White House says critic on ESPN could be fired
House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that sports anchor Jemele Hill justifiably could be fired from ESPN for tweets calling President Donald Trump a “white supremacist” and “a bigot.”
“I think that’s one of the more outrageous comments that anyone could make, and certainly something that I think is a fire-able offense by ESPN,” Sanders said.
On Monday night, in exchanges with Twitter users, Hill said, “Donald Trump is a white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself w/ other white supremacists.” She criticized the president’s supporters, saying white supremacy is “of no threat to you. Well, it’s a threat to me.”
Disney-owned ESPN distanced itself from Hill’s tweets Tuesday but did not elaborate on punishment, and Hill appeared on the 3 p.m. PDT “SportsCenter” as usual on Tuesday and Wednesday. Golf: Jason Day’s longtime coach is no longer his caddie.
Day said he’s parted ways with Colin Swatton for at least the rest of the year, though Day will keep him as the only coach he has had.
“I never wanted it to turn into a toxic relationship,” Day said. “I was worried if I kept it going, it was going to head that way, and I love him too much to have him not in my life.”
Swatton was a life coach as well as a golf instructor and caddie. Day was a 12-year-old in Australia who got caught up in drinking and fighting after his father died. His mother borrowed money to send him to Koralbyn International School in Queensland, where Swatton ran the golf program.
Swatton helped the headstrong Day become a major champion and No. 1 in the world. But Day is enduring a troublesome year, falling to No. 9 in the world ranking.
Mill Valley’s Patricia Cornett, at 63, the field’s oldest player, was eliminated 5 and 3 by Canada’s Terrill Samuel in the U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur quarterfinals in PortWhite land, Ore. Cornett, a Stanford grad, was 5-down after eight holes. Olympics: Paris will host the 2024 Summer Games and Los Angeles will stage the 2028 Games, a predetermined conclusion that the International Olympic Committee ratified in a history-making vote in Lima, Peru. Courts: Sacramento Kings forward Zach Randolph was sentenced to community service after being arrested for marijuana possession and resisting arrest after an incident last month at a Los Angeles housing project.
Former attorney Gary Stern was sentenced in Chicago to 18 months in prison for orchestrating a tax-fraud scheme that impacted the finances of nearly 20 NFL players, including ex-49ers receiver Terrell Owens and longtime linebacker Ray Lewis. NBA: A source told the Associated Press that forward Josh Richardson and the Miami Heat agreed on a four-year extension that could be worth $42 million.