Sports world reacts to Donald Trump's election victory

The sports and political worlds have repeatedly become intertwined in the past year, so it should come as no surprise many athletes, coaches, executives and more had reactions to Donald Trump's victory over Hillary Clinton in the presidential election Tuesday night.

Here are a few of the responses from Trump supporters, including UFC president Dana White, race car driver Danica Patrick, Bengals tight end Tyler Eifert and more.

No matter the result tonight, on Nov 9th let's reach across party lines and shake hands. We must unite to keep America great.

🇺🇸— Michael Waltrip (@MW55)

This is enough guys I'm stopping it here.

😂😂

— Shawne Merriman (@shawnemerriman)

On the other side of the political aisle, the tone was of course much different.

I wonder how many people flat out didn't want to vote for a woman

🤔— Torrey Smith (@TorreySmithWR)

LeBron James, who formally endorsed Clinton, posted a longer message on Instagram. (Warning: Music contains adult language.)

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