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Scott D. Pierce: Remember when you could watch sports on TV to get away from politics?

OK, it’s never been entirely true that sports was separated from politics. But the intermixing of the two seems more pronounced than ever in the wake of ESPN’s Jemele Hill tweeting about Donald Trump, and the backlash from both the White House and Trump’s backers.

President Donald Trump waits outside the West Wing of the White House for the arrival of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017, in Washington. ESPN distanced itself from anchor Jemele Hill's tweets one day after she called Trump "a white supremacist" and "a bigot." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)