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Trump calls troops overseas on Thanksgiving Day; one man's unlikely journey from living in the streets to patrolling the highways
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Trump calls troops overseas on Thanksgiving Day; one man's unlikely journey from living in the streets to patrolling the highways
Ex-USA Gymnastics doctor pleads guilty to sexual assault; North Korean soldier makes a daring break for freedom.
After another year of championships and personal achievements, 2017 will likely be remembered as a year when sports and politics became inseparable. Reid Forgrave, national writer for CBSsports.com joins CBSN to discuss the most memorable sports stories of 2017.
President Trump kept a commander-in-chief tradition by checking in with American service members on big holidays. Mr. Trump chose to visit Coast Guardsman in South Florida and call troops overseas, hours after he resumed a Twitter war online. Errol Barnett is with the president in Palm Beach.
On the first morning of his Thanksgiving vacation in Florida, President Trump lashed out at LaVar Ball, the father of a UCLA basketball player who was detained in China for shoplifting. Errol Barnett reports.
The Philadelphia Eagles are flying high with the best record in the NFL, but President Trump continues to make sports headlines -- most recently for criticizing Lavar Ball over his son LiAngelo's legal trouble in China. CBS Sports writer Bill Reiter weighs in.
President Trump says he should have left three UCLA basketball players accused of shoplifting in China in jail. Mr. Trump's comments come after one player's father, LaVar Ball, minimized his involvement in granting the players' release.
Lonzo Ball may require surgery on his torn left meniscus, but the Los Angeles Lakers apparently didn't want anyone to know that. CBS Sports HQ's Bill Reiter discusses if this might be a scheme of Lonzo's father, LaVar Ball, to keep his son with LeBron James in Los Angeles.
Trump wasted no time using the holiday to brag about his administration's accomplishments
President responds after reporter highlights article in which he describes how Trump often treats prominent African-Americans
"It wasn't father LaVar's so-called people on the ground in China that got his son out of a long term prison sentence -- IT WAS ME," wrote the president
Trump claims the father of one player is "unaccepting" of what he "did for his son"
LiAngelo Ball, Cody Riley and Jalen Hill are accused of stealing from a Louis Vuitton store in a country where shoplifting could mean 3-10 years in jail
UCLA point guard Lonzo Ball is projected to be a top NBA draft pick after just one year in college, and his two brothers are dominating their high school competition, too