Trump Vs Clinton Athlete Endorsements

This is a list of college and pro athletes or people related to sports (baseball, basketball, football, hockey, golf) (not saying the rest of the sports aren't sports but these are just the ones I chose) who supported either Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump for the presidency. This is just a brief summary of the people and which position they played, I will go into more detail in the next few articles on the rosters and also compare the teams and see who would win in a hypothetical matchup between the two.





Clinton

Baseball

Nicholas Sakellaridis-Owner

Laura Ricketts-Owner

Ted Turner-Owner/Manager

Jack MacGregor-Owner
Magic Johnson-Owner

Bill Maher-Owner
Nick Lachey-Owner

Andrew Bilig-Executive/Owner

Larry Lucchino-Executive

Tom Werner-Executive
Sam Kennedy-Executive

Theo Epstein-Executive

Bill James-Executive

Thomas McDermott Jr.-Coach
Bill Richardson-Pitcher
Gavin Newsom-Pitcher
Frank Viola-Pitcher

Frank Viola III-Pitcher

Dan Haren-Pitcher

Mario Hollands-Pitcher

Sean Doolittle-Pitcher

Zach Britton-Pitcher

Jerry Blevins-Pitcher

Brian Duensing-Pitcher

Glen Perkins-Pitcher

Dirk Hayhurst-Pitcher

Jim Masteralexis-C
Nick Nolte-C

Joe Torre-C/3B/Coach

Bill Bradley-1B
George HW Bush-1B/OF

Adrian Gonzalez-1B

Cody Decker-1B/3B/OF/C

David Ortiz-1B/DH

Mark Canha-1B

Dave Magadan-1B/3B

Jagger Rusconi-2B

Robinson Cano-2B

Russell Wilson-2B

Alex Rodriguez 3B/SS

Alex Bregman-SS/3B
Michael Young-SS/3B/1B
Hank Aaron OF
John Boccieri-OF
Craig Fitzhugh-CF
Pat White-OF

Jessica Mendoza-OF

Sammy Sosa-OF

Nook Logan-OF

Vernon Wells-OF

Dexter Fowler-OF

Ryan Thompson-OF

Will Ferrell-Super Utility Player

Bryant Nelson-Utility Player

Billy Crystal-DH

Jesse Jackson-Unknown Position
Tim McGraw-Unknown Position

Football

Jeffrey Lurie-Owner
Casey Wasserman-Owner
Angelo Tsakopoulos-Owner
Jon Bon Jovi-Owner

Paul Pelosi-Owner

Edward Glazer-Owner

Steve Tisch-Owner

Jonathan Tisch-Owner

Ted Leonsis-Owner

David Tepper-Owner

Christina Weiss Lurie-Owner

Dan Rooney-Owner/Executive

Matt Higgins-Executive
Bob Henriquez-Coach
John Carney-Coach
Joe Madison-Statistician
Jim Tressel-QB/Coach
Mike Tomlin-WR/TE/Coach

Doug Williams-QB
Troy Smith-QB/RB/KR
Charlie Crist-QB
Jay Walker-QB
Ron Kind-QB
Jesse Jackson-QB

Josh Rosen-QB

Sage Rosenfels-QB

Pat White-QB

Russell Wilson-QB

Jim Harbaugh-QB/Coach

Terrelle Pryor-QB/WR

Tim Ryan-QB

Mark Hudspeth-QB/S/Coach

Michael Vickers-QB
Rodney Peete-QB

Jim Brown-RB
Franco Harris-RB
Jonas Gray-RB
Joe Biden-RB
Paul Fraim-RB/Coach
Anthony Petrucelli-RB

Al Frazier-RB

Adam Salina-RB

Melvin Gordon-RB

Jennifer Welter-RB/Coach
Alshon Jeffery-WR
Thomas Tull-WR/Owner
Torrey Smith-WR

Derrick Mason-WR

Rawson Marshall Thurber-WR

Doug Baldwin-WR

Reggie Love-WR

Tony Gonzalez-TE/LB
Cory Booker-TE

Patrick Muldoon-TE

Arthur Lynch-TE

Tom Crabtree-TE

Jacob Tamme-TE

Martellus Bennett-TE
Nick Nolte-TE/DE

Robert Wolf-OL

Khaled Holmes-OL

John Fetterman-OL

John Greco-OG/C
Joel Bitonio-OG

John Garamendi-OG

Uche Nwaneri-OG

John Urschel-OG

Mark Schlereth-OG

Geoff Schwartz-OG

Webster Hubbell-OT

Hank Paulson-OT

Ryan Diem-OT

Joe Schwarz-C

Corey Lewis-RT

Forest Whitaker-DT
Brian Sims-DT
Alan Page-DT

AJ Francis-DT

Warde Manuel-DT

Adewale Ogunleye-DE

Osi Umenyiora-DE

Darrell Irvin-DE

Terrence Knighton-DT

David Parry-DT
Nick Moody-LB

Ed O'Neill-LB
Cato June-LB

Ike Reese-LB

Dennis Gibson-LB

Nate Irving-LB

Brendon Ayanbadejo-LB

Aaron Maybin-LB

Robert Mathis-LB

Lou Holtz-LB/Coach

Napoleon Harris III-LB

Emmanuel Acho-LB

Henoc Muamba-LB

Shane Ray-LB

Nnamdi Asomugha-CB

Domonique Foxworth-CB

Wade Davis-CB/STer

Marlin Jackson-CB

Martin Mayhew-CB/GM

Vontae Davis-CB

Deion Sanders-CB

Jourdan Lewis-CB

Darius Butler-CB

Calvin Pryor-S

Mike Adams-S

DeShon Elliott-S

Ryan Mundy-S

Hamza Abdullah-S

Mike Gerber-DB
Omari Hardwick-DB

Johnson Bademosi-DB/STer

Chris Kluwe-P

Marquette King-P

John J. Mack-Unknown Position
Jim Moran-Unknown Position
Joe Manchin-Unknown Position
Sam Kennedy-Unknown Position
Darren Young-Unknown Position
Howard Schultz-Unknown Position

Ron T.S. Kim-Unknown Position

Wellington Webb-Unknown Position

Nicholas Veliotes-Unknown Position

Eric Sapp-Unknown Position

Robert Wolf-Unknown Position

Basketball

Adam Silver-Commissioner
David Stern-Commissioner
Jerry Crawford-Owner
Mark Cuban-Owner

Vivek Ranadive-Owner
John Hammond-Owner
Peter Feigin-Owner
Chris Kelly-Owner
Marc Lasry-Owner
Wes Edens-Owner
Herb Simons-Owner
Arn Tellem-Owner
Bruce Ratner-Owner

Jay Z-Owner

Ted Leonsis-Owner

Herb Kohl-Owner

Chamath Palihapitiya-Owner
Nick Lachey-Owner

Billy King-Guard/Executive

Rodney Lyons-Coach
Bob Casey Jr.-Coach
Lin Dunn-Coach

Geno Auriemma-Coach

Frank Haith-Coach
Jason Kidd-PG/Coach
Jay Williams-PG
Magic Johnson-PG/Owner
Kim English-PG
Lenny Jacobson-PG

Kevin Johnson-PG

Stephen Curry-PG

Chris Paul-PG

Sterling Gibbs-PG

Baron Davis-PG

Steve Nash-PG

Steve Kerr-PG/Coach

Doc Rivers-PG/Coach

Chauncey Billups-PG/SG

Russell Westbrook-PG

Kenny Smith-PG

Maura Healey-PG

Rolando Blackman-SG

Oliver Robinson-SG

Quincy Pondexter-SG/SF

Dwayne Wade-SG

JJ Redick-SG

Kobe Bryant-SG

JR Smith-SG

Ray Allen-SG

Jamal Crawford-SG

Sheryl Swoopes-SG/SF/Coach

Marquis Daniels-SG/SF
George Mitchell-G

Percy Bland-G
Byron Brown-G
Anthony Masiello-G
Donald Fowler-G
John W. Rogers Jr.-G
Matt de La Pena-G

Layshia Clarendon-G

Natasha Cloud-G

Carol Ross-G/Coach

Rick Carlisle-G/Coach

Mike D'Antoni-G/Coach

Iman Shumpert-G

Stan Van Gundy-G/Coach

Bronson Koenig-G
Denzel Washington-G

Tony Gonzalez-F

Bill Bradley-F
Gabby Williams-F

Swin Cash-F

Craig Robinson-F/Coach

James Jones-F

Natalie Achonwa-F

Terry Stotts-F/Coach

Reggie Love-F

Arne Duncan-F/Coach
Nick Nolte-F

Carmelo Anthony-SF

Grant Hill-SF
Chamique Holdsclaw-SF
Jeff Pearlman-SF

LeBron James-SF

Ben Simmons-SF/PF

Dahntay Jones-SF/SG

Marissa Coleman-SF/SG

Richard Jefferson-SF

Jabari Parker-SF

Tom McMillen-PF/C
Brad Sellers-PF/C
Kareem Abdul Jabbar PF/C
Etan Thomas-PF/C

Tony Gaffney-PF

Aron Baynes-PF

Theo Ratliff-PF/C

David West-PF

Dirk Nowitzki-PF

Charles Barkley-PF

Jarron Collins-C/Coach
Jason Collins-C

Dikembe Mutombo-C

Tina Charles-C

Abi Olajuwon-C

Enes Kanter-C

Stefanie Dolson-C

Rebecca Lobo-C

Imani Boyette-C

Joel Embiid-C

Joakim Noah-C

Demarcus Cousins-C

Ron Wyden-Unknown Position

Bill Cohen-Unknown Position

Eric Holder-Unknown Position

Albio Sires-Unknown Position

Jamie Mayo-Unknown Position

Pedro Sanchez-Unknown Position

Scooter Braun-Unknown Position
Sinbad-Unknown Position
Jeff Ament-Unknown Position
2 Chainz-Unknown Position

Hockey

Jack MacGregor-Owner

Ted Leonsis-Owner

David Morehouse-Executive
Rory Babich-Executive

Cara Morey-Coach/Unknown Position
Mark Dayton-Goalie

Brock McGillis-Goalie

Brianne Jenner-Forward

Harrison Browne-Forward

Emily Fulton-Forward

Anna Zorn-Forward

Hanna Bunton-Forward

John Kerry-Unknown position 

Anne Wojcicki-Unknown Position

Golf

Justin Alfond
Gray Davis
Eddie Lucio III

Cameron Percy

Nino Bertasio

Lisa Cornwell

Graeme McDowell

Jodi Ewart Shadoff

Aron Oberholser

Cheyenne Woods

Lizette Salas

Rich Beem
Tony Johnstone
Lorraine Higgins
Robert Zimmerman

Soccer

Merritt Paulson-Owner

George Soros-Owner

Marcelo Claure-Owner
Magic Johnson-Owner

Elton John-Owner/Executive

Tom Werner-Executive
Eric Swalwell-Goalie
Hope Solo-Goalie

Madi McNamara-Goalie

Haley Carter-Goalie
Bianca Sierra-Defender

DeAndre Yedlin-Defender

Vincent Kompany-Defender

Ben Olsen-Midfielder/Coach

Megan Rapinoe-Midfielder 

Amanda Perez-Midfielder

Veronica Perez-Midfielder

Heather O'Reilly-Midfielder/wing

Olivia Schough-Midfielder  

Abby Wambach-Forward

Stefanie McCaffrey-Forward

Robbie Rogers-Wing

Alex Morgan-Striker

Gary Lineker-Striker
John Kerry-Unknown Position 

Susana Mendoza-Unknown Position

Tom Steyer-Unknown Position 

David W. Crane-Unknown Position
Jennifer Siebel Newsom-Unknown Position
Shura-Unknown Position



Trump

Baseball

Joe Ricketts-Owner

Marlene Ricketts-Owner

Tom Ricketts-Owner

Todd Ricketts-Owner

Tom Brady-C

Steve Clevenger-C

Johnny Bench-C

Matt Tupman-C

David Ross-C

Rob Bowen-C

Nick Rickles-C

Craig Brazell-1B

Steve Garvey-1B

Aubrey Huff-1B/3B/RF

Doug Flynn-2B/SS

Davey Johnson-2B/Manager

Steve Tolleson-2B

George Brett 3B/Coach

Pete Rose-3B/Outfield/UTIL/Coach

Eric Bolling-3B/2B

Garrett Atkins-3B

Gene Michael-SS/Manager/GM

AJ Graffanino-SS

Felipe Lopez-INF

Ben Zobrist-UTIL 

Paul O'Neill-Outfield

Johnny Damon-Outfield
Ron DeSantis-Outfield
Lou Barletta-Outfield

Roger Williams-Outfield

Tim Tebow-Outfield

John Raynor-Outfield/Coach

Pat Sheridan-Outfield

Melvin Nieves-Outfield

Matt Murton-Outfield

Eric Byrnes-Outfield

Jim Gosger-Outfield/First Base

Clay Buchholz-Pitcher
John Rocker-Pitcher
Mike LaCoss-Pitcher
Curt Schilling-Pitcher
Bill O'Reilly-Pitcher
Lance McCullers Jr.-Pitcher

Bobby Livingston-Pitcher

Seth McClung-Pitcher

Dave LaRoche-Pitcher

Randy Wells-Pitcher

Greg Swindell-Pitcher

Jensen Lewis-Pitcher

Steve Trout-Pitcher

Barry Enright-Pitcher

Jason Isringhausen-Pitcher

Scott Maine-Pitcher

Brett Myers-Pitcher

Chris Hammond-Pitcher

Kevin Gryboski-Pitcher

Tanyon Sturtze-Pitcher

Chris Waters-Pitcher

Dennis Sarfate-Pitcher

Noah Syndergaard-Pitcher

Dan Serafini-Pitcher

Doug Davis-Pitcher

Marcel Lachemann-Pitcher/Manager

Don DeMola-Pitcher

Steven Travers-Pitcher

Jason Ryan-Pitcher

Brad Penny-Pitcher

Dan Plesac-Pitcher

Daniel McCutchen-Pitcher

Rob Dibble-Pitcher

Mitch Williams-Pitcher

Mark Carreon-Pitcher

Danny Graves-Pitcher

Jake Arrieta-Pitcher

Trevor Bauer-Pitcher

Josh Pettitte-Pitcher

Josh Geer-Pitcher

Chris Sampson-Pitcher

Dillon Gee-Pitcher

Les Norman-Pitcher

Randy Keisler-Pitcher

George P. Bush-Unknown position
Eric Schmitt-Unknown Position

Football

Woody Johnson-Owner
Robert Kraft-Owner

Donald Trump-Owner

Edward Glazer-Owner

Bob McNair-Owner

Paul Ryan-Owner

Red McCombs-Owner/OL/WR
Ray Walsh-Executive
Mike Leach-Coach

Bill Belichick-C/TE/Coach
Rex Ryan DE/Coach
Mike Ditka-TE/Coach
Lou Holtz-LB/Coach

John Harbaugh-Coach
Tom Brady-QB
Gene Keady-QB
Blake Frohnapfel-QB
CJ Beathard-QB

Ben Roethlisberger-QB

Vince Dooley-QB/HC
Mike Shanahan-QB/HC

Fran Tarkenton-QB

Tim Tebow-QB

Peyton Manning-QB

George P. Bush-QB

Sonny Purdue-QB

Bobby Bowden-QB/RB/HC

Chandler Harnish-QB

Joe Theismann-QB

Jay Cutler-QB

Johnny McEntee-QB

Herschel Walker-RB
Adam Muema-RB

Mike Kelly-FB

Kevin Von Erich-FB

Terrell Owens-WR
Larry Gatlin-WR

Pat Fallon-WR

Marco Rubio-TE
Peter Pekar-TE

Jeremy Shockey-TE

Kyle Rudolph-TE

Matt Light-OT
Nick Mangold-C
Ryan Zinke-C

Ryan Kelly-C

Randy Cross-OL
Ted DiBiase-DT

Tony Siragusa-NT
Fred Smerlas-DT/NT

Brock Lesnar-DT

Rosey Grier-DT

Shawne Merriman-LB
Rocky Boiman-LB
Robert Ehrlich-LB
Greg Edwards-LB/DT/STer

Ken Blackwell-LB

Chad Greenway-LB

Pat Angerer-LB
Fred Williamson-DB
Richard Burr-DB
Donald Rumsfeld-DB

John Husted-CB

Dean Cain-S

Kevin Vaccaro-S

Dylan Haines-S

Dan Buck-DB/P/K

Burgess Owens-DB/S

Nick Saban-DB/Coach

Matt Overton-LS

Bill O'Reilly-P

Pat McAfee-P

Bobby Puyol-K
Burt Jones-STer
Gary Busey-Unknown Position
Bob Dole-Unknown Position
John Hagee-Unknown Position
Caitlyn Jenner-Unknown Position
Tom Rooney-Unknown Position

Bruce Westerman-Unknown Position

John Boozman-Unknown Position

John Thune-Unknown Position

Jeff McWaters-Unknown Position

Eric Schmitt-Unknown Position

Basketball

Dan Gilbert-Owner

James Dolan-Owner
Bob Knight-PG/Coach
Gene Keady-Coach
Digger Phelps-G/Coach
Billy Packer-G
Bob Dole-G
T. Boone Pickens-G

Curt Clawson-G

Latrell Sprewell- SG/SF
Dennis Rodman-PF

Kris Humphries-PF

Spencer Hawes-C

John Thune-Unknown Position

Golf

John Daly
Jim Herman
Mike Vanderlaan
Lexi Thompson
Jack Nicklaus

Natalie Gulbis

John Peterson

Will Long

Paige MacKenzie

Pat Perez

Scott McNealy

Edward Loar

Tommy Gainey

JJ Henry

Lois Kolkhorst

Kyle Thompson

Steve Elkington

Harold Varner III

Christie Kerr

Len Mattiace

Bob Estes

Ryan Armour

John Vanderlaan

Dan Jenkins

Chris DiMarco

Dave Stockton Jr. 

Steve Flesch

Larry Mowry

Troy Martin

William McGirt

Justin Thomas

Tony Finau

Mark Carnevale

Arjun Atwal

Tom Gillis

D.A. Points

Greg Norman

Kelly Kraft

Peter Uihlein
Dennis Trixler

Soccer

Bernie Ecclestone-owner
Viktor Orban-Unknown position
Dan Coats-Unknown position

Geoff Cameron-D

Adam Jahn-F

Hockey

Robin Lehner-Goalie

Cale Hulse-Defense

Tom Emmer-wing

Colts-Steelers Preview

Colts Preview

Well when it looks like the Colts are starting to get in a groove to make a run for a playoff spot, Andrew Luck gets a concussion and he’s going to be out for what will be a huge game on Thursday Night Football vs the Steelers. In his place will be Scott Tolzien, who is best known for starting a few games a few years ago for the Packers when Aaron Rodgers was injured, and he did not do well at all. Luck has been sacked 35 times this season, by far the most in the NFL and has been hit much much more, so it was just a matter of time before he got injured again. This offensive line problem has been an issue for so long that you wonder how much longer Andrew Luck’s career will be. On another note, I expect this to be a big game for Frank Gore as the Steelers run defense leaves a little something to be desired. 

Fantasy

The only Colts players who I’d consider starting are Gore and Vinatieri. We don’t know how good Tolzien will be and who will get the primary targets with him at QB, you’d hope its TY but when Matt Hasselbeck was the backup a few years ago, TY got a significant decrease in targets. But we do know that someone will, so I expect either TY, Moncrief, or Doyle to have a big game. 

Prediction 

Steelers 49 Colts 10

Colts-Titans Recap

Colts Recap

Well the Colts are back to .500 and are in the thick of playoff contention because of their win over the Titans. They scored on their first 3 possessions to take a 21–0 lead, but before they knew it the Titans had stormed back and it was 21–17, luckily the ageless Adam Vinatieri was able to make a field goal, avenging his rare missed one earlier and the Colts were able to pull off the victory. Luck had his usual dominant game with 2 TD’s and an INT with 262 yards, while TY Hilton had 97 yards and a TD, while Frank Gore had 121 all purpose yards. The defense showed up for once too, and they came up with a season high of 5 sacks. 

Fantasy

Luck, TY, and Gore had their usual dominant fantasy performances and still remain a must start in all leagues. Now that Donte Moncrief is healthy I think he is becoming the de facto second option for Luck as he finished with 4 receptions for 37 yards and a TD

Colts-Titans Preview

The Colts are coming off their bye week to face the Titans who are fresh off a demolition of Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers. With a week off the Colts should be getting healthier with the returns of LG Jack Mewhort and DL's Henry Anderson and Kendall Langford. WR Phillip Dorsett should be returning as well and he should be a key part of the offense. Last time the Colts played the Titans the Colts were able to win because of a brilliant game by Andrew Luck as the defense was pretty mediocre, most likely they will need the same thing to happen again. 

Fantasy 

The Colts players who you should start are Andrew Luck, TY Hilton, Frank Gore, and Adam Vinatieri. At this point you probably want to roster Jack Doyle and Donte Moncrief but I wouldn't start them because the targets between players fluctuate often from week to week.

Prediction Colts 27 Titans 24

The Plight of a Minor League Baseball Player

When people think of athletes, they think of really rich overpaid people who get paid millions of dollars for playing a game for a living. That's not wrong, athletes who are the best at what they do and sometimes not even close to the best (i.e. Jay Cutler) get paid millions of dollars to play a sport for a living. However not all athletes get paid this kind of money or have a lot of luxury in their life. Unless you are a really good international free agent or a very high draft pick, most minor league baseball players actually make below minimum wage. These athletes work about 60-70 hours a week, and make about 1,100 dollars a month which is less than 4$ an hour if they were being paid regular time for the first 40 hours of the week and OT the next 20 hours. Even in the upper levels of the minor leagues athletes only make about 2,250$ which is barely above minimum wage. If each minor league baseball player was paid an extra 10$ an hour for 60 hours a week, it would cost the MLB team who pays their salary and whom they are affiliated with less than 3 million a year. One of the reasons that minor league players do not get paid that much is because they do not have a union, however some minor league baseball players are suing for back pay based on federal and state minimum wage laws.  On June 24th a bill was proposed in the US House of Representatives called "Save America's Pastime Act", this law explicitly stated that the 7500 minor league baseball players would not be entitled to minimum wage or overtime pay. As of September 19th this bill was still in the House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, so hopefully the bill will die from inaction and the players will someday be able to be paid at least minimum wage.

Colts-Packers Recap

Colts Recap

Well that was unexpected. The way the Colts have been playing the past few weeks no one would have ever thought they would have any chance at all at defeating Aaron Rodgers and the Packers especially at Lambeau where they are basically indestructible. But you can never count out the Colts and when the game was over and the scoreboard said Colts 31 Packers 26, well it gave me a little hope that the Colts season may not be over in December especially in the AFC South. Luck wasn’t at his best today, far from it, but on those two critical third downs late in the 4th quarter where if he failed they’d be giving Aaron Rodgers back the ball to make a miracle comeback, he first converted to Jack Doyle and then to TY Hilton and before you knew it the Colts had won. 

Fantasy

Luck wasn’t at his best but he was still very solid with a TD and 281 passing yards. Frank Gore had 71 all purpose yards and 2 TDs both rushing. TY Hilton lead the Colts in receiving yards with 81, and Donte Moncrief was able to get a TD as well. Even with Allen back, Doyle received the majority of the targets at tight end, so he may have moved up on the depth chart to #1. 

Colts-Packers Preview

Colts Preview

Well when it seems like things couldn’t get any worse for the Colts, they get to face the Packers at Lambeau. The offensive line has been playing awful, the defense can’t cover anything and it seems like now anyone who has been productive is getting injured. Their best CB Vontae Davis is in the concussion protocol and is questionable, S Mike Adams and WR TY Hilton both got injured in last weeks game against the Chiefs, and the best offensive lineman LG Jack Mewhort injured his triceps a few weeks ago and has been out ever since. It’s a good thing Andrew Luck is still healthy otherwise the Colts would have absolutely no chance at winning this game. 

Fantasy

Obviously Luck, Gore, and Vinatieri are must starts, with TY being questionable I might consider taking a flyer on starting Donte Moncrief as he probably will be the #1 receiver. Depending on whether Dwayne Allen starts I’d also consider starting Jack Doyle too as Luck has developed a pretty good rapport with him. 

Prediction Packers 45 Colts 17