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Trump’s love for golf can be ‘very helpful’ in quest to reunite sport, Adam Scott says

President Donald Trump recently met with members of the PGA Tour, including Tiger Woods, in efforts to get the tour and LIV Golf to finally strike a deal after roughly two years of discussion.

PGA Commissioner Jay Monahan recently said the tour “asked” Trump “to get involved for the good of the game, the good of the country and for all the countries involved.”

Adam Scott, a member of the PGA Tour’s Player Advisory Board, was at the meeting, and echoed the commissioner’s sentiments about their meeting, in which he credited Tiger Woods for kick-starting.

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Former President Donald Trump plays golf ahead of the LIV Golf Invitational at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey, on Aug. 9, 2023. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)

“It was all really positive… it’s just a positive thing that the president of the United States is such a lover of the game of golf and understands some of the challenges facing the professional game at the moment…” Scott told the Golf Channel at Torrey Pines this week ahead of the Genesis Invitational. “He’s a lover of the game and hopefully can be very helpful in getting a resolve for the professional game and help everybody move forward.”

“It’s pretty easy to tie him to the game of golf. He’s passionate about it, he owns several golf properties, fabulous destinations around the world, and he has a relationship with Saudi Arabia, the Public Investment Fund, and he’s a fan of the PGA Tour as well, certainly a fan of Tiger Woods, like we all are,” Scott added. “Given that this has been tied up in government beliefs, he can be very helpful.”

President Donald Trump presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Tiger Woods at the White House. (Scott Taetsch-USA Today Sports)

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LIV has played at several Trump-owned courses since its first year of play in 2022; the PGA Tour has also made stops at the president’s course, as well.

Golf star Rory McIlroy said in November he believed Trump becoming president for the second time could help “clear the way” for a deal between the PGA and LIV.

Former President Donald Trump during the LIV Golf Invitational – DC at Trump National Golf Club on May 27, 2023, in Sterling, Virginia. (Rob Carr/Getty Images)

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Even former Tour player Brandel Chamblee, who has long opposed LIV Golf, said that after he played a round with Trump, he has since grown to “understand why we acquiesce and need Saudi Arabia as a partner in the Middle East,” and the president made convincing arguments to “[make] me think of Yasir as a partner in the game of golf.”

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February 13, 2025
Kash Patel enrages Adam Schiff in Clintonian battle over the word ‘we’ and a January 6 song

Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., clashed with FBI director nominee Kash Patel during his confirmation hearing on Thursday, particularly over a recording of a song released by Capitol Riot inmates.

Schiff began by asking Patel if he stood by prior testimony that he had nothing to do with the recording of the song, which the Democrat said featured President Donald Trump reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.

“[That] is interesting because here’s what you told Steve Bannon on his podcast: ‘So what we thought would be cool is if we captured that audio and then, of course, had the greatest president, President Donald J. Trump, recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Then we went to a studio and recorded it, mastered it, digitized it, and put it out as a song’.”

Schiff asked Patel why he told Bannon that.

“That’s why it says ‘we’ as you highlighted,” Patel incredulously shot back.

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“Yeah, and you’re part of that ‘we’ – right – when you say ‘we’ that includes you, Mr. Patel,” Schiff angrily replied.

“Not in every instance.” Patel said, adding he did not personally partake in the recording or mastering of the single.

Schiff was undeterred: “Well, that’s new. So when you said ‘we’. You didn’t really mean you. Is that your testimony?”

“Not unless you have a new definition for the word ‘we’,” Patel said.

Notably, in August 1997, President Bill Clinton was pressed on his sexual relations with intern Monica Lewinsky, and responded with a similar tenor as to which usage of the word “is” was being invoked during grand jury testimony.

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“It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is. If the—if he—if ‘is’ means is and never has been, that is not—that is one thing. If it means there is none, that was a completely true statement,” Clinton said.

In Thursday’s hearing, however, Patel said he was using the word “we” appropriately, while Schiff said he “promoted the hell out of it” – referencing the inmates’ single.

“I don’t know what that means, but I promoted the heck out of raising money for families in need,” Patel shot back.

Schiff then asked Patel to turn around and address the police officers in the room, claiming the inmates on the recording he purportedly promoted had assaulted them or their colleagues on January 6, 2021.

“I’m looking at you. You’re talking to me,” Patel sternly replied.

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When Schiff asked Patel to “tell them how proud you are” to see Trump pardon all such inmates, Patel said it was “an abject lie – and you know it.”

“I’ve never, never, ever accepted violence against law enforcement. I’ve worked with these men and women, as you know, you my entire life.”

Charles Creitz is a reporter for Fox News Digital.

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Charles is a Pennsylvania native and graduated from Temple University with a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism. Story tips can be sent to charles.creitz@fox.com.

January 30, 2025
NBA Commish Adam Silver says he supports the idea of switching to ‘four, 10-minute quarters’

Just over half of the NBA season has passed, and Commissioner Adam Silver’s search for ways to improve the league appears in full swing.

This week, Silver floated a drastic rule change for the length of quarters during NBA games.

The NBA plays 12-minute quarters. If the NBA were to adopt a Silver proposal, those periods would be reduced by two minutes. Ten-minute quarters would take eight minutes off the game clock.

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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver speaks at a press conference before a game between Los Angeles Lakers and Indiana Pacers at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Dec. 9, 2023. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Silver noted that the reduction could create a more “consistent” presentation for basketball fans who watch games on TV.

“I am a fan of four, 10-minute quarters,” Silver told “The Dan Patrick Show” when asked about the more drastic ideas the NBA has considered.

“I’m not sure that many others are … putting aside what it means for records and things like that. I think that a two-hour format for a game is more consistent with modern television habits. People in arenas aren’t asking us to shorten the game, but … as a television program, Olympic basketball is two hours. College basketball is 40 minutes.”

At one point, Silver cited the length of games played in other leagues around the world.

“The NBA is the only (basketball) league that plays 48 minutes. … It’s such a dramatic change to the game. … Something like that would have to be talked more about over time.”

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During the Summer Olympics, basketball games last 40 minutes. College basketball games in the U.S. are divided into 20-minute halves.

“Because this game is so global, one of the things we’d like to see over time is creating a more consistent set of rules globally around the game,” Silver said.

A basketball next to an NBA logo during a break in the first half of a game in Las Vegas. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Silver noted that shaving two minutes off quarters could reduce the wear and tear on players over a 82-game season, while potentially helping the league combat its “load management” issue.

“Incidentally, if you went to a 40-minute game — with the issues around load management and resting — it would be the equivalent of … taking like 15 games off the season,” Silver said.

Silver made it clear the ideas he mentioned during the exchange with Patrick had merely been discussed, but they are nowhere near being adopted.

“It’s not quite at that level,” he said.

The NBA logo on a backboard before a game between the Houston Rockets and the Miami Heat at Toyota Center in Houston April 5, 2024. (Troy Taormina/USA Today Sports)

Silver also praised Major League Baseball for adding a pitch clock. He argued the change helped “speed up the game,” while also keeping traditional aspects of the game in place.

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“I’m a baseball fan, and I think some of those changes have really increased sort of the engagement … the entertainment value of the game, and so I’m paying a lot of attention to that,” Silver said.

“And, in fact, I’ve used the pitch clock … in meetings at the NBA to say … we shouldn’t be afraid to look at changes.”

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Chantz Martin is a sports writer for Fox News Digital.

January 30, 2025
ESPN’s Adam Schefter under fire for using Patrick Mahomes as reference for possible NFL change

ESPN’s NFL insider Adam Schefter faced criticism on Saturday for his report about the league possibly considering using replay assist when it came to quarterback slides.

Schefter wrote on X, “For all those complaining that Patrick Mahomes gets too many calls, relief soon could be on the way.” The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback was criticized for the late slide against the Houston Texans that led to an unnecessary roughness penalty after linebacker Henry To’oTo’o hit him right after he dropped to the ground.

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Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes slides against Houston Texans linebacker Henry To’oTo’o during the AFC divisional round game at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Jan. 18, 2025. (Denny Medley-Imagn Images)

Amid the controversy over the slide, head referee Clay Martin defended the call. He said there was forcible contact to Mahomes’ “hairline” on the other unnecessary roughness call.

NFL fans were upset with Schefter for using Mahomes as a reference point. Still, Schefter used statistics to back up his point. He compared penalties between the Chiefs and their playoff opponents over the course of their eight-game winning streak.

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Adam Schefter of ESPN’s “Monday Night Countdown” on the sideline prior to the game between the Arizona Cardinals and the San Francisco 49ers at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, Nov. 21, 2022. (Kirby Lee-USA Today Sports)

According to researcher Paul Hembo, Kansas City’s opponents have been flagged for roughing the passer six times compared to zero times for the Chiefs. When it came to unnecessary roughness, Kansas City’s opponents have seen four penalty flags and only one against the Chiefs.

Still, fans were outraged.

Actor Eric Stonestreet, a huge Chiefs fan, called out Schefter on NFL Network.

“He calls out Patrick Mahomes in his tweet like Patrick Mahomes is the only one on the beneficiary end of a roughing the passer call,” he said. “He’s got the biggest reach in all the NFL and here he’s out implying and furthering this conspiracy theory that the league is rigging the game.”

Mahomes was asked about the alleged favoritism during the week.

“I don’t feel that way,” he said. “… I just try to play football at the end of the day. The referees are doing their best to call the game as fair and proper as best they can.

“For me, it’s go out there, play hard, try to do whatever I can to win the football game, and then live with the results based on my effort and how I play the game, and that’s what we preach here in Kansas City.”

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Ryan Gaydos is a senior editor for Fox News Digital.

January 26, 2025