Trump immigration restrictions draw response from sports world

Credit: Mike Powell

Credit: Mike Powell

President Donald J. Trump's executive order to limit immigration and temporarily ban refugees until additional vetting procedures drew a lot of reaction across the country over the weekend, and the sports world was not exempt.

The widow of late NFL star Pat Tillman was among the critics to lash out at the president’s order, joining Nike and others.

Tillman left pro football to enlist in the Army and was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2004.

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