Los Angeles Dodgers On Monday, he celebrates the 2024 World Series Championship with President Donald Trump at the White House and launches a string of sports celebrities in Washington this month.
Ohio State Buckeyes The football team will track the Dodgers on April 14 after beating Notre Dame Fighting Ireland at the National Championships. The Philadelphia Eagles will be at the White House on April 28th.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers Shortstop Mookie Betts will throw to one base on April 5, 2025 to face the Phillies in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Lawrence Skesterson)
The planned visit appears to show a calming tension between the athlete and the president. Trump famously gave up an Eagles White House invitation in 2018, a debate between him and NFL players, kneeling for the national anthem as a protest against racial injustice. Rumors were swirling about whether the Eagles would go this year, so the team confirmed they would accept the invitation in February.
The relationship between athletes and Trump has been warming up, and was revealed during last year’s presidential election. MLB and NFL players and the UFC Fighters saw Trump dance move on the field. 49ers star Nick Bosa flashed his hat “make America great” after the match. The president is also seen on a daily basis at college football games, welcoming golfers to the White House and playing rounds with NFL players and golfers.
Dodgers star Mookie Betts has significantly changed his song about whether he will visit the White House.
He was on the Boston Red Sox 2018 World Series Championship team that defeated the Dodgers. He decided to boycott the visit at the time, but last week he lamented that he would not go.
“This isn’t about me. I don’t want to do anything about me. This is about the Dodgers.
“No matter what I say, what I do, people are trying to make it political. But that’s definitely not the case. This is about what the Dodgers were able to achieve last year.”
In 2019, Roberts proposed to the Los Angeles Times to skip a visit to the White House after criticising Trump for making pitching changes in the 2018 World Series.
But his songs have changed and now he says it’s a “big honor” to be able to go to the White House.
“It wasn’t the formal conversation we had as a ball club,” he said via ESPN. “It’s certainly a great honor to get an invitation to the White House. We can celebrate the 2024 championship. My understanding is that it’s a great honor for all of us, as all World Series champions get that honor.”
President Donald Trump gestures while inviting Washington Nationals catcher Kurt Suzuki to the podium at a ceremony held at the White House on November 4th, 2019 in honor of the 2019 World Series Champion Nationals. (Geoff Burke-Usa Today Sports)
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Trump also made the Eagles invite despite his previous hostility.
“I just felt that this was a traditional tradition of being invited to the White House,” team owner Jeffrey Lurie said Wednesday. A story about professional football.
“So there was absolutely no point in any way. It’s good to be celebrated at the White House. There were very different and special circumstances (2018).
“When you grow up and hear, ‘Oh, the championship team can go to the White House,’ it’s this. And we didn’t have the opportunity to do that, and we would do so now.
Florida Panthers The first team to visit Trump celebrated the Stanley Cup title. Matthew Tokachuk spoke enthusiastically about his ability to go to the White House.
“I am very grateful to the President today. We are very grateful for that. Being one of the few Americans who love this country so much, it’s a very incredible day for me. I am truly grateful that you are American every day.
Tkachuk then told the president how special the group of men behind him was. Florida appeared in the Stanley Cup finals for the second time last season, and ultimately managed to get over the hump for the first time in franchise history to win the trophy.
President Donald Trump will celebrate the Stanley Cup victory at the White House on February 3, 2025 with a jersey and hockey stick at the ceremony with the Florida Panthers, posing with Alexander Barkov, left and Matthew Tokachuk. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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“This team and this group are special,” he added. “Everyone sees what we do on the ice, but I have built a bond with these people I have for the rest of my life. I am forever grateful to these people. We will be champions forever and I will always remember these people.”
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