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Trump said Sunday the White House has “totally finalized” a tax plan, but the particulars are substantially different from what’s been reported about the proposal. The rates he cited seem low. The Supreme Court opens its new term Oct. 2. David G. Savage has a preview of the major questions before the court, involving Trump, immigration policy, religious liberty, gay rights and partisan gerrymandering. What’s a dotard, anyway? ABOUT THAT…

Trump tries to sack NFL, NBA Athletes, executives hit back at president Admit it: Wouldn’t you rather have Donald Trump hurling verbal grenades at football and basketball stars than a guy with nuclear weapons? I’m not minimizing the seriousness of the controversy. But Trump has an acute sense of when it’s in his interest to fight the culture war—and at least this is a war fought with words,…

Fox and CBS broadcast the national anthem live during football games Sunday — a notable shift away from the usual practice. NBC says it will do the same in prime time. ESPN, which also abandoned its usual pregame chatter to talk politics, will air the anthem live on Monday. And as photos of athletes kneeling and locking arms during the anthem streamed in, the news media quickly repurposed those images,…

Believe me, my friends, I wanted to “stick to sports” this weekend. After the prior week of ESPN madness, I was eager to get back to the goofy. You know: My usual, meaningless sports insanity, with a couple of spelling errors and grammatical mistakes sprinkled in for fun. Maybe, for a column, I’d take my kids to the annual meatball-eating contest at the Feast of San Gennaro in Little Italy….

President Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Huntsville, Ala., on Sept. 22. (Brynn Anderson/Associated Press) Of all the National Football League franchise owners, Bob McNair is probably one of President Trump’s most generous donors. The Houston Texans owner donated $2 million in 2016 to a pro-Trump super PAC. He is also among the eight NFL franchise owners who collectively doled out millions of dollars for Trump’s inauguration, helping the New York billionaire…

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and outside linebacker Eli Harold kneel during the playing of the national anthem before an NFL game in 2016. John Bazemore/AP hide caption toggle caption John Bazemore/AP San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and outside linebacker Eli Harold kneel during the playing of the national anthem before an NFL game in 2016. John Bazemore/AP In the span of less than 24 hours, President Trump…

Media captionWarriors head coach Steve Kerr: Trump comments ‘awful’ US President Donald Trump is facing growing condemnation from the sports world after his criticism of players. On Friday, Mr Trump said the National Football League (NFL) should fire players who protest during the US anthem. High-profile football players as well as basketball star LeBron James openly criticised Mr Trump in response. One NFL team owner said Mr Trump’s comments were…

This is a barely recognizable president. It also is a barely recognizable generation of pro athletes. Thank God for the latter. Photo Stephen Curry at the Golden State Warriors’ media day on Friday. Curry, whose team won the N.B.A. championship in June, explained why he thought the team should skip the champions’ customary visit to the White House. A day later, President Trump posted on Twitter that Curry was not…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump and the sports world engaged in an intensifying spat on Saturday after he called for National Football League owners to fire players who protest during the U.S. national anthem and disinvited a National Basketball Association star from a White House visit. Responding to Trump’s attacks on football players who protested during the national anthem, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said on Saturday that Trump’s statements…

Image via Twitter Consecutive temper tantrums had President Donald Trump calling for “son of a bitch” NFL players to be fired for protesting during the national anthem, and then trying to rescind a non-existent invitation to the White House from Golden State Warriors players who’d already said they’d decline any such invitation. For this latest spree of humiliating and disturbing behavior, the big dumb idiot is being thoroughly dragged by…

RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia is celebrating the 87th anniversary of its foundation this weekend with a big program of concerts and performances, including a pageant operetta on Saturday evening which allowed women to enter the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh for the first time. The festivities are part of a government move to boost national pride and improve quality of life for Saudis. Also on offer is a…

Trump ignites controversy with comments on NFL players Democratic strategist Robert Patillo and GOP strategist Sean Noble react Professional sports has been caught in President Trump’s crosshairs as of late after he issued stinging attacks against protesting athletes and team owners. “If a player wants the privilege of making millions of dollars in the NFL, or other leagues, he or she should not be allowed to disrespect …,”…

Donald Trump was the subject of startlingly strong abuse from major sports stars on Saturday, after he criticised NFL players protesting racial against injustice and appeared to withdraw an invitation for the Golden State Warriors to visit the White House, breaking a tradition dating back to the Reagan years. On Friday, point guard Steph Curry, the NBA champions’ star player, told reporters he planned to vote no when the players…

RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia is celebrating the 87th anniversary of its foundation this weekend with a big program of concerts and performances, including a pageant operetta on Saturday evening which will allow women to enter the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh for the first time. The festivities are part of a government move to boost national pride and improve the quality of life for Saudis. Also on offer…

Mountain West action abounds on Saturday as the undefeated San Diego State Aztecs are facing off against the Air Force Falcons in a primetime showdown. San Diego State is looking to maintain its undefeated record against the 1-1 Falcons, who suffered a difficult loss to Michigan last Saturday in a grueling game. The Air Force defense limited Michigan throughout the game, although the triple option offense sputtered. SDSU is coming…

Bad news for sports fans who wish their sports would remain politics-free: the nation’s lead politician has fired off his own sports hot take, and that means “stick to sports” is dead and gone. During a Friday night rally in Alabama, President Trump took a moment to focus on the NFL, and in just a few paragraphs obliterated whatever lines still exist between politics and sports, while managing the remarkable…

This makes me look at my playing career differently. I wonder how, if Twitter had existed then, I would have handled the public release of, say, my father’s illness, or pushing back against trade rumors coming from every direction when I played for the Texas Rangers in 2003. I viewed privacy as having the choice of whether to address a personal issue beyond my trusted circle. For public figures today,…

Image credit: Angelica Alzona/GMG I thought I was done. My kids were no longer babies, which meant no more formula, which meant no more time laboring at the sink, hand-washing 90 separate Dr. Brown’s bottle parts and leaving them soaking on a dishtowel to dry. That part of my life, as far as I was concerned, was over. But no. No, it turns out that my time in Bottle Hell…

North Korean athletes prepare to take part in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Japan.  (Reuters) North Korea complained in newly unearthed letters that U.S.-led sanctions were depriving it’s starving, suffering populace of essential aid and materials — such as ski equipment. A diplomat from the Hermit Kingdom complained about athletes being unable to buy sporting gear in letters that argued for a reduction in sanctions, imploring sports…

While past acquisitions were seen as growth-oriented moves in a business — live sports and broadcasting — that thrived as other forms of media experienced headwinds, even live sports faces a challenging environment now. Dominant companies like ESPN are showing signs of struggle, and according to some industry experts, multimedia marketing has not grown as much as some expected. In that light, the potential merger — which would eliminate duplicative…