SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The championship-winning athletes who visited the White House on Monday [4-29-19] were greeted with the typical trimmings of an Oval Office team visit: jokes, jerseys and heated platters full of Whoppers, among other things. But it was the first time in President Trump’s 27-month tenure that the athletes were exclusively women. The Baylor University Lady Bears, who took home their third national title with an 82-81 victory over Notre Dame in this year’s N.C.A.A. final, were welcomed to the Oval Office by Mr. Trump. They were the first women’s team to be honored on their own at the White House since he has been president. In his remarks, Mr. Trump said he watched the ‘tough, rough’ final between Baylor and Notre Dame after several people called him and urged him to tune in. He singled out individual players, recounting their plays — ‘You’ll be back next year? You’d better be,’ he said to the team’s captain, Lauren Cox. The president also marveled over the Lady Bears’ win, and extended another invitation to the team’s coach, Kim Mulkey.”
–Katie Rogers, “For the First Time, Trump Gives a Women’s Championship Team Its Own Celebration,” The New York Times online, April 29, 2019