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    Trump's latest target is the sports world, and it's fighting back

    by By Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times Sep 23, 2017 3 minutes

    LOS ANGELES_Sports and politics, two worlds that usually like to stay clear of each other, found themselves on a collision course when President Donald Trump decided to take on the National Football League and the National Basketball Association.

    The response from players and the NFL was akin to a benches-clearing brawl.

    At a political rally Friday night in Huntsville, Ala., Trump challenged NFL owners to fire any player who takes a knee during the playing of the national anthem.

    Trump said the owners should say: "Get that son of a bitch off the field right

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