Top Lightfoot aide apologizes for scotch-and-cigars comic story

A most sensible mayoral aide apologized Wednesday for creating a comic story out of the 11-day lecturers strike — by means of sending an electronic mail providing to wager Mayor Lori Lightfoot and most sensible mayoral aides about when the strike would finish. ”My electronic mail mirrored a failed try on my section to inject some levity right into a top tension, hectic and critical scenario,” Mike Frisch, the mayor’s leader in-house exertions negotiator, was once quoted as announcing in a remark launched by means of the mayor’s workplace. “There was no actual bet. This was intended to be a joke that clearly did not land. It was in poor taste, and I apologize.” Although Lightfoot was once amongst those

Fox News apologizes for airing graphic evaluating inventory

LOS ANGELES — Fox News apologized Saturday for the way it displayed a chart correlating the inventory marketplace’s efficiency with the aftermath of the deaths of George Floyd, Martin Luther King Jr. and Michael Brown. The graphic that aired Friday as an example marketplace reactions to historical classes of civil unrest “should have never aired on television without full context. We apologize for the insensitivity of the image and take this issue seriously,” the cable channel mentioned in a commentary. The chart incorporated on “Special Report with Bret Baier” illustrated good points made by means of the S&P 500 index after King’s assassination in 1968; the Ferguson, Missouri, police capturing of 18-year-old Michael Brown in 2014, and the

Steelers’ JuJu Smith-Schuster Apologizes For Game-Ending Fumble Vs. Saints

Steelers’ JuJu Smith-Schuster Apologizes For Game-Ending Fumble Vs. Saints

The Pittsburgh Steelers are in danger of missing the playoffs after their loss to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday, and JuJu Smith-Schuster is putting the blame on himself. Pittsburgh had the ball and was down 31-28 with 1:25 remaining in the game and tried to get into field goal range. Smith-Schuster was hit and fumbled on the Saints’ 34-yard-line. New Orleans recovered, ultimately sealing the victory. After the play, the wide receiver clearly was upset with himself, and he continued that trend Monday when he took to social media to apologize to Steelers’ fans. “When I’m at my lowest, I’m not going to hide. I’m sorry,” he cap... NESN.com

Alex Morgan Apologizes For Ejection From Disney World, Reported Drunken Behavior

Alex Morgan Apologizes For Ejection From Disney World, Reported Drunken Behavior

Alex Morgan isn’t too big to admit she was wrong. The U.S. women’s national soccer team superstar used Twitter on Tuesday morning to apologize for her recent behavior at Disney World in Orlando, Fla. Police ejected Morgan and a group of her friends from Epcot Center on  Sunday following a verbal altercation with other visitors. Police declined to charge Morgan, 28, and her friends with trespassing, according to The Orlando Sentinel’s Alicia DelGallo. Nevertheless, their reported behavior doesn’t reflect well on them and puts their teams, the National Women’s Soccer League’s Orlando Pride and Major League Soccer’s Orlando City, in headlines f... NESN.com

IndyCar’s Simon Pagenaud Parties With Julian Edelman, Apologizes To Colts

IndyCar’s Simon Pagenaud Parties With Julian Edelman, Apologizes To Colts

When he’s not running in-cuts for the New England Patriots, Julian Edelman is busy being the NFL’s preeminent social butterfly. The star wide receiver’s newest buddy? None other than defending Verizon IndyCar Series champion Simon Pagenaud. The French driver, who’s great behind the wheel but damn near mentally scarring with a hula-hoop, is in Los Angeles for Wednesday’s ESPY awards. On Tuesday, though, he stopped the ESPN Body Issue party, where he caught up with a chest hair-baring Edelman. We’re sure Pagenaud’s apologies were accepted without protest by the Indianapolis Colts, who now understand what it’s like to be at the cent... NESN.com