House Majority Whip Signals Biden’s Overtly Political SOTU May Have Blown Up Tradition
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) said this weekend that Democratic President Joe Biden’s overtly political State of the Union address broke the tradition of presidents being invited to address the House of Representatives annually. suggested that it may have been. Republicans, including Emmer, who supports former President Donald Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican nominee, […]
Camden lawyer slams legal action by Manasquan over blown call
Basketball games cannot be overturned in court. On Thursday, Judge Mark Troncone rejected a motion by the Manasquan (N.J.) School Board to put the championship game on hold because it felt it had been robbed of a victory in Tuesday’s Group 2 semifinal against Camden. Lou Cappelli Jr., an attorney representing Camden, criticized Manasquan’s decision […]
Nets blown out by Raptors as in Kevin Ollie’s debut
TORONTO — Another coach. Same result. In Kevin Ollie’s debut as interim coach, the Nets defeated the Raptors 121-93 in front of a sold-out crowd of 19,800 at Scotiabank Arena. After replacing the fired Jacque Vaughn and preaching defense, O’Ree saw his team repeatedly fail in transition. Kevin Ollie reacts after the Nets’ loss to […]
Sports’ gambling era makes every blown call a conspiracy
ORLANDO, Fla. — This is where we are now. We have arrived here. An umpire named Don Denkinger could make a terrible call, a mistake that would cost the Cardinals a chance to win the World Series, and the worst that could happen would be for Denkinger to spend money. For the rest of his […]