Naturally, basketball + Fox News = a discussion of race, even inadvertently. In the Freudian-est of slips this morning, Fox & Friends host Heather Childers, a self-proclaimed “huge sports fan,” looked directly into the camera and said, with poise and confidence, “The UConn Huskies are the 2014 NAACP national champs.” Then she smiled, not a wince, like a pro.
“NCAA champs … ” she clarified. Some of her favorite basketball players are black.
