Sam Leavitt's transfer from Arizona State to LSU did not go over well with some ASU fans. Neither did recent comments from the LSU quarterback.
Leavitt addressed his transfer from Arizona State to LSU in recent comments, saying that LSU is "just different" from ASU.
"It's funny, that's kind of what everyone's saying around here, 'It's just different,'" Leavitt said at a recent LSU football event. "It really is in every aspect. You come out here to the practices, the way individual reps are ran, you know the way that every single coach is just so poured into this, the time that we meet outside the facility, outside of like the initial time we're supposed to meet — it truly is just a different situation. You talk about being a pro, trying to become the best version of yourself, and there's no other place to do it, other than here."
"Every single day I walk into the facility, and I see Whit (linebacker Whit Weeks), Ty Benefield, all these dudes. And you've got to go against them every single day. Some pretty good players to play."
Added Leavitt: "Just looking back at my process, you know I think, leaving ASU, you know, I had a comfortable situation. Walking into the building, I saw my guys, built great relationships, won a lot of games there. But I wanted to do something a little bit different, you know."

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GLENDALE, ARIZONA - JANUARY 08: Trinidad Chambliss #6 of the Ole Miss Rebels scrambles with the ball out of bounds defended by Jaboree Antoine #16 of the Miami Hurricanes in the fourth quarter during the 2025 College Football Playoff Semifinal at the VRBO Fiesta Bowl at State Farm Stadium on January 08, 2026 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
For the past three seasons, no Southeastern Conference team has played in the College Football Playoff championship game. It is a sore subject in a league that had previously won four consecutive national ***** les from 2019 through 2022. This season, the SEC could again have a team playing for the championship, as several top teams have returning quarterbacks.
The SEC had eight quarterbacks in the top 19 of The Athletic’s recent rankings, including six who started for their teams last season in No. 1 Trinidad Chambliss (Ole Miss), No. 7 Arch Manning (Texas), No. 11 Gunner Stockton (Georgia), No. 13 Marcel Reed (Texas A&M), No. 16 John Mateer (Oklahoma) and No. 18 LaNorris Sellers (South Carolina). The other two highly-ranked SEC quarterbacks are transfers in No. 8 Sam Leavitt (LSU) and No. 19 Byrum Brown (Auburn).
Chambliss is coming off the best season of any SEC quarterback, as he led the Rebels to the CFP semifinals. Although Chambliss wasn’t supposed to start and came from Division II Ferris State, he took over the starting job in September and threw for 3,937 yards and 22 touchdowns and ran for 527 yards and eight touchdowns. In three CFP games, he completed 67.9% of his passes for 921 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions.
In February, a Mississippi judge ruled in Chambliss’s favor, granting him a preliminary injunction in a case against the NCAA and giving him another year of eligibility. After finishing eighth in the Heisman Trophy voting last year, he should contend for the award this year. He will be among the most hyped players this season, especially when Ole Miss on Sept. 19 hosts LSU, whose coach, Lane Kiffin, coached at Ole Miss for six seasons before leaving last November before the CFP began.

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It's a new era for LSU football as polarizing head coach Lane Kiffin looks to make a big splash in his first year with the Tigers.
It was a tumultuous year for the Tigers as the team went 7-6 and endured the firing of Brian Kelly in late October before eventually hiring Kiffin for the upcoming season.
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Despite that, a hefty recruiting job by the team brought in plenty of star power, including former Arizona State quarterback Sam Leavitt.
Needless to say, every LSU game this year will be must-see as Kiffin attempts to rebuild the Tigers back into a **** le contender.

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Darren Elkins is ready to make the walk one more time at UFC Vegas 120.
"The Damage" is set to fight Yadier del Valle (10-1) on Aug. 8 in a featherweight bout, one of several matchups officially announced Thursday for the upcoming show at Meta Apex in Las Vegas. For Elkins (19-11), this will be his 31st octagon appearance.
The 42-year-old Elkins hasn't fought since April 2025, when he lost via first-round TKO to Julian Erosa, snapping a two-fight win streak. In a post on Instagram, Elkins referred to the del Valle fight as "My last dance!"
Del Valle looks to rebound from his first pro loss after he was defeated by Jordan Leavitt this past February.
Other bouts made official for Aug. 8 include a matchup between strawweight contenders Amanda Lemos (15-6-1) and Alexia Thainara (14-1), Diego Ferreira (19-7) welcoming Billy Quarantillo (18-7) to the lightweight division, and undefeated Dana White's Contender Series welterweight prospect Ty Miller (7-0, 1 NC) taking on Billy Ray Goff (9-4).

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) bristled when asked Thursday about White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt's statement that President Trump's "patience is running out" with the Senate GOP leader because of the stalled SAVE America Act.
"Maybe she or somebody else ought to get on the phone and get the votes. Right? It's 50 around here," Thune shot back when asked about Leavitt's statement to reporters at a press briefing earlier Thursday.
"Instead of pointing the finger at Republicans, they might think about going after the people who are stopping it on the floor, which is the Democrats," the senator added, appearing somewhat irritated by the critical comment. "And if there are Republicans they think are gettable, get on the phone."
Leavitt said Trump's patience with Thune's handling of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act, which the Senate has voted on — in whole or in part — at least five times but has failed to move forward, is wearing thin.
The remark comes as the president has ramped up his push for Republicans to support the voter ID bill, legislation that would require proof of citizenship for voter registration and photo ID when casting ballots.

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The White House said Thursday it was closely monitoring a growing multistate parasite outbreak that has sickened more than 400 people as federal health officials race to identify the contaminated food behind the illnesses.
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the administration is working closely with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to trace the outbreak to its source, insisting the agencies have the resources they need despite questions about recent staffing changes.
"We're committed to providing the CDC and the FDA with the resources that they need," Leavitt told reporters. "Most importantly, [we're working to] trace the outbreak back to its original source, which we are currently in the process of doing."
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The outbreak has heightened concern because investigators still have not identified the contaminated food, leaving consumers without a specific product to avoid as federal and state officials work to trace the illnesses through patient interviews and food supply records.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday described the upcoming midterm elections as a choice "between communism and common sense" following a string of recent progressive wins in Democratic primaries.
"I know the president and many Americans are extremely concerned [about] how far left the Democrat party is moving," Leavitt said in an interview with "Fox & Friends."
"This is not your granddaddy's Democrat party," she continued. "These are communists. The president is trying to call them that. They want to abolish private prisons, they want to abolish the police, they want to abolish private property. These are radical, Marxist ideas that have never worked in the history of the world."
"I think it's a choice coming up between communism and common sense. That's how the president views it," she said.
The press secretary's comments come after three leftist candidates supported by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) won congressional primaries in New York last Tuesday, with two candidates beating establishment-backed incumbents.

LSU football tight end Trey'Dez Green will headline the Tigers' offense in 2026. Green, entering his third year at LSU, hopes to build on a solid 2025.
Green has elite tools. At 6-foot-7, he has the height of a power forward, but the speed of a wide receiver. He's a matchup nightmare for most defenders. So it should come as no surprise that Green is one of the top-rated players in EA Sports' upcoming College Football 27 video game.
No tight end earned a higher rating than Green. The LSU pass catcher is tied with Texas Tech's Terrance Carter atop the group, each earning a rating of 92. Oregon's Jamari Johnson is the only other tight end with a 90+ rating.
Green projects to be a reliable target for LSU QB Sam Leavitt this fall, and he should be a fun target for LSU fans in the video game, too.
Green caught 33 passes for 433 yards and seven touchdowns. Those seven touchdowns led all SEC tight ends. Green has 46 career receptions and 11 career touchdowns. Green has been circled as a potential first-round pick in the 2027 NFL Draft.

Whitney Leavitt and husband Conner renewed their vows in Las Vegas after 10 years of marriage
The Dancing with the Stars alum wore a bridal minidress along with a birthstone band
The Leavitts celebrated their milestone at the Little White Wedding Chapel alongside their three children
Here comes the bride — again!
Reality television star Whitney Leavitt stepped back into her bridal era as she and husband Conner renewed their vows in Las Vegas after 10 years of marriage.

The young mother was whisked away within minutes.

A disturbing new video captures masked ICE agents in unmarked vehicles swarming the mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew before hauling her away. The video, first published by TMZ, shows 33-year-old Bruna Ferreira being taken into ICE custody on Nov. 12 in Revere, Massachusetts. Her attorney, Todd Pomerleau, verified the video in a statement to the Daily Beast. Ferreira, a Brazilian national, was in regular contact with Leavitt’s family while she co-parented her 11-year-old son, who is the press secretary’s nephew and godson, Pomerleau said.

Trump says he'll release MRI results; he doesn't know what part of his body was scanned

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would release the results of his MRI test that he received in October.
“If you want to have it released, I’ll release it,” the president said during an exchange with reporters as he traveled back to Washington from Florida.
He said the results of the MRI were “perfect.”
The White House has so far declined to detail why Trump had an MRI during his physical last month, or on what part of his body.
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White House denies report of Trump considering removing FBI director

The Trump administration is denying a report from MS NOW that the president is considering removing FBI Director Kash Patel amid recent scrutiny of his use of Bureau resources.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a social media post that she read the story's headline to Trump in the Oval Office while he was meeting with Patel and the president responded: "What? That’s totally false. Come on Kash, let’s take a picture to show them you’re doing a great job!"
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is ready for "honest work" with the US after receiving a draft peace plan to end the war with Russia.
Several US media outlets report that under the plan, Kyiv would give up areas of the Donbas in eastern Ukraine that it still controls, cut the size of its army, and pledge not to join Nato.
It was unclear how involved Ukraine has been in drafting the plan, but White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the US had engaged "equally with both sides".
In a separate statement, Zelensky's office said that Ukraine had "agreed to work on the pla

White House press secretary defends Trump’s ‘piggy’ insult

The White House issued a full-throated defense of Donald Trump’s reference to a Bloomberg News correspondent as a “piggy” on Thursday, claiming without evidence that the president “calls out fake news when he sees it and gets frustrated with reporters who spread false information”.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt made the remarks during a White House briefing, saying Trump was re-elected because of his bluntness and that members of the media should appreciate his willingness to answer their questions.
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said “the mission” of DOGE will continue after Elon Musk’s departure.

“We thank him for getting the U.S. DOGE Service off the ground, and the efforts to cut waste, fraud and abuse will continue," Leavitt said.