{"id":1836116,"date":"2023-02-05T15:35:03","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T20:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1836116"},"modified":"2023-02-05T15:35:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T20:35:34","slug":"university-apologizes-for-russia-chant-at-ukrainian-basketball-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-apologizes-for-russia-chant-at-ukrainian-basketball-player\/","title":{"rendered":"University Apologizes For \u2018Russia\u2019 Chant At Ukrainian Basketball Player"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Funiversity-apologizes-for-russia-chant-at-ukrainian-basketball-player%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1836116&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>After some fans made chants, the Colorado State University has apologized to a Utah State Basketball player from Ukraine \u201cRussia\u201d During a Saturday match, he was looking at him.<\/p>\n<p>Max Shulga (a guard for Utah State) is the player <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/sports\/utah-state-sports\/2022\/03\/01\/he-prepares-his-next-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">And a Kyiv native<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ukraine-russia-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russia invaded his homeland<\/a> A conflict that continues to this very day began one year ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing tonight\u2019s basketball game, we became aware that a small group of individuals in our student section chanted \u2018Russia\u2019 at a student-athlete from Utah State, who is from the Ukraine,\u201d The Colorado State Rams <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CSURams\/status\/1622105290220130311\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In a series tweets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of Colorado State, we apologize to the student-athlete and Utah State. This is a violation of our steadfast belief in the Mountain West Sportsmanship Policy and University Principles of Community,\u201d The account was added. \u201cEvery participant, student, and fan should feel welcomed in our venues, and for something like this to have occurred is unacceptable at Colorado State.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to a clip shared on social media, the chants were heard during a CBS Sports Network broadcast as Shulga takes place at the free throw line towards the end of the game. With less than one minute remaining on the clock, Utah State was leading 83 to 77.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ASa8Jjvu0l\">pic.twitter.com\/ASa8Jjvu0l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Colby LeBaron (@clebaron617) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/clebaron617\/status\/1622091636951113729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shulga made three out of four shots from the free-throw line in the final minute, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/story\/_\/id\/35592920\/colorado-state-sorry-russia-chant-ukrainian-player\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to ESPN<\/a>. The final score was 88-79.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have so much respect for [the Utah State University men\u2019s basketball team] and Max Shulga,\u201d tweeted Colorado State University men\u2019s basketball coach Niko Medved. \u201cWe have amazing fans and students but this is not acceptable! My sincere apologies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I have so much respect for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USUBasketball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USUBasketball<\/a> and Max Shulga. We have amazing fans and students but this is not acceptable! My sincere apologies. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PGPdGmVE7T\">https:\/\/t.co\/PGPdGmVE7T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Niko Medved (@coachNikoMedved) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coachNikoMedved\/status\/1622108867306872834?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following these public apologies, Utah State Athletics released a statement on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUtah State University and its athletics department fully supports Max Shulga, and his family, who reside in Ukraine,\u201d the statement said. \u201cThe incident that occurred during our men\u2019s basketball game at Colorado State last night was inappropriate and unacceptable. We appreciate the Colorado State administration and basketball staff for not condoning such behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Statement from Utah State Athletics regarding last night\u2019s game against<br \/>Colorado State. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AfelA0eskl\">pic.twitter.com\/AfelA0eskl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Utah State Athletics (@USUAthletics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USUAthletics\/status\/1622305742094221312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both schools are members of the Mountain West Conference.<\/p>\n<p>Conference officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/02\/05\/sport\/colorado-state-apology-russia-chant-utah-state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told CNN<\/a> they are \u201caware of the situation and are currently reviewing the incident.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado State University apologized to a Utah State basketball player from Ukraine after some fans chanted \u201cRussia\u201d at him during a game Saturday. The player, Max Shulga, is a guard for Utah State and a native of Kyiv. Russia invaded his home country roughly one year ago in a conflict that continues to this day. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":1836119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[5442,7142,17698,4016,4280,9082,4861],"class_list":["post-1836116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-apologizes","tag-basketball","tag-chant","tag-player","tag-russia","tag-ukrainian","tag-university"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1836116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1836116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1836116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1836119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1836116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1836116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1836116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}