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USA Gymnastics just can't seem to get out of its own way when it comes to establishing new leadership. The honeymoon lasted just one day for USA Gymnastics interim President Mary Bono, who was appointed on Friday and came under fire from the sport's biggest star on Saturday.
In times of stress and trouble, as we're seeing now in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, but also in any other disaster or tragedy, it is too easy for those of us whose homes are "high and dry" and who "lost" little or nothing, to offer empty platitudes and often well-meaning but useless advice to those who have lost so much. We can say things like: "it was just a house," or "you're young; you can rebuild."
Bob Woodward: "People better wake up to what's going on" in the Oval Office - Watergate journalist Bob Woodward made headlines once again this past week, with his new book about the Trump White House, entitled "Fear." This morning, in his first TV interview, Woodward paints a picture How "senior" is Anonymous? - The whodunit over the Trump administration's "anonymous" hinges on the word "senior."
Bob Woodward: "People better wake up to what's going on" in the Oval Office - Watergate journalist Bob Woodward made headlines once again this past week, with his new book about the Trump White House, entitled "Fear." This morning, in his first TV interview, Woodward paints a picture How "senior" is Anonymous? - The whodunit over the Trump administration's "anonymous" hinges on the word "senior."
Bob Woodward: "People better wake up to what's going on" in the Oval Office - Watergate journalist Bob Woodward made headlines once again this past week, with his new book about the Trump White House, entitled "Fear." This morning, in his first TV interview, Woodward paints a picture How "senior" is Anonymous? - The whodunit over the Trump administration's "anonymous" hinges on the word "senior."
Bob Woodward: "People better wake up to what's going on" in the Oval Office - Watergate journalist Bob Woodward made headlines once again this past week, with his new book about the Trump White House, entitled "Fear." This morning, in his first TV interview, Woodward paints a picture How "senior" is Anonymous? - The whodunit over the Trump administration's "anonymous" hinges on the word "senior."
Bob Woodward: "People better wake up to what's going on" in the Oval Office - Watergate journalist Bob Woodward made headlines once again this past week, with his new book about the Trump White House, entitled "Fear." This morning, in his first TV interview, Woodward paints a picture How "senior" is Anonymous? - The whodunit over the Trump administration's "anonymous" hinges on the word "senior."
A senator called on the U.S. Olympic Committee to cease trying to be dropped as a defendant in sex-abuse lawsuits filed by gold-medal gymnasts, saying "part of accepting moral responsibility is to accept legal responsibility" for the crimes committed by Larry Nassar.
The U.S. Senator triumphed over late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel in their much-hyped charity basketball game that Kimmel dubbed the Blobfish Basketball Classic. With each basket worth a single point, Cruz topped Kimmel 11-9 in a two-hour one-on-one match they agreed to abbreviate Saturday at Texas Southern University after neither appeared capable of reaching 15 points and winning by two.
President Donald Trump wants to reverse a trend of fewer children participating in sports and make youth sports more accessible to economically disadvantaged students. The White House is promoting the goals of the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition on Wednesday and will hold a field day with the president on the South Lawn.
Speed skater Bridie Farrell and figure skater Craig Maurizi, testifies before a Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data Security hearing about "Olympic abuse: The role of national governing bodies in protecting our athletes" on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 18, 2018. less Speed skater Bridie Farrell and figure skater Craig Maurizi, testifies before a Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data Security hearing ... more In this March 3, 2017, photo, former competitive speedskater Bridie Farrell poses for a photo in New York.
Keep this quiet, because I don't want to jinx a miracle: A bunch of young men have been dribbling this month during the college basketball tournament called March Madness, and guess what? Neither they nor those in their world have inspired a tweet from the White House. To the delight of us who want a drama-free Final Four this weekend in San Antonio, Donald Trump is preoccupied with other stuff, ranging from the firing of folks to the wrath of a porn star.
Scott Blackmun resigned as chief executive of the U.S. Olympic Committee on Wednesday, stepping aside so he can tackle his worsening bout with prostate cancer and to allow the federation to move forward under new leadership to address the sex-abuse scandal that has rocked gymnastics and other sports. Blackmun leaves as calls for his ouster were growing louder -- from two U.S. senators and, more notably, from a number of gymnasts and other athletes who said neither he nor the USOC at large reacted properly to cases including those involving Larry Nassar, the doctor who sexually abused members of the U.S. gymnastics team.
Tokyo used its famous 1964 Olympics to show off a miracu... . FILE - In this Oct. 10, 1964, file photo, five interlocking Olympic rings are thrown high in the sky by jet planes drift over the stadium during the opening ceremonies for the 1964 Olympics at the National Stadium in Tokyo.
No it's not the plot of some action movie. A former American football star known for his 13-year NFL career has reportedly become a bonafide FBI agent after graduating from the bureau's training academy.
Special prosecutor Joe Stecher charged... -- The football coach gunned down while protecting students during a mass shooting at a Florida high school will be laid to rest Thursday.Aaron Feis, 37, wa... -- British authorities today said they are investigating a package containing a "substance" that was delivered last week to St. James's Palace in Lo... A group of Republican lawmakers Wednesday sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan calling for changes to Section 199A in the tax co... The Nebraska baseball team returns to Arizona this week for four games at the Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge in Surprise, Ariz.
On Jan. 29, 1845, Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven" was first published in the New York Evening Mirror. In this image: 'Open here I flung the shutter, when with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore.'
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said he hopes to visit the new U.S. embassy in London next week, shortly after President Donald Trump refused to attend its opening ceremony. Tillerson will be in Britain on Jan. 22 at the start of a sweep through Europe that will take him on to Paris, Warsaw, and the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.