SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “On a Wednesday afternoon late last month, at a ceremony on the White House South Lawn, President Trump introduced several new members of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition. Former Yankees great Mariano Rivera, the former running back Herschel Walker and the gold-medalist beach volleyball player Misty May-Treanor were all called out. Then President Trump acknowledged another group of athletes who happened to be there that day, and were receiving an honor the Philadelphia Eagles, the Golden State Warriors and several other championship-winning teams have not in a polarized era, when a previously harmless photo-op with the leader of the free world has become a fraught activity…Mr. Trump is not an N.C.A.A. tennis junkie. ‘Patrick’ is Patrick Hannity, son of Sean Hannity, the Fox News host. He is a redshirt freshman who previously starred at Cold Spring Harbor High School on Long Island, where he was a New York state finalist in doubles. He played only in the fall this season, compiling records of 3-4 this season in singles and 3-4 in doubles, but was invaluable when it came to getting his team into the Oval Office.”
-Marc Tracy, “One Way to Get a White House Visit? Have Sean Hannity’s Son on Your Team,” The New York Times online, June 14, 2018