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A piece of the UFC White House event’s setup is sitting in Pennsylvania Amish country
There’s a lot of buzz around the upcoming UFC Freedom 250UFC Freedom 250, the UFC event set to take place at the White House, but right now a huge chunk of the event’s setup is sitting somewhere you probably wouldn’t expect: Pennsylvania Amish country.
Before moving down to the sunny, state-income-tax-free state of Florida, I was born and raised in south central Pennsylvania, a place with rolling hills and horse and buggies, and where people order scrapple because they want to and not because they’re being dared to.
Recently, a giant metal dome popped up in the area near Lititz, PA — just outside of Lancaster and about an hour and a half west of Philadelphia — that left residents pretty confused.
Understandably so. I mean, it’s not like the Amish suddenly revamped their barn designs.
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Local news station WGAL did some digging and found that the structure is being built by Tait Global, a company that builds lighting towers and stages for some of the biggest tours and concerts on the planet. According to their website, they built the stage for the Backstreet Boys’ residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas.
It turns out that the dome is actually called “The Claw” and will be taken to the White House for UFC Freedom 250.
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But what a lot of people don’t realize is that in Lititz, there is a place called Rock Lititz that is home to a slew of companies like Tait Global that produce sets and provide other support for live performances.
Huge-name artists are in and out of the area all the time.
In fact, years ago, I worked for a radio station, and we were doing an event at the nearby airport. I was standing in the airport fire department building (I kid you not, I was waiting for the Phillie Phanatic to get dressed to do an appearance at our event) and talking to the on-duty firefighter. He told me about seeing huge stars flying into this tiny airport to go to Rock Lititz.
It’s wild to me that this is all happening in what is essentially the middle of Amish country. Now, in just a few weeks, it sounds like “The Claw” will be taken a few hours south to Washington, DC, and will be a part of history.
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PGA Tour player goes shirtless in New Orleans, fails at miracle shot from water
It’s highly unlikely that Michael Brennan will be the only 24-year-old man to take his shirt off in public in New Orleans on Thursday, but he will be the only one to do so who has a PGA Tour victory under his belt.
During the opening round of this week’s Zurich Classic, a team event on Tour played at TPC Louisiana, Brennan and teammate Johnny Keefer began on the back nine and got things rolling early, getting to 4-under through their opening six holes.
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After back-to-back pars on the 16th and 17th holes, the duo arrived at the Par 5 closing hole, which is when things got messy.
Brennan found the greenside pond with his second shot, but after getting eyes on his golf ball just off the bank inside the water hazard, he elected to try to play it instead of taking a drop.
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Taking such a risk is a perk when you’re playing in a team event, and with Keefer in Position A, Brennan said, why not? So, he took off his shirt and attempted to hit his golf ball out of the hazard. Unfortunately, he didn’t manage to pull off the miracle shot. He did get his golf ball in the air, but only for it to find the water even further.
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Players taking their shirts off before hitting a shot out of a water hazard is rare, but it does happen at least a handful of times per season. It’s certainly an odd enough occasion that if you are presented with an opportunity to hit a miracle shot, you have to take advantage in a setting like the Zurich Classic.
Brennan having six-pack abs and possessing what appears to be about 2.8 percent body fat probably made his decision to go tarps off that much easier.
The Brennan-Keefer duo fired a very solid 11-under 61 on Thursday in the best-ball format.
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Trump border czar Tom Homan wants Pope Leo XIV to ride along with ICE agents: ‘They don’t understand’
President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, is inviting the head of the world’s largest religious group to join U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers on a ride-along in an American city.
While speaking at a Turning Point USA panel on Wednesday, Homan, who has identified himself as a “lifelong Catholic,” confirmed he would like Pope Leo XIV to join federal officers for a ride-along because “They’re talking about something they don’t understand.”
This comes amid an ongoing feud between the pope and the Trump administration over immigration policy and the conflict in Iran. While maintaining that “every country has a right to determine who and how and when people enter,” Leo has criticized the administration’s interior immigration enforcement as “extremely disrespectful, to say the least.” In response, President Donald Trump has criticized the pope as “WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy.” Vice President JD Vance, who is also Catholic, has suggested that “in some cases it would be best for the Vatican to stick to matters of morality.”
However, Homan, who oversees Trump’s border security efforts, has taken a different approach. Asked on the panel Wednesday whether he was inviting the pope to participate in a ride-along with ICE, he responded emphatically, “Yes.”
“I will sit down and talk to him,” he said. “Because they’re talking about something that they don’t understand.”
Homan said, “I’ll explain to them what happened under the Biden administration. An open border is the most inhumane thing you can do.”
He went on to rip into former President Joe Biden and former Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over their handling of the border from 2021 to 2025. He said the previous administration used tax dollars to provide illegal immigrants with transportation, lodging, and work authorization.
“When you make that promise to the whole world, the most vulnerable people will give their life savings to the cartels to make that dangerous journey,” said Homan.
“The most humane thing you can do,” he said, “is secure the border.”
“President Trump has illegal immigration down 96.7 percent … When 97 percent less people are coming, how many women aren’t being raped? How many children aren’t dying? How many pounds of fentanyl is not getting in to kill Americans? How many known suspected terrorists aren’t making it into the United States?” he asked.
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Homan has previously gone on the record on the administration’s spat with the Vatican, saying, “I welcome discussion with any of them, because they don’t understand illegal immigration is not a victimless crime.”
Speaking outside the White House earlier this month, he told reporters, “If they wore my shoes for 40 years, and talked to a 9-year-old girl that got raped multiple times, or stood in the back of a tractor trailer with 19 dead aliens at my feet, including a 5-year-old boy that baked to death, if they understood the atrocities that happened on the open border, I think their opinion would change.”
“Human traffickers are out of business, right? The cartels are going bankrupt because of that secure border. I wish they’d understand that,” he lamented. “Because if they did, I think they’d have a different opinion.”
Fox News Digital reached out to the Holy See for comment.
While maintaining “I have no fear of the Trump administration,” the Roman pontiff has emphasized that the feud with the president has been overblown.
“Much of what has been written since then has been more commentary on commentary, trying to interpret what has been said,” he has said. “It was looked at as if I was trying to debate, again, the president, which is not my interest at all.”
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WWE star Seth Rollins storms off NFL Network set after Kyle Brandt razzing
WWE star Seth Rollins has had a tough week.
He lost his WrestleMania 42 match against Gunther after a brutal ambush from Bron Breakker, and on “Monday Night Raw,” Breakker ambushed him again. It has been rough for “The Visionary” and on Thursday he didn’t appear to be in the mood for any teasing.
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Rollins was a guest on “Good Morning Football” ahead of Thursday night’s NFL Draft.
NFL Network host Kyle Brandt began to needle Rollins about which is more difficult, “Performing at 39 or playing in the NFL at 42?” Brandt was adamant that seventh-round draft picks going into the league can “go off the top rope.”
Rollins was perplexed.
“By the way, half the roster, Seth, is in their late 30s, early 40s. NFL at 42 is like Ric Flair in his bleepin’ 60s. We’re talking about a real sport, not predetermined. Big-time hits, 22 people,” Brandt said. “I figured out what it is with Seth. I just figured it out.
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“You’re a little nervous because it’s Night 1 of the draft and you know that next year you’ll be Night 1 only at WrestleMania. And there’s a symmetry there for you and I think I finally tapped into it.
Rollins was flabbergasted.
“You know what? You’re right. I don’t really appreciate it,” he said.
Rollins got up and tossed the “Terrible Towel” at Brandt and walked off the set.
The former champion has been a part of NFL coverage over the last few years on the NFL Network and Netflix. Rollins is a massive Chicago Bears fan.
Brandt appeared to be welcoming before Rollins’ appearance on the show. But it seemed clear he struck a chord with the WWE star.
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