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Newt Blasts 'Repugnant' Rove Super PAC, GOP Consulting Class

Newt Blasts 'Repugnant' Rove Super PAC, GOP Consulting Class

On Wednesday, Former House Speaker and presidential candidate Newt Gingrich blistered Republican consultant Karl Rove, saying Rove’s new super PAC that was created to wage war against conservatives and Tea Party candidates in GOP primaries should be “repugnant” to every

Snow Suspends Match Play Golf Championship … in Arizona

Snow Suspends Match Play Golf Championship … in Arizona

The first round of golf’s Match Play Championship on Wednesday was suspended because of snow – in Arizona.  Ten matches, including Tiger Woods’s against Charles Howell III, had not started when play was halted. Rory McIlroy also had not started

MLB Not Ready to Approve Padded Caps for Pitchers

MLB Not Ready to Approve Padded Caps for Pitchers

Major League Baseball has not yet approved baseball caps with protective linings pitchers could wear to protect them against line drives to the head.  According to MLB senior vice president Dan Halem, baseball officials spent the offseason testing prototypes, but

MLB Mandates Batters Wear Advanced, Safer Helmets

MLB Mandates Batters Wear Advanced, Safer Helmets

Beginning with the start of this week’s Spring Training games, Major League Baseball will require all batters to wear new advanced helmets designed to protect batters from pitches thrown up to 100 miles per hour.  Rawlings designed the helmets, which

Tiger Woods: I'd 'Forgotten' Obama's 'a Lefty'

Tiger Woods: I'd 'Forgotten' Obama's 'a Lefty'

On Tuesday, a day before the start of the Match Play Championship in Arizona, Tiger Woods spoke to golf reporters about his weekend golfing outing with President Barack Obama. White House reporters did not have the opportunity to ask Obama

Amare Stoudemire: Dorner Manifesto a "Must Read"

Amare Stoudemire: Dorner Manifesto a "Must Read"

New York Knicks superstar Amare Stoudemire tweeted on Sunday that he found alleged cop killer Christopher Dorner’s manifesto “interesting” and a “must read.” Dorner, who is believed to have killed at least two police officers in addition to two others,

Pistorius: Killing Was an Accident

Pistorius: Killing Was an Accident

On Tuesday, Oscar Pistorius, the South African sprinter charged with the premeditated murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, said at his bail hearing that he accidentally shot Steenkamp last Thursday when he mistook her for an intruder. “I fail to understand

Pistorius Charged with 'Horrific' Premeditated Murder

Pistorius Charged with 'Horrific' Premeditated Murder

South African prosector Gerrie Nel charged South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius with premeditated murder on Tuesday in Pretoria central magistrates court, alleging the double below-the-knees amputee and Olympian put on his “legs” and shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp through the

Magic Johnson Indicates Jeanie Buss Should Run Lakers

Magic Johnson Indicates Jeanie Buss Should Run Lakers

Magic Johnson, in reflecting on the passing of his “second father” and Lakers owner Dr. Jerry Buss, spoke highly of Buss’s daughter Jeanie and indicated he hoped Jeanie was put in a position to run the Lakers organization.  Buss, the

Magic Johnson: Jerry Buss Was 'Second Father'

Magic Johnson: Jerry Buss Was 'Second Father'

Calling Lakers owner Dr. Jerry Buss a “second father” and a “pioneer” who “changed NBA basketball,” Earvin “Magic” Johnson on Monday reflected on the man who can arguably be considered the greatest owner in sports history not just because of

Sarah Palin to Address CPAC in March

Sarah Palin to Address CPAC in March

The American Conservative Union (ACU), which runs the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), announced on Monday that Sarah Palin will speak at the 40th annual gathering of conservatives in March. “We are pleased to again welcome Governor Sarah Palin

Hopeless: Job Corps Slams Door on 30,000 Young Adults

Hopeless: Job Corps Slams Door on 30,000 Young Adults

President Barack Obama campaigned last week to promote his plans for job training and job creation that he claimed would expand the country’s middle class, fully aware that the Job Corps program had suspended enrollment in January due to gross

Americans for Prosperity Set to Clash Against Rove's Super PAC

Americans for Prosperity Set to Clash Against Rove's Super PAC

Americans for Prosperity, the conservative group that has fiercely supported free market principles and embraced the Tea Party movement, is considering getting involved in Republican primaries next year, which could pit the group against Karl Rove’s recently-created super PAC. Tim

Iowa Gov. Branstad to Rove: 'Stay Out'

Iowa Gov. Branstad to Rove: 'Stay Out'

Republican Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad told Karl Rove to keep his new super PAC, which some conservatives believe was created to wage war on them, out of Iowa’s Republican primaries.  “I basically told Karl Rove that what he was doing

Obama Golfs with Tiger Woods

Obama Golfs with Tiger Woods

On Sunday, President Barack Obama is playing a round of golf with Tiger Woods, a day after Obama received some lessons from Butch Harmon, Woods’s former swing coach who now coaches his nemesis Phil Mickelson and is regarded as the

Iowa Gov. Branstad Launches Campaign to Keep Wrestling in Olympics

Iowa Gov. Branstad Launches Campaign to Keep Wrestling in Olympics

Iowa Governor Terry Branstad (R) launched a petition drive on Friday that he hopes will turn into a national and international campaign to get wrestling reinstated as an Olympic sport.  Calling the surprise announcement by the International Olympic Committee last week

Rumsfeld: 'Kumbaya' Olympics Must Reinstate Wrestling

Rumsfeld: 'Kumbaya' Olympics Must Reinstate Wrestling

Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said it was time to end the “arts festival and the “Kumbaya session” that the modern Olympics has become and reinstate wrestling into the Games.  “Wrestling uniquely encapsulates the Olympic spirit, even though it harkens back