Coach Bruce Pearl says he’s using the spotlight of the Auburn Tigers Final Four run to draw attention to the last American hostage believed to be alive in Hamas captivity.
“It just bothers me tremendously that people are gonna pay attention to a basketball coach winning a basketball game when we have an American held hostage in Gaza, named Edan Alexander, and nobody knows his name,” Pearl told The Daily Wire.
Pearl, who has been wearing a “Bring Them Home” dog-tag as a necklace, opened a press conference viewed by millions after Auburn’s victory over Creighton earlier this month by drawing attention to 21-year-old Alexander.
“I just felt compelled to say his name when I knew everybody was listening and have the discussion,” Pearl said.
Edan was born in Rockville, Maryland, before moving to New Jersey. He joined the Israeli Defense Forces after high school and was taken…
