
After failed journalist Keith Olbermann took aim at Riley Gaines over her defense of women’s sports claiming she “sucked” at collegiate swimming, the champion athlete shot a video where she walked her followers on X down a wall lined with trophies for various SEC and NCAA swimming titles.
“Keith, I would be really sad if I broke this trying to prove a point to an old man who can’t even seem to keep a job, but I’ve got more of these, so I’m not. Thanks, Keith,” said Gaines, signing off.
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