Enes Kanter Freedom told conservative House members at a lunch Wednesday at the Capitol that "Wall Street, think tanks, academia, Hollywood, the sports ... all of them is pretty much run by the Chinese government in some form."
"The more pressure you put on them, the more we hold them accountable," said the free agent and former center for the Boston Celtics.
Driving the news: The Muslim athlete, an outspoken critic of China's abuse of Muslim minorities in Xinjiang — and of the NBA's relations with China — flew in from Canada to attend the Republican Study Committee lunch at the behest of the group's chair, Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.)
Defending champion Oklahoma (57-3) is two wins away from completing the greatest season in NCAA softball history.
ICYMI: The top-ranked Sooners entered Monday needing one win over No. 5 UCLA in the Women's College World Series semifinals, while the Bruins needed to win twice due to the double-elimination format.
The New York Yankees are off to one of MLB's best starts in decades, sitting at 39-15 exactly one-third of the way through the season.
Why it matters: They're just the fifth team since 1985 to win 39 of their first 54 games and are just three games off the pace of the 2001 Mariners, who won an MLB record-tying 116 games.
Figure skating's governing body voted on Tuesday to raise the minimum age for top competitions from 15 to 17 years old.
Why it matters: The doping scandal surrounding Kamila Valieva at the 2022 Beijing Games put a spotlight on the treatment of young figure skaters at the sport's highest level.
