Fox Nation entered the world of live sports on Friday night with a raging debut. 

In a historic partnership with the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) league, the streaming platform will be bringing the sport to subscribers with its "PBR Friday Night Live" series.

PBR is the "world’s premier bull riding organization" with more than 1,000 bull riders competing in 200-plus events each year, according to a partnership press release.

At the time of the partnership's announcement in July, Fox Nation president Lauren Petterson said of PBR: "We could not ask for a better partner to kick off our first foray into live sports. PBR is an incredibly unique sport with an unrivaled, passionate fan base, and it’s a great addition to the entire FOX Nation viewer experience."

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PBR CEO and Commissioner Sean Gleason also commented on the partnership, saying, "We’re thrilled to build on our strong partnership with Fox Nation to deliver live coverage of Friday Night Teams and the second season of Last Cowboy Standing," which led up to Friday's event. 

"The mix of athleticism, raw sport and entertainment has propelled growth for the sport’s live attendance, fan base and roster of brand partners," the release said. "PBR welcomed 1.43 million fans to its events in 2024 and its broadcasts reach more than 288 million households in 67 countries and territories."

The deal will bring Fox Nation subscribers a 10-week slate of bucking action across the United States. 

The streaming platform showcased the PBR Camping World Team series' Florid Freedom Days, where the ten teams duked it out to see who could withstand a bucking bull the best. 

The series kicked off Friday in Sunrise, Florida, and FOX Nation will continue weekly through the fall with 10 Friday Night Teams broadcasts nationally, culminating in the league’s championship opener on Oct. 24 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. 

The Florida Freedom Day opener kicked off with a pre-event concert from country music singer Chris Janson, followed by the introduction of the teams, an invocation and singing of the National Anthem, and an honor guard from the U.S. Border Patrol. 

As the stage was set for the first match, the commentators laid out the rules and how scoring was done. They explained that not only does the rider get scored out of 50, but the bull does as well.

The rider must last 8 seconds on the bull to qualify and be scored. If he doesn't hit that mark, he will receive a zero. Each team had five riders each and once all had competed, the team with the best score won. 

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The night started off with the Missouri Thunder facing off the Nashville Stampede which was a hard-fought battle with Missouri edging out Nashville by a single point, 173.25 to 172.25. Next it was the league leaders, the Texas Rattlers, squaring off against the Carolina Cowboys, which resulted in a 169.25 to 168.50 win for Texas. Game 3 came between the Kansas City Outlaws and the Oklahoma Wildcatters with Kansas City showing a dominant 337.25 to 260.25 win.  

The last two match-ups featured brought a David against Goliath face-off between the New York Mavericks and the defending champions, the Austin Gamblers. The match started off tight with the possibility of the Mavericks defeating Austin points, but eventually the Gamblers sealed the deal with a rider to go and won 340.00 to 173.00.

The final match-up of the night saw hometown favorites Florida Freedom take on the Arizona RidgeRiders, who had a 4-1 record leading into the series. The tough match came down to the wire with Florida on the cusp of handing Arizona a loss, but it was Arizona triumphant securing a 256.50 to 254.75 win on points. 

After day one of the Freedom Days, The Texas Rattlers remain on top of the standings. 

Tune into Fox Nation to keep up and ride along with more "PBR Friday Night Live." 

"Real Time" host Bill Maher abruptly put his guest Dr. Phil in the hot seat on Friday for joining the Trump administration’s ICE raids, which led to a tense exchange between the two personalities.

"Why are you going on these ICE raids?" Maher asked Dr. Phil.  "I don’t understand that." 

Maher continued: "You’re a guy who we know for so many years who has been working to put families together. To bring families who are apart and heal them. And now you’re going on raids with people who are literally separating families."

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The former clinical psychologist pulled no figurative punches.

"Well, now that’s bullsh—t," Dr. Phil countered, before launching into a comparison. 

"Look, if you arrest somebody that’s a citizen, that has committed a crime or is DUI’d with a child in the backseat, do you think they don’t separate that family right then, right there?" Dr. Phil asked. "Of course they do!" 

"But that’s not what’s going on," Maher argued.

Moments earlier, Maher had introduced the topic as "another thing" President Donald Trump is doing as he is "doubling down on unpopular." 

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Dr. Phil took an even further step back, addressing part of Maher’s monologue where he had criticized masked ICE agents. He said the masks are a result of legislators "doxxing" officers. 

"[Legislators are] putting their names, their pictures, their addresses of their families on the internet, they’re putting them on telephone poles," Dr. Phil noted. "So, of course, they’re wearing masks so they don’t get outed, so people can do violence against their families."

The former talk show host cited "files" he had seen to justify the ICE operations he has joined.

"They’ve got a rap sheet, 12, 14 different cases long of child predators that they’re taking off the street," Dr. Phil said. "These are the worst first that they’re taking off the streets. Who would want them back in their communities?" 

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ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith, who was also a guest on Maher's show Friday, found some common ground with Dr. Phil and admitted that he supports "closing the borders," but argued the administration’s actions have not matched their words.

"When you’re going to Home Depot, when you’re going to people’s jobs, when you’ve been given authorization to enter churches and to enter other properties…who they have been targeting has been different than what they originally advertised," Smith concluded. 

Maher echoed Smith’s argument, adding ICE is going to places where people are "already working."

"If you can’t go to work because you’re hiding, what other recourse is it for [illegal immigrants] except crime?" Maher asked.

Dr. Phil has reportedly accompanied ICE two times – first on the ground during January’s Chicago raids and during the Los Angeles raids in June.