Jake Harp, Author at The Western Journal

Sports Editor and Deputy News Editor

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Jake Harp has been with The Western Journal since 2014. His writing primarily focuses on sports and their intersection with politics, culture, and religion.

Jake Harp joined Liftable Media in 2014 after graduating from Grove City College. Since then he has worked in several roles, mostly focusing on social media and story assignment. Jake lives in Western New York where, in a shocking display of poor parenting, he tries to pass down his Buffalo sports fandom to his daughter.

Location

New York

Topics of Expertise

Sports, Politics

Volunteers pray over handmade crosses memorializing the victims of a mass shooting that left 22 people dead in El Paso, Texas.

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Democrats Are Fundraising Off El Paso and Dayton Massacres

Almost immediately after 22 people were killed in mass shootings, the Democratic National Committee was using the massacres for a fundraising push.

By Jake Harp August 5, 2019

Alejandro Bedoya of the Philadelphia Union yells into a television microphone after scoring a goal in the first half against D.C. United.

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US World Cup Player Bedoya Screams Pro-Gun Control Message into Field Mic During Game

It appears the U.S. women's World Cup team no longer has the market on soccer players getting political cornered.

By Jake Harp August 5, 2019

Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Kyle Peko.

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NFL Player Asks for Prayers as He Announces His Wife Has Been Diagnosed with Cancer

Navigating the difficulties that come with an NFL training camp is hard enough. Doing it just after finding out your wife has cancer? Unfathomable.

By Jake Harp July 26, 2019

Former New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera visits “Fox & Friends” at Fox News Channel Studios in New York City.

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MLB Legend Mariano Rivera Fires Back Against Attacks He's Receiving for Supporting Trump

The Daily Beast railed against Rivera's 'far-right politics' and lamented the fact that he had 'managed to keep his political leanings hidden for decades.'

By Jake Harp July 25, 2019

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Breaking: Ranking Republican Doug Collins Catches Mueller Contradicting His Own Report

“Are you sitting here today testifying something different than what your report states?”

By Jake Harp July 24, 2019

President Donald Trump is less than pleased with recent remarks from a U.K. ambassador

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Trump Eyes Crackdown That Will Slash Food Stamp Benefits for 3 Million People

'We are changing the rules, preventing abuse of a critical safety net system, so those who need food assistance the most are the only ones who receive it.'

By Jake Harp July 23, 2019

PGA Tour player Jim Herman kisses trophy

PGA Tour Golfer Credits Trump's Advice After His Highly Unlikely Win

While Jim Herman wasn't able to fully explain what changed for him, he gave credit to President Donald Trump for his role in the turnaround.

By Jake Harp July 22, 2019

ESPN's Dan Le Batard Can't Resist Getting Political, Hits His Own Network with Friendly Fire in the Process

Host Dan Le Batard took aim not only at President Donald Trump but also at ESPN's current policy of staying out of politics.

By Jake Harp July 19, 2019

Tiger Woods walks off the sixth hole during the first round of the British Open at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland.

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Mid-Round Meltdown Dooms Tiger Woods at the British Open

It wasn't Rory McIlroy's opening-hole quadruple bogey or David Duval's 13 on the par-5 seventh hole, but Tiger Woods had a brutal stretch of holes Thursday.

By Jake Harp July 18, 2019

Quarterback Nick Foles of the Philadelphia Eagles looks on prior to a preseason game last August at Lincoln Financial Field.

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My Unexpected Encounter with Nick Foles Revealed What Kind of Person He Really Is

We could all learn a little something from what Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles did in a Phoenix bathroom.

By Jake Harp January 31, 2019

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Democrats Are Fundraising Off El Paso and Dayton Massacres

US World Cup Player Bedoya Screams Pro-Gun Control Message into Field Mic During Game

NFL Player Asks for Prayers as He Announces His Wife Has Been Diagnosed with Cancer

MLB Legend Mariano Rivera Fires Back Against Attacks He's Receiving for Supporting Trump

Breaking: Ranking Republican Doug Collins Catches Mueller Contradicting His Own Report

Trump Eyes Crackdown That Will Slash Food Stamp Benefits for 3 Million People

PGA Tour Golfer Credits Trump's Advice After His Highly Unlikely Win

ESPN's Dan Le Batard Can't Resist Getting Political, Hits His Own Network with Friendly Fire in the Process

Mid-Round Meltdown Dooms Tiger Woods at the British Open

My Unexpected Encounter with Nick Foles Revealed What Kind of Person He Really Is

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