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Chiefs’ Travis Kelce dishes on NFL playing future after crushing Super Bowl loss

Kansas City Chiefs star tight end Travis Kelce isn’t making any decisions on his potential retirement – yet.

Kelce, 35, opened up about what his NFL future holds during a recent episode of “New Heights.”

“I know everybody wants to know whether I am playing next year and right now I am just kicking everything down the road. I am kicking every can I can down the road,” Kelce said.

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Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce during Super Bowl LIX against the Philadelphia Eagles at Caesars Superdome. (Bill Streicher-Imagn Images)

The three-time Super Bowl champion completed his 12th NFL season, which ended with a 40-22 demolition by the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX.

“I am not making any crazy decisions, but right now the biggest thing is just being there for my teammates and being there for my coaches, understanding there’s a lot that goes into this thing. I’ve been fortunate over the past five, six years, I’ve played more football than anybody.”

“The fact that we keep going to these AFC Championships and Super Bowls, that means I’m playing an extra three games more than everybody else in the entire league. That’s a lot of wear and tear on your body.”

“It’s a lot of time in the building… That process can be grueling. It can weigh on you. It can make you better and it can drive you crazy. Right now, it was one of those things where it was driving me crazy this year. It happens as you tail off toward the back nine of your career.”

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Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce walks off the field after losing Super Bowl LIX to the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

With the Chiefs’ incredible success over the last eight seasons, Kelce has played 25 playoff games, adding nearly a season and half worth of games to the 175 regular season games he has played in his career.

Kelce was still productive this season, but his yards (823) and touchdowns (3) in the regular season this year were the lowest he has had in a full season.

In the Super Bowl, Kelce had just four catches for 39 yards, all of which came with the Chiefs trailing by multiple touchdowns.

“As you see yourself or feel yourself not having this success that you once used to have, it’s a tough pill to swallow,” Kelce said.

“To not be there in the biggest moments, knowing your team is counting on you, those are all extremely hard things – it’s just a tough reality.”

The star tight end said he was going to take some time to figure it out.

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Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce adjusts his helmet before Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

“I think I owe it to my teammates that if I do come back, it’s going to be something that – it’s a wholehearted decision,” Kelce said.

“I’m not half-a–ing it. I’m fully here for them and I think I can play. It’s just whether or not I’m motivated or if it’s the best decision for me as a man, as a human, as a person to take on all that responsibility.”

If Kelce does decide to retire, he will likely be a first-ballot Hall of Famer and will go down as one of the best tight ends to ever play in NFL history.

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Ryan Canfield is a digital production assistant for Fox News Digital.

February 12, 2025
Trump is playing a dangerous tariff game despite his ‘really strong’ agenda: US economist

American Enterprise Institute senior fellow and economist Michael Strain explains how President Donald Trump’s tariffs would immediately impact U.S. consumers, businesses and the global market.

A whirlwind two weeks for the Trump administration’s negotiations on tariffs has left economists forecasting the good and the bad that lies ahead for America’s financial health.

One such economist and senior fellow from the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) – where National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett previously worked – expressed concerns that President Donald Trump’s tariff strategy could work against what fortitude he brings to the economy.

“I don’t think there’s any doubt, at least in my mind, that a 25% tariff on imports from Mexico and Canada would have severe negative economic consequences,” AEI’s Michael Strain told Fox News Digital.

“The economic effects of these tariffs are pretty clear that they would hurt workers, that they would hurt households, that they would hurt businesses and that they would hurt the economy overall,” he added, before acknowledging some optimism ahead with “a number of aspects of President Trump’s agenda.”

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“Including his plans to increase domestic energy production, including his goals to make the United States solidify its position as a global leader in artificial intelligence technologies. So these are all things to be excited about. If President Trump launches a trade war with Canada and Mexico, if he launches a trade war with the European Union, then that will work against his goals. That will weaken the American economy, that will increase the cost of living facing Americans, and that will make American businesses less competitive.”

President Donald Trump signed executive orders on Monday imposing 25-percent tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, the latest salvo in his ongoing effort to overhaul the U.S. trading relationship with the rest of the world. (Getty Images)

Hours before a midnight deadline, both Canada and Mexico barely escaped their 25% tariffs by agreeing to certain border security stipulations with Trump for a 30-day pause. However, a 10% tariff on China that turned into a retaliatory levy did go into effect, and an anticipatory negotiation call has yet to happen between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Monday evening, Trump imposed a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum set to take effect on March 12. The move hopes to allow local U.S. producers to work without intense global competition, likely impacting European Union nations most.

“The goals that he’s hoping to achieve with the threat of tariffs on Mexico and Canada are different than the goals he’s attempting to achieve with tariffs on China,” Strain said while pointing out this is the first time in U.S. history that a president has threatened allies with “enormous” tariffs to make political concessions or change behavior.

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But the economist argues that, traditionally, tariffs raise prices consumers pay for imported goods and parts, contribute to inflation and make domestic manufacturers less competitive on a global scale.

“If they’re scheduled to go into effect and if businesses believe that they will go into effect on the day that they’re scheduled, then American consumers would see price increases very, very soon, in a matter of days,” Strain said.

“I think many Americans are quite concerned about the effect that these tariffs would have on their household finances. And they should be,” he continued. “Their groceries will be more expensive, many products that are made in America that they would buy will be more expensive, their automobiles would be more expensive, and this would reduce the purchasing power of their wages and incomes. And it would hit their pocketbooks.”

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A recent analysis from researchers at Yale found that, if enacted, Trump tariffs would create a $1,170 income loss. Additionally, a Fox News poll conducted from Jan. 10 to 13 found that a majority of Americans expect tariffs will hurt the U.S. economy.

Some trade groups and Democrats have sounded the alarm over Trump waging a worldwide trade war, and to some extent, the AEI economist agrees.

White House counselor for trade and manufacturing Peter Navarro detailed the “most potent weapons” Trump has against inflation, on “Mornings with Maria.” | Getty Images

“I think clearly our trade war with China, which President Trump started, has escalated a bit. When President Trump threatened Canada and Mexico with big tariff increases, Canada responded by saying that they were going to put tariffs of their own on certain critical U.S. exports, and that, I think, meets the definition of a trade war,” Strain said.

“In President Trump’s first term… he significantly increased tariffs on Chinese imports. China retaliated by increasing their tariff rates on U.S. exports of agricultural products to China. And that hurt the U.S. agriculture sector so severely that President Trump had to offer subsidies to farmers in order to make up for the effects of Chinese retaliation. If President Trump and Canada had continued on the path they were going,” he expanded, “something similar might have happened as well.”

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On a larger scale, Trump has stated that the tariffs provide a way to bring America back to an economic “golden age” before the federal income tax was invented. But funding the government entirely on tariffs could be a challenge, according to Strain.

“It is completely unrealistic to argue that the U.S. could replace the income tax with an increase in tariffs. There’s just not enough money in taxing imports. In order to make up for the money, we would lose by eliminating the income tax,” the economist said.

A better solution, he noted, could be taxing income less and consumption more: “But a consumption tax would have to be structured so that it didn’t only target imports. Again, there’s just not enough money there. And if you only target imports, that’s quite distortionary, you’d want to have a more broad-based consumption tax.”

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Overall, America’s economy “is in really strong shape” and the Federal Reserve still has work to do to reach its inflation goals, Strain noted while emphasizing the “things to be excited about” in Trump’s agenda could outplay a tariff game.

“My hope is that four years from now, tariff rates are lower than where they are today. My concern is that the Trump administration might have to put its hand on the hot stove of high tariffs in order to learn firsthand the economic damage that tariffs, that are as high as the president is discussing, can do to American consumers and households and businesses.”

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FOX Business’ Eric Revell contributed to this report.

February 12, 2025
‘Playing with the courts’: Trump admin hit with dozens of suits after years of president condemning ‘lawfare’

President Donald Trump’s court battles have not ended now that he’s back in the Oval Office — instead, dozens have piled up against his administration as Democrats and activists vow to fight Trump and his policies in the judicial system.

Trump faced four criminal indictments during the interim of his first and second administrations, which landed accusations of “lawfare” on the national stage as Trump maintained his innocence and slammed the cases as efforts by the Democratic Party to hurt his political chances for re-election during the 2024 cycle. Despite the left-wing efforts to ensnare Trump in a web of legal cases, Trump was re-elected president — with a resume that now includes “convicted felon” and a famous mugshot frequently displayed on pro-Trump apparel.

Upon Trump’s inauguration Jan. 20, he has issued near-daily executive orders and actions to shift the federal government to fall in line with his “America First” policies, including snuffing out government overspending and mismanagement, banning biological men from competing in women’s sports, and deporting thousands of illegal immigrants who flooded the nation under the Biden administration.

Trump has signed more than 60 executive orders, in addition to other executive actions, as of Tuesday, which has resulted in at least 49 lawsuits against Trump and his administration, Fox News Digital has found.

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New York Attorney General said she is “prepared” to ask the judge to seize former President Donald Trump’s assets if he cannot pay the $354 million judgment handed down in his civil fraud case. (ABC News/Screenshot | Brendan McDermid-Pool/Getty Images)

The lawsuits come as Democratic elected officials fume over the second Trump administration’s policies, most notably the creation of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is investigating various federal agencies in the search of cutting government spending fat, corruption and mismanagement of funds.

“Right now, we’re going to keep focus on the need to look out for everyday New Yorkers and everyday Americans who are under assault by an extreme MAGA Republican agenda that is trying to cut taxes for billionaires, donors and wealthy corporations and then stick New Yorkers and working-class Americans across the country with the bill,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said in January.

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“That’s not acceptable,” he said. “We are going to fight it legislatively. We are going to fight it in the courts. We’re going to fight it in the streets.”

President Donald Trump has signed more than 60 executive orders, in addition to other executive actions, as of Tuesday, which has resulted in at least 49 lawsuits against Trump and his administration. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

“We are gonna be in your face, we are gonna be on your a–es, and we are going to make sure you understand what democracy looks like, and this ain’t it,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, said at a protest over DOGE and its chair, Elon Musk, earlier in February.

With just over three weeks back in the Oval Office, at least 49 lawsuits have been filed against Trump or the federal government over Trump’s policies and executive actions. Among the list of plaintiffs are a handful of groups that brought forth suits against Trump in previous years, most notably New York Attorney General Leitita James, as well as labor unions and left-wing advocacy groups.

James, a former city council member in New York and public defender, launched her run for New York attorney general during the 2018 cycle, while emphasizing that if she were elected she would aggressively pursue legal charges against Trump.

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“I’m running for attorney general because I will never be afraid to challenge this illegitimate president when our fundamental rights are at stake,” James declared in September 2018. “From the Muslim ban, to efforts to deport immigrants, to denying transgender students the ability to choose whatever bathroom they want, rolling back regulations to protect our planet, colluding with foreign powers, putting profits over people, dividing us in ways we haven’t seen in generations.”

“And what is fueling this campaign, what is fueling my soul right now, is Trump and his abuses, abuses against immigrants, against women, against our environment. We need an attorney general who will stand up to Donald Trump,” she said during a debate in August 2018.

James won her election that year, about two years into Trump’s first administration, and took a victory lap while vowing to expose the “con man.”

New York Attorney General Letitia James launched her run for New York attorney general during the 2018 cycle, while emphasizing that if she were elected she would aggressively pursue legal charges against President Donald Trump. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Congressional Black Caucus Foundation)

James brought forth a civil fraud suit against Trump, the Trump Organization and its senior leadership in 2022, frequently sitting in the courtroom throughout the proceedings, and celebrated the prosecution of Trump in the Manhattan criminal trial over the 34 counts of falsifying business records. Trump was ordered to pay a $454 million civil fraud judgment in James’ lawsuit against him, which is currently on appeal.

All in, James said back in November 2024 that her office took nearly 100 legal actions against Trump’s first administration — vowing to restart the efforts during the second administration.

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“We did not expect this result, but we are prepared to respond to this result. And my office has been preparing for several months because we’ve been here before,” James said following Trump’s election win in November 2024. “We faced this challenge before, and we used the rule of law to fight back. And we are prepared to fight back once again because, as the attorney general of this great state, it is my job to protect and defend the rights of New Yorkers and the rule of law. And I will not shrink from that responsibility.”

So far in 2025, James has spearheaded at least five legal actions against the Trump administration, including leading a coalition of state attorneys general to sue the federal government to halt DOGE’s access to the Treasury Department’s internal systems, as well as another lawsuit related to the Trump admin slashing grant funding to research institutions and universities.

“As the richest man in the world, Elon Musk is not used to being told ‘no,’ but in our country, no one is above the law,” James said of the DOGE suit. “President Trump does not have the power to give away Americans’ private information to anyone he chooses, and he cannot cut federal payments approved by Congress. Musk and DOGE have no authority to access Americans’ private information and some of our country’s most sensitive data. I am taking action to keep our information secure, and to prevent any unconstitutional freeze on essential funding that Americans rely on every day.”

Trump slammed New York as the “most corrupt State in the Union” in a Truth Social post on Tuesday, calling on even-handed judges and elected officials to crush the “lawfare” in the Empire State.

“We need great Judges and Politicians to help fix New York, and to stop the kind of Lawfare that was launched against me, from falsely valuing Mar-a-Lago at $18 Million Dollars, when it is worth, perhaps, 100 times that amount (The corrupt judge was replaced by another judge, only to be immediately put back on the case when the Democrat political leaders found out that a change of judges was made. It has become a great embarrassment for the New York Judicial System!),” he posted to Truth Social, referring to James’ civil fraud case against Trump.

Labor unions that previously sued the first Trump administration are also back in court. (Jabin Botsford/Pool via USA TODAY NETWORK)

“To a woman that I had no idea who she was, making a FAKE and ridiculous accusation, to a ‘case’ that was made up by a corrupt and highly conflicted Judge in order to criminally attack me for political purposes,” he continued, referring to two-year E. Jean Carroll court cases.

Labor unions that previously sued the first Trump administration are also back in court, including the American Federation of Teachers suing over DOGE’s access to private information at the Education and Treasury departments, and the American Federation of Government Employees suing the administration in at least two cases related to DOGE and federal employment policies under the 47th president.

“We wouldn’t bring so many lawsuits if they wouldn’t break the law so often,” Andrew Huddleston, American Federation of Government Employees’ director of communications, told Fox News Digital when asked about the lawsuits.

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While the American Civil Liberties Union — which took at least 400 legal actions against the first Trump administration — filed a lawsuit against the second Trump administration earlier in February regarding an executive order that prevents transgender and nonbinary individuals from changing their passports to reflect their gender identity and not their biological sex.

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Another nonprofit, the State Democracy Defenders Fund, recently filed a lawsuit on behalf of FBI agents who investigated Trump-related cases in an effort to block the DOJ from releasing their names. The State Democracy Defenders Fund previously was involved in other Trump-related cases, including filing an amicus brief in January advocating that Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan sentence Trump in the Manhattan case just days ahead of his inauguration.

President Donald Trump repeatedly seethed that “lawfare” was running amok of American politics, including, left to right, former Special Counsel Jack Smith, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis. (Getty Images)

Ahead of taking office, Trump repeatedly seethed that “lawfare” was running amok of American politics, frequently targeting James, Merchan, as well as former special counsel Jack Smith, Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and others.

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“They’re playing with the courts, as you know, they’ve been playing with the courts for four years,” Trump said during a press conference at Mar-a-Lago after Congress had certified his election win in January. “Probably got me more votes because I got the highest number of votes ever gotten by a Republican by far, actually, by a lot. And, you know, we had a great election, so I guess it didn’t work. But even to this day, they’re playing with the courts and their friendly judges that like to try and make everybody happy… It’s called lawfare. It’s called weaponization of justice.”

February 12, 2025
Tom Brady reveals he took 15-minute nap before playing in 1st Super Bowl

Tom Brady won seven Super Bowl championships during his career with the New England Patriots and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

During the 2001 season, Brady had to step up as the starting quarterback for an injured Drew Bledsoe and led the Patriots to their first Super Bowl appearance in several years. At that point, Brady was only in his second season in New England, and he appeared to be as cool as the other side of the pillow.

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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in action against the St. Louis Rams during Super Bowl XXXVI at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Feb. 3, 2002. (USA Today Sports)

He explained to FOX colleagues Erin Andrews and Michael Strahan on “The Madden Cruiser Tour: A Bayou Adventure with Bill Belichick” that he decided to take a quick snooze before Super Bowl XXXVI against the St. Louis Rams. The game was played in the Superdome in New Orleans.

“We had to warm up on the field and then we have 50 minutes before we went back out. So, I took my pads off and I was like, you know, I’m just gonna lay down and rest and I literally took a 15-minute nap before the game,” he explained.

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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady looks to pass against the St. Louis Rams during Super Bowl XXXVI in New Orleans, Feb. 3, 2002. (USA Today Sports)

Strahan was stunned and said he would’ve been jittery the entire day.

“The difference is, when you’re young, you don’t realize the enormity of what you’re going through because I had not really been in the league that long. Eighteen years later, when I was playing in the Super Bowl, I couldn’t sleep the night before the game,” Brady said.

Brady will be coming back to where he won his first Super Bowl.

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He will be on the FOX broadcast to call Super Bowl LIX with Kevin Burkhardt. Pregame coverage is ongoing on FOX with kickoff set for 6:30 p.m. ET. The coverage can be streamed on Tubi for free.

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February 9, 2025
Travis Kelce undecided about playing in 2025; Super Bowl result could determine future: report

Travis Kelce said earlier this week in New Orleans that he sees himself “hopefully still playing football” in three years.

However, a new report says that there’s a chance Super Bowl LIX could be the star tight end’s last.

According to NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport, Super Bowl LIX could possibly be “the final game” of Kelce’s career, and he’s “expected to take time after the Super Bowl, consider his future and make a decision before free agency, which officially begins March 12.”

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Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) against the Buffalo Bills during the AFC Championship game at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. (Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images)

Rapoport added that Kelce’s future could be riding on the result of Sunday’s game.

With a victory, it would be quite the way to end a future Hall of Fame career: by being a part of a dynasty that would be the first to win three Super Bowls in a row.

Among tight ends in NFL history, Kelce ranks third in catches (1,004) and yards (12,151), and fifth in touchdowns (77). That comes despite 11 tight ends, including those ahead of him in those prior categories, playing more games than him. For reference, Tony Gonzalez, who leads in catches and yards, played in 270 games, 95 more than Kelce.

While Kelce has clearly been able to turn it on in the postseason (he had a season-high 117 yards in the divisional round), it’s clear that he’s not his All-Pro self anymore. This season marked the first time since 2015 in which Kelce played in at least 16 games and failed to reach the 1,000-yard mark. He also scored only three touchdowns in the regular season, the lowest mark of his career outside his one-game rookie season.

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) scores on a 48-yard touchdown reception during the first half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley)

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If Sunday is it, it’s certainly the end of a legendary career. Kelce has made 10 Pro Bowls and was either a First- or Second-team All-Pro seven times.

Kelce’s off the field superstardom has skyrocketed within the last 18 months due to his relationship with Taylor Swift, but even prior to that, he was beginning to become a household name. He hosted “Saturday Night Live” in March 2023, shortly after winning his second Super Bowl. A win on Sunday would give Kelce four rings.

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His brother, Jason, retired last year after 13 seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles, who the Chiefs will be going against in Sunday’s big game – it’s a rematch of the Super Bowl two years ago that featured both brothers.

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February 9, 2025
Brandel Chamblee, who has long opposed LIV Golf, says he’s second-guessing himself after playing with Trump

Former PGA golfer Brandel Chamblee, now an analyst, has been an outspoken critic of LIV Golf.

Chamblee once said the Saudi-backed league was “funded by a murderous regime” and said the “greedy” players joining the tour were “helping a dictorial murderer launder his reputation.”

In June 2023, the two pro golf tours shocked the world when it was announced they would be working together for the betterment of the game.

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Brandel Chamblee on the set of the Golf Channel during the second day of play at the Presidents Cup Oct. 4, 2013, in Dublin, Ohio. (Scott Halleran/Getty Images)

Discussions are still underway, but PGA Commissioner Jayu Monahan recently said the tour “asked” President Donald Trump “to get involved for the good of the game, the good of the country and for all the countries involved.”

LIV has played at several Trump-owned courses.

“We are grateful that his leadership has brought us closer to a final deal, paving the way for reunification of men’s professional golf,” Monahan said in a statement this week.

Chamblee said he had a chance to play golf with Trump last year, and the two discussed LIV and how it could be beneficial to the game of golf.

“He was so magnanimous about our differences. At one point, he said, ‘Look, I know you and I differ on this opinion, but hear me out.’ He said, ‘[LIV Golf chairman] Yasir [Al-Rumayyan] loves golf more than you do and more than I do.’ Now, that’s hard to believe because President Trump plays a lot of golf, and I’m crazy about it. But he was serious,” Chamblee said at the Waste Management Open Friday.

Yasir Al-Rumayyan during the pro-am prior to the LIV Golf Invitational – Chicago at Rich Harvest Farms Sept. 15, 2022, in Sugar Grove, Ill. (Jonathan Ferrey/LIV Golf via Getty Images)

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“They have $32 trillion worth of oil underneath that sand, and they really have to diversify their economy. He said they are all in on this, and they’re not going anywhere. As the round progressed, he would want to talk almost every hole about LIV, about the Saudi involvement and how excited he was for it.”

Chamblee said he has since grown to “understand why we acquiesce and need Saudi Arabia as a partner in the Middle East,” adding that his own “issues were about the human rights concerns and about how golf was going to have to at some point apologize for some issue.”

Chamblee added he didn’t totally agree with Trump, but the president made convincing arguments to “[make] me think of Yasir as a partner in the game of golf.”

Donald Trump plays golf ahead of the LIV Golf Invitational series tournament at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in Bedminster, N.J., Aug 9, 2023. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)

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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.

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February 8, 2025
Tyreek Hill says playing in front of Donald Trump is a ‘bucket list’ item: ‘I’ve always been a fan’

The stars are out in New Orleans for Super Bowl week, and the biggest one is expected to be there for the game itself.

President Donald Trump is slated to attend Super Bowl LIX on Sunday, which will mark the first time that a sitting president will have attended the big game.

Trump has shown his face at plenty of sporting events over the years, getting face time at numerous UFC events. Late last year, he attended the Alabama-Georgia game, the Army-Navy game, and a Steelers-Jets contest.

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Dec 22, 2024; Miami Gardens, Florida, USA; Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill (10) reacts on the field before the game against the San Francisco 49ers at Hard Rock Stadium. (Sam Navarro-Imagn Images)

Had Tyreek Hill stuck with the Kansas City Chiefs, he’d likely be playing in front of the president. For now, though, it’s only in his imagination.

And he really wants to do it.

“That’s tremendous. To be able to play in front of Donald Trump, that would be something to knock off the bucket list,” Hill said to Fox News Digital at an event in New Orleans. “Not every day you get to play football in front of the guy who people respect and is at the top of the helm of this country.

“I’ve always been a fan of Donald Trump, by the way. That’ll be awesome.”

Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump attends a game between the NFL Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Jets in Latrobe, Pennsylvania on October 20, 2024. (Evan Vucci-Pool/Getty Images)

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Brittany Mahomes and her mother-in-law Randi both supported the president during his re-election campaign.

Before the game kicks off, Trump will speak with Fox News Channel’s Bret Baier. The pre-taped interview took place at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, and will air in the 3 p.m. ET hour on Super Bowl Sunday.

Super Bowl LIX will be streamed on Tubi. (Tubi)

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Trump didn’t attend many NFL games the first time around as he clashed with players’ decision to kneel for the national anthem as a form of protest against social injustice.

Fox News’ Ryan Gaydos and Larry Fink contributed to this report.

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February 8, 2025
Eagles speak out on Philadelphia plane crash just days before playing in Super Bowl LIX

The Philadelphia Eagles will have plenty more to play for when they take the field in Super Bowl LIX next Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs.

After an air ambulance carrying six people crashed in Northern Philadelphia Friday night, causing a massive explosion that has killed an unconfirmed number of people, the Eagles released a statement expressing condolences for its impacted Philadelphia residents and the victims on board the flight.

“The Eagles organization was heartbroken to learn of the tragic loss of life earlier this evening as a result of the plane crash in Northeast Philadelphia,” the team said. “We extend our condolences to the victims and loved ones they leave behind. We are grateful to the first responders for their heroic actions at the scene.”

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Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, the global ambulance flight company operating the plane, said its Learjet 55 crashed while departing from Northeast Philadelphia Airport at about 6:30 p.m.

A detailed view of the Philadelphia Eagles logo at midfield prior to the game against the Dallas Cowboys at Lincoln Financial Field on November 1, 2020 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)

The plane was scheduled to fly from Philadelphia to Tijuana International Airport, with one technical stop in Springfield, Missouri for fuel, Air Ambulance spokesperson Shai Gold told Fox News Digital.

A senior Philadelphia fire official told Fox News the fires that were sparked by the crash are “now under control.”

President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to react to the tragedy.

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“So sad to see the plane go down in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. More innocent souls lost. Our people are totally engaged,” Trump wrote. “First Responders are already being given credit for doing a great job. More to follow. God Bless you all.”

Vice President JD Vance later took to X, calling the situation “very sad.”

“May God bless the victims and their families,” Vance wrote.

Site of a plane crash in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., January 31, 2025. (X / @JaredGSolomon)

The crash comes just days after an American Airlines passenger plane collided midair with an Army Black Hawk Helicopter near Reagan National Airport, killing 67 people.

Fox News Digital’s Alexandra Koch, Lorraine Taylor and Alexis McAdams contributed to this story.

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February 1, 2025
NBA player investigated for allegedly manipulating his playing performance to aid illegal gambling scheme

Miami Heat player Terry Rozier is currently under investigation by federal prosecutors over suspicions of an illegal betting scheme, the NBA confirmed Thursday.

The investigators are working to determine whether Rozier manipulated his performance in two games in March 2023, allegedly in conspiracy with Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter.

It is part of the same probe that led to the lifetime ban of Porter in July.

Porter’s ban came after a similar investigation into his performance and “prop bets” – wagers where bettors can choose whether a player will reach a certain statistical standard or not during a game. Last April, the NBA banned Porter for life after a league probe found he disclosed confidential information to sports bettors and wagered on games, even betting on his team to lose.

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Jontay Porter of the Toronto Raptors warms up before the game against the Trail Blazers at the Moda Center on March 9, 2024, in Portland, Oregon. (Alika Jenner/Getty Images)

The Porter investigation started once the league learned from “licensed sports betting operators and an organization that monitors legal betting markets” about unusual gambling patterns surrounding Porter’s performance in a game on March 20, 2024, against Sacramento.

The league determined that Porter gave a bettor information about his own health status prior to that game and said another individual – known to be an NBA bettor – placed an $80,000 bet that Porter would not hit the numbers set for him in parlays through an online sports book. That bet would have won $1.1 million.

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Charlotte Hornets guard Terry Rozier shoots during the Wizards game, Nov. 22, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Authorities believe some of the people who arranged for Porter to fix his performance in two games last season had inside information that prompted them to bet large sums of money against Rozier a year earlier.

The Wall Street Journal first reported the latest investigation, noting that Rozier – who played for the Hornets on the date in question, and now plays for the Miami Heat – has not been charged with a crime, nor has he been accused of wrongdoing.

The NBA said it looked into the matter at the time and did not find that any league rules were broken.

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Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker drives to the basket past Charlotte Hornets guard Terry Rozier during the first half of an NBA basketball game on Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

“In March 2023, the NBA was alerted to unusual betting activity related to Terry Rozier’s performance in a game between Charlotte and New Orleans,” NBA spokesman Mike Bass said in a statement, first released to The Wall Street Journal and subsequently released to The Associated Press and other outlets. “The league conducted an investigation and did not find a violation of NBA rules. We are now aware of an investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York related to this matter and have been cooperating with that investigation.”

The game involving Rozier that is in question was played March 23, 2023, a matchup between the Hornets and the New Orleans Pelicans. Rozier played the first 9 minutes, 36 seconds of that game – and not only did not return that night, citing a foot issue, but did not play again that season. Charlotte had eight games remaining and was not in playoff contention, so it did not seem particularly unusual that Rozier was shut down for the season’s final games.

In that March 23 game, Rozier finished with five points, four rebounds and two assists in that opening period – a productive quarter, but well below his usual total output for a full game.

Fox News Digital has reached out to the Miami Heat and Rozier’s representatives for comment.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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January 30, 2025
Stephen A Smith sounds off on LeBron James about son’s playing time amid struggles: ‘Stop this’

It’s becoming quite clear that Bronny James isn’t quite ready for the NBA yet.

The son of the NBA’s all-time leading scorer was called up from the G-League ahead of Tuesday’s game, and he got to play 15 minutes, by far the most of his young career, in his 13th appearance.

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But it was a struggle, as he went 0-for-5 from the floor and committed three turnovers.

LeBron James and Bronny James of the Lakers on the court for the first time during the game against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Crypto.com Arena on Oct. 22, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images)

James has made just one shot of 16 from the floor this season, which adds up to just a 6.3 shooting percentage. Sure, it’s unfair to judge on such scarce playing time, but he certainly hasn’t done himself any favors.

The father-son duo have received flak ever since Bronny was selected 55th overall by his father’s team in the summer, with lots of criticism about nepotism.

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Well, after Tuesday’s performance, Stephen A. Smith insinuated that it’s still going on, and it’s not beneficial.

“I’m really, really trying to be as respectful as I possibly can be toward LeBron James, one of the top two or three players in the history of basketball. I am pleading with LeBron James, as a father. Stop this. Stop this. We all know that Bronny James is in the NBA because of his dad,” Smith said on Wednesday’s edition of “First Take.”

Los Angeles Lakers guard Bronny James against the Suns at Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona, Oct. 28, 2024. (Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images)

Smith added he has “no issues” with the two playing on the same team, as James has “earned that” privilege.

But with his struggles, LeBron is not doing his son any “favors,” said Smith.

“We know that he’s not ready yet! And I’m saying this with compassion! I’m asking the greatest player in the game, one of the greatest we have ever, or will ever see, who is a basketball savant, you know what these numbers mean, to your son, you’re exposing your son like this.”

Los Angeles Lakers guard Bronny James warms up for the Raptors game at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Nov. 1, 2024. (John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images)

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Bronny, who averaged less than five points per game in his lone season at USC, has fared much better in the G League, averaging 16.3 points per contest.

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January 29, 2025