Donald Trump has always kept an eye on the sports world. <\/p>\n
The guy loves his golf, and he plays often. He loves the UFC, too, and is planning along with Dana White to host an event at the White House next year. <\/p>\n
The president also isn\u2019t shy about trying to put his finger on the scale to make sports leagues and folks in power in the sporting world do things how he would like to see them done.<\/p>\n
For instance, just this past weekend he took to Truth Social to rail against Major League Baseball because former Red Sox, Blue Jays, Yankees and Astros pitcher Roger Clemens is not yet in the Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n
The president made a move earlier this year, too, that impacted a former NASCAR driver from Pennsylvania and his son. <\/p>\n
That move? <\/p>\n
Well, for those who might have missed it, Trump pardoned Tighe Scott, 76, and his son, Jarrett Scott, 48, for thier involvement in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.<\/p>\n
The Pen Argyl natives were taken into custody along with two other Pennsylvania men last June, ABC News reported.<\/a> The site said they faced two felonies each \u201cas well as multiple misdemeanor offenses\u201d after prosecutors say they were involved in assaults at the Capitol.<\/p>\n But those charges were wiped clean by Trump\u2019s pardon, according to reports. <\/a><\/p>\n Tighe Scott ran 89 races in the NASCAR Cup Series across six years. He began his NASCAR career at the Daytona 500 in 1976 and wrapped it up at the 1982 Daytona 500. His highest finish came in the 1979 Daytona 500 when he finished sixth. <\/p>\n His highest points finish was 13th in 1978.<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Donald Trump has always kept an eye on the sports world. The guy loves his golf, and he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[425,99],"class_list":["post-108723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}