Mr. Ed
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According to a story published hours before UCLA's opening-round NCAA tournament game against Minnesota on Friday night, Muhammad is one year older than he and his family have claimed he is. UCLA's men's basketball media guide lists his date of birth as Nov. 13, 1993, but Times reporter Ken Bensinger discovered that his birth certificate on file with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health shows was born exactly one year earlier. Muhammad's bio on UCLA's official athletics site has since been updated. Asked about the discrepancy by Bensinger, Muhammad's father, Ron Holmes, initially said it "must be a mistake." He later acknowledged his son is actually 20 years old but expressed concern about the information being reported, even going so far as to offer Bensinger a job in return for his cooperation.
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