President-elect Donald Trump says New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is “totally innocent” in the Deflategate scandal. Trump’s comments, shared in a video clip by TMZ Sports, aired Friday night on FOX News in a one-hour special called “OBJECTified: Donald Trump.” The special was filmed on Sept. 15 at the then-presidential candidate’s home. “He’s a
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Sports & Competitions, USANBA legends Michael Jordan and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. President Barack Obama named 21 recipients for the honor on Wednesday that included the three sports icons. The medals, the nation’s highest civilian honor a president can award, will be presented at the White
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Sports & Competitions, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA(With apologies to Ernest Lawrence Thayer) By Laurie Baron The outlook was optimistic for Clinton-Kane just yesterday. The polls showed leads of three points, but narrowing each day. When Comey concluded that she was not to blame. The voters who despised her had nothing to defame. The Donald was campaigning, appealing to white males. Spouting
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Lawrence Baron, Sports & Competitions, USASANTA CLARA, Calif. — Midway through Election Day, Colin Kaepernick said he had not voted and did not plan to do so. Kaepernick had more company in that aspect among the 49ers than he’s had in his national-anthem protest this season. In an anonymous poll of 25 players conducted by this newspaper during Tuesday’s locker-room
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Sports & Competitions, USACHICAGO — After waiting since 1908 for a World Series title, the potential for misery became even more acute for the Cubs when they failed to close out a victory after needing only four outs to fulfill their long-awaited quest. From manager Joe Maddon’s use of the pitching staff to Javier Baez’s failed one-out bunt
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International, Sports & Competitions, USAOne early sign of Jose Fernandez’s lasting legacy will be a literal one. Miami-Dade County commissioners approved Tuesday a proposal to rename the portion of 17th Avenue near Marlins Park “Jose Fernandez Avenue” in honor of the Marlins pitcher who died in a Sept. 25 boat crash that also killed two of his friends. Bruno
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Sports & Competitions, USA“I didn’t sing the anthem during international games. Unless there will be a change in the words of the anthem not everybody can sing. The words “Jewish soul craving” do not fit the Arab sector. If I would sing the anthem it would be a lie.” Thus said the former captain of the Benei Sakhnin
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sports & CompetitionsProtesting the National Anthem has been a focus on this year’s football season, but at the first game of World Series baseball game Tuesday night, the scene was different. Singer Rachel Platten, famous for her song “Fight Song,” sang the opening National Anthem, and all players appeared to stand during the ceremony. RELATED: National anthem
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sports & Competitions, USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — I was born in 1947. When I was growing up on the north side of Chicago, I had no inkling that the Chicago Cubs had played in a World Series two years earlier, let alone that the last time they won the Series was in 1908. All I knew
CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs have withdrawn their offer of face-value World Series tickets to Chicago aldermen after a city ethics board determined that taking the team up on the offer could violate a ban on elected officials accepting gifts worth more than $50. Three aldermen on Monday confirmed that the team had withdrawn the
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Sports & Competitions, USAThe Chicago Cubs haven’t won a World Series in 108 years. A woman has never been president of the United States in the country’s 240 years. Both of those historic droughts could end this year. The Cubs are favored to beat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series and polls show Democrat Hillary Clinton leading
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Sports & Competitions, USACHICAGO — Dexter Fowler sensed a different, yet special feeling Saturday as soon as he walked into the Cubs’ clubhouse. “I could tell the guys wanted it now,” Fowler said. Never was that mission so apparent Saturday night as Kyle Hendricks pitched 71/3 innings of two-hit ball and a resurgent offense knocked out Clayton Kershaw
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Sports & Competitions, USAThis article first appeared on the Verdict site. In July, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made headlines when she criticized Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, calling him a “faker” and deeming a Trump presidency unimaginable. Although a few commentators praised Ginsburg for her honesty, even observers who appeared to agree with her assessment of Trump thought
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Sports & Competitions, USACHICAGO — The lanky, quiet right-hander who could threw 88 pitches on Saturday night at Wrigley Field to vault the Chicago Cubs into the World Series. On the first one, he yielded a single. On the last one, he yielded a single. For the 86 pitches in between, he was perfect. Kyle Hendricks, 26, never
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