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Fox News
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Fox News
The ‘Fox News Saturday Night' Panel Debates Their 1980s Mount Rushmore
Co-host of 'Outnumbered' Emily Compagno and Fox News contributor Tom Shillue join the panel on 'Fox News Saturday Night With Jimmy Failla' to discuss who they think belongs on the Mount Rushmore of 1980s icons. Watch the latest video at The 'Fox News Saturday Night' Panel Discuss The Latest Development In Trump's Feud With Rosie O'Donnell PLUS, check out the most recent episode of Fox Across America to hear more from Jimmy Failla!
Time of India
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
HOF Rapper Ice Cube Snubs NBA Legend from LA Sports Mount Rushmore, Fans Furious Over Shock Omission
Kobe Bryant (Image via Getty) Despite frequently praising Kobe Bryant as a personal hero and cultural icon, Ice Cube stirred controversy after omitting the Lakers legend from his Mount Rushmore of Los Angeles athletes. The rapper, actor, and diehard Lakers fan recently shared his list in a social media video—an unexpected selection that has ignited widespread discussion across sports circles. Ice Cube's choices reflected a broad appreciation for LA's multi-sport legacy. His Mount Rushmore featured MLB pitcher Fernando Valenzuela, boxing champion Oscar De La Hoya, and NFL running back O.J. Simpson—figures who left a lasting imprint not just in their sports but also in the cultural and historical fabric of Los Angeles. Kobe Bryant 's exclusion was surprising, especially given Ice Cube's deep admiration for the five-time NBA champion. Over the years, Cube has frequently acknowledged Kobe's influence on both the sport of basketball and the city of Los Angeles. In NBA-specific contexts, Cube has regularly included Kobe on his basketball Mount Rushmore. However, when expanding the lens to encompass all sports, his selections reflect different priorities. Ice Cube talks Raider Nation, LA Sports and the Rise of Hip-Hop (Full Episode) There are a few likely reasons for Kobe Bryant's absence: • Cube's picks highlight trailblazers who impacted Los Angeles beyond just wins and championships. Valenzuela became a symbol of pride for the Latino community, De La Hoya represented boxing dominance in the city, and Simpson—despite later controversies—was an athletic icon during his time at USC. • Ice Cube may also have sought to avoid redundancy, keeping Kobe on his basketball-exclusive Mount Rushmore while reserving his all-sports version to celebrate other figures who helped shape LA's identity across various arenas. Still, the decision sparked passionate reactions from fans who believe Kobe Bryant is an undeniable part of LA's sports DNA. To many, his impact—on and off the court—is unparalleled, making him a fixture in any conversation about the city's athletic greats. Ice Cube's list, however, offers a broader perspective. It invites a deeper reflection on what defines a city's sports legacy—is it championships, cultural resonance, pioneering impact, or emotional connection? Also read: "Do You Think LJ Will Give Up This Season?" - NBA Analyst Comments on LeBron James Reported Interested in Potential Move to the Dallas Mavericks In leaving Kobe Bryant off this particular list, Ice Cube isn't downplaying his legacy. Instead, he's embracing a more inclusive vision of LA's rich athletic history. It's a nuanced choice that reflects how the term 'icon' can evolve based on the scope and context of the conversation. And for a city as diverse and layered as Los Angeles, perhaps there's more than one way to honor its heroes. For real-time updates, scores, and highlights, follow our live coverage of the India vs England Test match here. Catch Rani Rampal's inspiring story on Game On, Episode 4. Watch Here!
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Who's on Jack Nicklaus' golf Mount Rushmore? Sorry, Arnold Palmer
Whose faces would be carved into gold's Mount Rushmore if Jack Nicklaus made the final call? Well, obviously, his own likeness would be among the four. The other three, according to a recently resurfaced video on Twitter, would belong to Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan and Tiger Woods. Sorry, Arnie. More: How did Memorial Tournament, Muirfield Village get their names? Jack Nicklaus explains Arnold Palmer, Nicklaus' longtime friend and rival, didn't make the legendary golfer's personal cut. The video was originally shot for Golf Digest in August 2024 and was recently repurposed by a popular Twitter account called Official Tour Pro. Nicklaus, 85, became close friends with Palmer, his rival, while they and Gary Player dominated the sport in the 1960s to help golf gain popularity in the U.S. Palmer, who died in 2016 at age 87, won 62 PGA Tour titles and still ranks fifth in all-time victories behind Sam Snead, Woods, Nicklaus and Hogan. Jones, who co-founded the Masters Tournament and Augusta National Golf Club where it's played, played only as an amateur while making his living as an attorney. He's considered the greatest amateur player who's ever lived. Nicklaus, meanwhile, won 117 professional tournaments, including 73 PGA wins plus a record 18 major championships. That's three more majors than Woods, who's still playing. Nicklaus also fronts one of the world's leading golf course design and construction firms, Nicklaus Design, and has designed numerous courses – including Muirfield Village in Dublin that hosts the annual Memorial Tournament. Nicklaus has also inspired a line of ice cream flavors plus Golden Bear Lemonade, but neither has a spot on the Mount Rushmore of golf-inspired food/beverage items next to the tasty half lemonade/half iced tea mixture known as an Arnold Palmer. Blue Jackets reporter Brian Hedger can be reached at bhedger@ and @ This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Tiger Woods makes Jack Nicklaus' golf Mount Rushmore. Who made the cut?
Times
17-07-2025
- Politics
- Times
Trump's garden of American heroes has one key omission, says his sculptor
President Trump has long joked about dreaming of having his face carved into Mount Rushmore alongside Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt and Lincoln. In July 2020, when he visited the monument in his first term, an enterprising photographer happened to capture how that might look: Yet it is another dream Trump first announced that day which is set to come true. Some $40 million of funding for a 'national garden of American heroes' — a Madame Tussauds-style sculpture park — has been earmarked under Trump's landmark One Big Beautiful Bill, which passed on July 4. An ambitious goal is set to complete it by the same date next year, to mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Although the location has not been officially announced, it is likely to be a site near the Rushmore monument in South Dakota, according to Steven Barber, a sculptor involved in the garden project. Larry Rhoden, the state's governor, wrote to Trump earlier this year suggesting a 40-acre plot in the Black Hills. 'There's a group of wealthy folks in South Dakota,' Barber, 64, said. 'They're gonna give him the land. It's all being done through the governor of South Dakota. And it's gonna move quickly because he wants to do this. Because he's a patriot and he cares about this country.' After his 2020 speech announcing plans for the park Trump signed an order for its construction in 2021, naming 244 'heroes' for inclusion. President Biden cancelled the plans but they have been resurrected, now with 250 people in mind. The list of names in the 2021 order included celebrities like Walt Disney, John Wayne, Johnny Cash and Whitney Houston, as well as giants from US history such as George Washington, Ronald Reagan and the explorer Sacagawea. There were titans of American conservatism such as Antonin Scalia, the former Supreme Court justice, the right-wing intellectual William Buckley Jr and the evangelical preacher Billy Graham. There were also cherished liberals including Martin Luther King Jr and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the longest-serving woman on the Supreme Court. Then there was Kobe Bryant, the former LA Lakers basketball player who died in a helicopter crash in 2020. 'It ain't a bunch of white guys. It's women, it's Indians, it's African-Americans, there's LBGQT [sic],' Barber said. 'Everyone's involved. So it's not a racist, white monument park. It's a huge representation of America.' At present Trump himself is not on the list, which includes only the dead. But Barber believes his own work, a 9ft bronze statue given to the president earlier this year, will eventually be included. 'This president took a bullet for America,' he said. 'Of course he's a hero.' The criteria for sculptures is quite specific. They must be 'life-size and made of marble, granite, bronze, copper or brass'. Barber's sculpture of Trump broadly meets these specifications — other than the size. 'It's ready to go,' he said. 'So why wouldn't he [include it]?' It is a better idea, according to Barber, than adding Trump to Mount Rushmore itself. That would be like putting 'Bart Simpson on the bottom of the Mona Lisa', he said. 'Mount Rushmore is somebody else's artwork [completed in 1941]. Why would you even think about bastardising somebody else's artwork?' • 'Don Colossus': why a 15ft bronze Trump statue will tower over Ohio The US president expressed his first-term desire to build a national garden of American heroes on a visit to Mount Rushmore, in response to a fraught debate over American history triggered by the killing of George Floyd. 'Our nation is witnessing a merciless campaign to wipe out our history, defame our heroes, erase our values and indoctrinate our children,' Trump said in the 2020 speech. 'So today, under the authority vested in me as president of the United States, I am announcing the creation of a new monument to the giants of our past. 'I am signing an executive order to establish the national garden of American heroes, a vast outdoor park that will feature the statues of the greatest Americans to ever live.' The National Endowment for the Humanities has offered grants of $200,000 per sculpture, with a maximum of three sculptures per artist. The total funding allocated to the project is similar to the $44 million spent on the First World War memorial that recently opened in Washington. Barber, a former film producer from California who does not build his own creations but commissions them from a studio, is pitching to create likenesses of Amelia Earhart, Davy Crockett and Neil Armstrong: He has known the US president since the 1990s, when he sold advertising in a luxury magazine to Trump to promote his golf courses. • Trump's golf partner reveals the secrets of his game He said the national garden would be a rebuke to the Americans who have campaigned in recent years to tear down statues of Confederate generals. 'I find it offensive that they pull down monuments from the Confederacy,' he said. 'For us to completely whitewash the Civil War and rip these monuments down? Another Civil War is inevitably going to happen, right? That's what these monuments are for.'
Yahoo
12-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Kevin Durant Declares War On NBA Mount Rushmore: "None Of Them Can Guard Me"
Kevin Durant Declares War On NBA Mount Rushmore: "None Of Them Can Guard Me" originally appeared on Fadeaway World. Kevin Durant is never one to back down from a challenge, especially when it comes to his legacy. The 2-time NBA champion and former MVP lit up social media this week after firing a fiery response to a fan who called him out in a viral 'NBA Mount Rushmore' post. Advertisement The post in question asked a simple but provocative question: "Who are you removing from this legendary lineup?" The graphic included six all-time greats — Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal, Tim Duncan, and Kevin Durant himself. One fan didn't hesitate and tagged Durant directly, calling him 'The Imposter' among the immortals. Durant, known for his unapologetic presence online, didn't let it slide. He clapped back in signature KD fashion: 'None of them can guard me. How bout that???' With that one tweet, Durant essentially declared war on the NBA's mythical Mount Rushmore. Advertisement And here's the kicker: he's not wrong. Let's break it down. Jordan and Kobe? Elite defenders in their primes, sure, but both are 6'6' guards. Durant, at 6'10' with a 7'5' wingspan, can rise up over either of them like they're contesting in slow motion. Shaquille O'Neal and Tim Duncan? All-time great big men, but neither had the lateral quickness to keep up with Durant on the perimeter. Tim might have been a quiet assassin on defense, and Shaq an immovable object in the paint, but KD would drag them out to the arc and torch them. LeBron James, perhaps the most versatile defender of the bunch, might offer the best shot at slowing KD down. But even that's a stretch. Durant and LeBron have gone head-to-head on the biggest stages before, and KD more than held his own, famously dropping dagger threes over James in back-to-back NBA Finals to help deliver titles to Golden State. Advertisement One fan tried to play peacekeeper, replying to Durant's post with some humility: 'Every person in that graphic is unguardable to be fair.' Durant acknowledged the point but couldn't help doubling down: 'Very true, would definitely need the National Guard to help guard those brothers. But lemme talk my shit real quick fam.' That's peak Durant, brutally honest, self-aware, and still fearless at 36. And let's be clear: Durant is still very much that guy. Last season with the Phoenix Suns, he averaged 26.6 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 4.2 assists while shooting 52.7% from the field and a sizzling 43% from deep. Even as the league gets younger and faster, KD's scoring efficiency and shot-making remain generational. Advertisement Now suiting up for the Houston Rockets after a blockbuster trade just last week, Durant enters a new chapter. But his confidence hasn't wavered, and neither has his ability to torch any defender thrown his way, whether that defender is a rising star or a Mount Rushmore legend. Durant's message was simple and sharp: put respect on his name. Because no matter how many titles or MVPs others have, very few, if any, can guard Kevin Wayne Durant. Related: Leaked DMs Show Kevin Durant Defending His Legacy After Failed Season With Suns This story was originally reported by Fadeaway World on Jun 29, 2025, where it first appeared.
