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NEW YORK -- NBC announcer Al Trautwig said Monday he regrets tweeting that the adoptive mother and father of American gymnastics star Simone Biles were not her parents, a declaration that angered advocates for adoption.Trautwig had been scolded by a woman on Twitter for not referring to Ron and Nellie Biles as the 19-year-old Olympic gymnasts parents. Ron Biles, her maternal grandfather, and his wife Nellie adopted Simone and her sister Adria in 2000 after they spent time in foster care.NBC ordered Trautwig to delete his tweet.To set the record straight, Ron and Nellie are Simones parents, Trautwig said Monday.Carrie Goldman, who lives outside of Chicago and writes a blog, Portrait of an Adoption, said NBC and its personnel should not minimize the role of adoptive parents. She said Trautwig should apologize to Biles; NBC had no comment on whether he would.Its the second public misstep in as many days for an NBC announcer, after swimming commentator Dan Hicks was ripped online for referring to the husband and coach of a Hungarian swimmer as the guy responsible for her strong performance. Trautwigs case involved an athlete NBC expects to be one of the biggest stars of the Rio de Janeiro Games.Simone Biles went to live with her grandparents in Texas while their mother struggled with drugs and alcohol in Ohio, and was adopted when the birth mothers parental rights were terminated. Simone remains in contact with Shanon Biles but is quick to correct anyone who calls Shanon her mother. Shanon Biles is her biological mother, she says. Nellie Biles is mom.Mother and father were also the phrases used by NBC in a profile of Biles that aired Sunday night.Shortly thereafter, Trautwig said on the air that Simone was raised by her grandfather and his wife and she calls them mom and dad.A woman on Twitter then urged Trautwig to stop calling Ron and Nellie her grandfather and his wife. They are her parents, she wrote. But Trautwig replied in his since-deleted tweet: They may be mom and dad but they are NOT her parents.If shes been adopted, they are her parents -- legally as well as emotionally, advocates said.If they are parenting her -- thats what a parent does -- dont diminish the role by calling them something other than her parents, said Chuck Johnson, president and CEO of the National Council for Adoption. Some of us would find that offensive.Goldman said she hopes NBC uses the opportunity to educate viewers about adoption, given the Olympics big audience and Biles high profile. Trautwigs statement was a good first step, she said.Clearly the tide of public opinion has gotten through to NBC, she said.Judging by some of his other tweets, Trautwig was in a cranky mood Sunday.To one tweeter who complained about losing five years of his life every time Trautwig explained the gymnastics scoring system, the announcer replied: Then you should be done by now. To another who said that hell watch ping pong if he had to listen to Trautwigs voice any longer, he replied: Enjoy what is called table tennis.Someone with the Twitter handle Gym Nerd wrote to Trautwig that you may be in Rio but at least Im passionate about my job, and respected for it.Right, and I dont care, Trautwig replied. 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PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas -- Louisville coach Rick Pitino wasnt happy with all the bad shots his 10th-ranked Cardinals hoisted up early against Old Dominion -- especially with ones by sophomore Donovan Mitchell.In the first half he was trying to win a game of H-O-R-S-E, see the most difficult shot he could take so he could win the game, Pitino quipped.Mitchell went on to score all 15 of his points after halftime to help the Cardinals hold off Old Dominion 68-62 in overtime in the final game of the first day at the Battle 4 Atlantis.Mitchell went 0 for 3 from the field in that scoreless first half, but went on to hit three 3-pointers -- including the long straightaway shot on Louisvilles first possession in overtime that put the Cardinals (4-0) ahead for good.Kind of like what Coach said: just kind of forced the issue, Mitchell said of the first half. Thats not really what you want to do, especially coming out here and playing in your first real tournament like this. You just have to settle down and let the game come to you.Mitchell also hit some key free throws and came up with a couple of key plays, one being a steal in the paint with his team protecting a 59-58 lead with 1:22 left in OT.Quentin Snider scored 18 points to lead the Cardinals on a night when they struggled to knock down much of anything, while Mangok Mathiang nearly won it in regulation for Louisville with an inside basket with 14.4 seconds left.Louisville shot 24 percent in the first half and 30 percent for the game.Brandan Stith scored 22 points, including a putback with 6.3 seconds left to answer Mathiang and force overtime for the Monarchs (2-1). Old Dominion shot just 38 percent, but hurt its chances most by missing 17 of 32 free throws.We left a lot of points out there, ODU coach Jeff Jones said. And free throw shooting was certainly a big part of it. But I think offensively, I dont think Im going to be sleeping very well. There were a bunch of times where we had opportunities and we just kind of shot ourselves in the foot.BIG PICTURELouisviille: Pitino pointed to his teams first-half shot selection as a factor in the bad shooting percentage, but said he was happy with his team showing enough toughness to overcome it and play better as the game wore on.ddddddddddddThats the storyline of the game, not that we shot bad, Pitino said. Its the fact we overcame it and won the game.ODU: The Monarchs have won 52 games the past two seasons and have four returning starters, so this was a winnable game against a power conference team that simply got away. The free throw shooting, in particular, stood out along with 22 turnovers -- the kind of mistakes that proved too costly against a Top 10 opponent.You look out there and see as hard-fought as that game was, Jones said. I wish we had back some of those offensive possessions.POLL IMPLICATIONSThe Cardinals have climbed from No. 13 in the preseason AP Top 25 , but theyll get a tough test to stay in their current perch when they play a high-scoring Wichita State team on Thursday.WILD FINISHStith nearly found a way to top his OT-forcing shot. He stole the ensuing inbounds pass and launched a hurried 3-pointer from the co