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Ted Cruz called a basketball hoop a ‘basketball ring’ while recreating scene from Hoosiers
https://twitter.com/ForTheWin/status/725122186797797376 ^ | 8:39 PM - 26 Apr 2016 | USA Today.com For The Win ✔ ‎@ForTheWin

Posted on 04/26/2016 7:43:05 PM PDT by Trumpinator

Ted Cruz called a basketball hoop a ‘basketball ring’ while recreating scene from Hoosiers https://t.co/r49zSp3sgK pic.twitter.com/APYXent9Xf— For The Win (@ForTheWin) April 27, 2016

@ForTheWin Did he successfully throw the puck through it?— wormbolt (@wormbolt) April 27, 2016

@ForTheWin @RealGlenMacnow No wonder Bobby Knight endorsing Trump.— Robert DeSandre (@carigi12) April 27, 2016

@ForTheWin @ShaneWatch Weirdest man who ever lived.— Kris Pigna (@KrisPigna) April 27, 2016



TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Politics
KEYWORDS: basketballring; basketballrings; bobbyknight; cruz; cruzring; indiana; indianaprimary; trump
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To: faucetman

It IS a Canadian term! LOL!


61 posted on 04/26/2016 10:56:19 PM PDT by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
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To: Trumpinator

http://www.cabocanada.net/main/docs/Official_Basketball_Rules_2014.pdf

Art. 3 Equipment

The following equipment will be required:

Backstop units, consisting of:
Backboards

Baskets comprising (pressure release) **RINGS** and nets

Backboard support structures including padding
Basketballs
Game clock
Scoreboard
Shot clock
Stopwatch or suitable (visible) device (not the game clock) for timing time-outs
2 separate, distinctly different and loud signals, one of each for the
shot clock operator,
scorer/timer.
Scoresheet
Player foul markers
Team foul markers
Alternating possession arrow
Playing floor
Playing court
Adequate lighting

For a more detailed description of basketball equipment, see the Appendix on Basketball Equipment.


62 posted on 04/26/2016 10:59:20 PM PDT by faucetman ( Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: faucetman

There fixed it!

Now we know why Ted the Cubanadian was confused


63 posted on 04/26/2016 11:01:18 PM PDT by faucetman ( Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: Trumpinator

Sounds like he said “basketball rim” to me. Quite a common slang term for a hoop.


64 posted on 04/26/2016 11:03:36 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Yorlik803

But he called it a ‘basketball ring’ in Indiana. Indiana!


65 posted on 04/26/2016 11:07:44 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: bigdaddy45
Every candidate should have to stand on stage, and throw a baseball. If they throw like a girl, they’re out.

My brother and I used to divide people by that criteria. If they threw like a girl, they were classified as sissies.

66 posted on 04/26/2016 11:12:29 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: Heart-Rest
LOL! Excellent.

I've got a feeling Cruz's anti-social weirdness started when his Dad forgot to buy him a basketball.

Shooting hoops with other kids in the neighborhood is part of growing up in America. But we learned that Cruz never liked sports.

Meanwhile, Trump was a star baseball player at the New York Military Academy high school.


67 posted on 04/27/2016 12:19:14 AM PDT by poconopundit (When the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government. Franklin, Const. Conv.)
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To: UCANSEE2; Brookhaven

Trump did make a mistake, certainly not an earth-shattering one under normal circumstances. I’ve read his quote, he was talking about being at the WTC with firemen and police, not with the 711 or at the 711 or at 711 Central Park which is 7 miles away. The firehouse has already put out a statement that they are not known and have never been known as the 7-11 or 711. You can probably guess why.

Finally, his spokesperson, Katrina Pierson, said it was a slip. If that’s not good enough for you, oh well. Time to catch up on Turn.


68 posted on 04/27/2016 12:41:43 AM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: reg45

Ted is a football guy. He loves watching his favorite throwingback toss a nice pass into the scoring area.


69 posted on 04/27/2016 3:46:46 AM PDT by Callahan
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To: skr

Did you take the time to read the article at the link I provided ?


70 posted on 04/27/2016 6:53:13 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Trumpinator

“Nothing but air.”


71 posted on 04/27/2016 7:40:57 AM PDT by moovova
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To: bigdaddy45

I think they should have to do a salute to. Cruz would fail there as well.


72 posted on 04/27/2016 7:48:07 AM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: Trumpinator

Actually it’s used as a chin-up bar by the seven foot tall athletes. The whole game has been transformed from what it was to what it is today: a way for underprivileged youths to become millionaires.


73 posted on 04/27/2016 7:49:38 AM PDT by HomerBohn (Liberals and slinkies: they're good for nothing, but you smile as you shove them down the stairs.)
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To: skr

Trump says 7-11 for 9/11, and Cruz uses ring for hoop. Big deal, they’re probably all exhausted and making silly verbal mistakes.


Wrong, he was referring to a fire station. And as it turned out he actually did quite a bit to help onsite from the 9/11 attack.

Is this some sort of Cruz forum tactic/strategy whereby whenever anyone levels a criticism or points out a problem with Cruz, you and other Cruz supporters respond by criticizing Trump?


74 posted on 04/27/2016 8:10:07 AM PDT by Freedom56v2 (Election is about Liberty versus Tyranny and National Sovereignty versus Globalism!!)
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To: Trumpinator

hard-hitting story of the day. Obama a knows everything about basketball, so what?


75 posted on 04/27/2016 8:11:12 AM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: Trumpinator

Cruz embarrassed himself... dreadful pandering.


76 posted on 04/27/2016 8:13:30 AM PDT by GOPJ (If GOPe rules are rigged to steal votes from citizens it's time to walk away...)
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To: Yorlik803

like when Trump praised the 711 cops and firemen. yeah, people make mistakes, even your god Trump.


Well, we have all seen that in fact Trump did NOT MISPEAK when saying 711—Oh and he actually did help out down on the 9-11 site too.

I just wanted to say it seems you have all begun using some sort of Cruz forum rule book whereby whenever a criticism is raised against Cruz, you respond by attacking Trump.

On to your game.


77 posted on 04/27/2016 8:14:15 AM PDT by Freedom56v2 (Election is about Liberty versus Tyranny and National Sovereignty versus Globalism!!)
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To: proust
...must be a Canadian thing.

LOL - good one...

78 posted on 04/27/2016 8:15:03 AM PDT by GOPJ (If GOPe rules are rigged to steal votes from citizens it's time to walk away...)
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To: bushwon

it seems you have all begun using some sort of Cruz forum rule book whereby whenever a criticism is raised against Cruz, you respond by attacking Trump.


Another great catch, bushwon!!


79 posted on 04/27/2016 8:16:31 AM PDT by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: Trumpinator

Even his part time squeeze Mandy said this was cringe worthy while she was on the CNN panel last night.


80 posted on 04/27/2016 8:17:33 AM PDT by moehoward
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