Following Wednesday’s New York Times report that freshman Alabama basketball player Kai Spears was a passenger in Brandon Miller’s car on the night of Jan. 15, his father has issued an official statement. 

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Christian Spears, who is the athletics director at Marshall University, released the following Thursday:

“I am just incredibly disappointed in the irresponsible and demonstrably false reporting by the NY Times. We are exploring all legal options at this time. I will have no further comment, instead deferring to the University of Alabama’s statement on the matter.”

UA published a statement Wednesday evening stating that the reports were incorrect.

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