The premise sounds almost fictional: one boy and one girl from every state, territory and some tribal nations, flown to a private campus in Ohio to compete in a televised athletic contest called the Patriot Games — a Trump-backed youth competition with obstacle courses, patriotic testimonials and inevitable comparisons to The Hunger Games.

The athletic competition, part of the nation's 250th birthday celebration, will be broadcast on ESPN and feature some field day classics.

The premise sounds almost fictional: one boy and one girl from every state, territory and some tribal nations, flown to a private campus in Ohio to compete in a televised athletic…

The Trump administration’s youth sports competition has drawn ESPN’s top talent and a primetime special on ABC.