Reports leaked out of the camp of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump earlier this week that sports notables like Mike Tyson, Bobby Knight, Mike Ditka, NASCAR CEO Brian France would be speaking in support of Trump at the Republican national convention.
The idea of an arch-conservative like Ditka preaching the virtues of Trump wasn’t exactly surprising. One problem: nobody from Trump’s team reached out to Ditka himself, and Ditka has declined to speak.
“No one’s ever talked to me about it,” Ditka told the Chicago Tribune. “I have no idea where it’s coming from.