Kimmel, Cruz in basketball beef

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz will face off against late-night host Jimmy Kimmel in a game of one-on-one basketball Saturday, with the proceeds to benefit two Houston-based charitable organizations, the comedian announced Monday night. The Texas Republican challenged Kimmel to a charity match after the comic mocked him for tweeting a photo where Cruz “looked like a blobfish,” at the NBA’s Western Conference finals. “So let’s settle this man-to-man: one-on-one, hoops (or ‘ring-ball,’ if you prefer). The loser gives $5k to the (non-political) charity of the winner’s choice,” Cruz tweeted late last month.