UCLA Basketball Players Admit Shoplifting, Thank Trump

(Newser) – Three UCLA basketball players accused of shoplifting in China admitted to the crime and apologized before coach Steve Alford announced they were being suspended indefinitely. LiAngelo Ball, Jalen Hill and Cody Riley were described as "good young men" by Alford at a campus news conference on Wednesday, the AP reports. The coach said the trio wouldn't be allowed to suit up, practice, or travel with the team while the university continues to sort out the circumstances of last week's incident in Hangzhou, China. Ball, Hill, and Riley took turns admitting to their actions and apologizing while also thanking President Trump for intervening on their behalf. Alford and athletic director Dan Guerrero also spoke, but no one took questions from a horde of media. (Read more UCLA stories.)