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Flavor Flav to host Las Vegas event honoring US women's Olympic ice hockey team.
Summary
Flavor Flav will host a 'She Got Game' weekend in Las Vegas from 16-19 July with MGM Resorts to honour the US women's Olympic ice hockey team and other female Olympians, and he has launched a GoFundMe to support US women's Olympic medallists.
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Rapper Flavor Flav will host a Las Vegas weekend in July to honour the US women's Olympic ice hockey team's gold medal at the Milano Cortina Games and to celebrate other female Olympians and Paralympians. He announced the "She Got Game" event is scheduled for 16-19 July in partnership with MGM Resorts. Flav said he also launched a GoFundMe to support US women's Olympic medallists. The invitation was shared after the women's team declined to attend the US State of the Union address.
Key details:
- Flavor Flav announced a "She Got Game" weekend event for 16-19 July in Las Vegas in partnership with MGM Resorts.
- He launched a GoFundMe campaign that he said is intended to support US women's Olympic medallists.
- Flav said he offered the team a Las Vegas trip with dinners and shows and shared a formal invitation email he said was sent to players.
- Reuters sought comment from USA Hockey about whether the full 23-strong squad will attend, but did not receive an immediate reply.
- The invitation came shortly after USA Hockey said the women's team declined an invitation to the US State of the Union, citing logistics and travel.
Summary:
The weekend is planned to publicly recognise the Olympic victory and wider female athletic achievements. Whether the full squad will attend remains unclear and Reuters did not receive an immediate reply from USA Hockey; Undetermined at this time.
