{"id":12950,"date":"2026-02-22T23:24:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T23:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/?p=12950"},"modified":"2026-02-22T23:24:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T23:24:53","slug":"30-minutes-ago-in-texas-george-w-bush-was-confirmed-assee-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/?p=12950","title":{"rendered":"30 Minutes ago in Texas, George W. Bush was confirmed as\u2026See more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a surprise moment at the Dallas Wings\u2019 home opener, former President George W. Bush was introduced as the WNBA\u2019s first Honorary Commissioner. Wearing a custom jersey, he joked about finally taking a \u201cbipartisan\u201d job. The league cited his support for women\u2019s sports and his viral 2023 Wings appearance as inspiration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement sparked buzz across sports and politics. Michelle Obama reacted playfully online, while Brittney Griner welcomed him with humor. Even critics called it a savvy publicity move likely to boost attention for the league.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bush\u2019s role will focus on ceremonial appearances, promoting media coverage, and designing a special \u201cFreedom Ball\u201d for the 2024 All-Star Game. The WNBA hopes the move will help spotlight its push for gender equity in sports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a surprise moment at the Dallas Wings\u2019 home opener, former President George W. Bush was introduced as the WNBA\u2019s first Honorary Commissioner. Wearing a custom jersey, he joked about finally taking a \u201cbipartisan\u201d job. The league cited his support for women\u2019s sports and his viral 2023 Wings appearance as inspiration. The announcement sparked buzz &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":12951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12950\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}