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College football fans are pulling their hair out after a head coach revealed how President Donald Trump impacted a championship game.

The head coach of the University of Texas at Austin Longhorns football team, Steve Sarkisian, shared a story on Thursday that suggested that Trump caused a security-related communications blackout during the College Football Playoff national championship in January.

Sarkisian explained that a "good friend" of his is Mario Cristobal, the head coach of the University of Miami football team. Miami faced off with Indiana University in the CFP national championship in January. Indiana won the game 27-21 after Indiana was able to hold off a comeback from Miami, which had the ball at the end of the game....

Online critics are pointing out glaring oversights after the Republican National Convention posted the schedule for President Donald Trump's midterm convention.

On Tuesday, a schedule made the rounds on social media that showed that Trump and Vice President JD Vance will headline the first night of the convention in Dallas on September 9, with Trump coming back to headline on September 10 as well. The two-day event has already been plagued by reports of the GOP dreading the event and fearing tiny crowds.

"Going way out on a limb to say this is going to suck," wrote Democratic political strategist Addisu Demissie in a post on X. "And I actually have some experience in this area!"...

An analyst Friday slammed FIFA president Gianni Infantino and his relationship with President Donald Trump ahead of the 2026 World Cup.

The Guardian's Marina Hyde wrote an opinion piece describing the number of problematic moments around Infantino, "Trump’s dictator-curious protege," and "FIFA's recent practice of holding the World Cup in autocracies." Infantino last week gave Trump an inaugural peace award, which has now led to calls for an ethics investigation.

"FIFA president Gianni Infantino hasn’t spent recent tournaments cosying up to authoritarians because it made his life easier," Hyde wrote. "He’s done it to learn from the best. And his latest decree this week simply confirms FIFA is now a fully operational autocracy in the classic populace-rinsing style. Do just absorb yesterday’s news that the cheapest ticket for next year’s World Cup final in the US will cost £3,120 – seven times more than the cheapest ticket for the last World Cup final in Qatar." ...

Donald Trump's recent appearance at a FIFA event highlights how he's a full-blown "elderly man" losing the support of his hardcore fans, an analyst wrote Monday.

The president received the FIFA Peace Prize at the World Cup 2026 draw last week, but his "yammering" appearance was more important for highlighting his "obvious decline", according to Heather Digby Parton. The Salon columnist suggested Trump's power base, including that of FIFA president Gianni Infantino, is surrounding Trump with made-up medals and praise.

But even his own supporters are seeing through the cracks and believe the president is fading. Parton wrote, "Mind you, the hardcore base is sticking with Trump so far because, like their idol, they can never admit they were wrong." ...

Donald Trump and "his FIFA soulmate" Gianni Infantino got slammed Tuesday by a European analyst who claimed America's president is destroying the world's leading sporting event.

In an opinion piece for The Guardian, Marina Hyde criticized how Trump and Infantino, "the Forrest Gump of Trump’s administration," are bringing politics to the World Cup — a tournament watched by a worldwide audience on billions.

"On Monday, the worst man in world sport was – yet again – to be found in the Oval Office, this time nodding along to Trump’s declaration that games could be moved from host cities for next summer’s World Cup if the US president deems there’s 'a problem' with security or that the cities are non-compliant in some other way," Hyde writes. The 2026 competition is set to be played at cities across the US, as well as Canada and Mexico....

JD Vance, an alumnus of Ohio State University, fumbled the football team's National Championship trophy in his exuberance to handle the prize during a meet and greet Monday at the White House.

The Buckeyes defeated Notre Dame in the National Championship 34-23 in January.

"There you see the president holding an Ohio State football helmet, a jersey being held up with Trump's last name, the number 47 on it," said anchor Boris Sanchez. "JD Vance, we should note, the vice president, also on hand. He's a graduate of the Ohio State University." ...