USS Carl Vinson May Host First NCAA Game On Aircraft Carrier -- CNN
Washington (CNN) -- Hoops games happen all the time on aircraft carriers, but Tuesday officials from the Navy, the NCAA and Morale Entertainment met to discuss staging a major college basketball game on the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson.
The Carl Vinson has played key roles in the fight against terrorism almost since day one. The ship launched the first wave of air attacks on al Qaeda and Taliban targets in Afghanistan after September 11, 2001, and most recently it was the ship from which Osama bin Laden was buried at sea.
Now the Carl Vinson is on track to make sports history, as the first ever carrier to host an NCAA basketball game.
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My Comment: Who is going to object to having such a game on an USS Carl Vinson?