WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued pardons and sentence commutations for 29 other folks, together with former marketing campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Charles Kushner, the daddy of his son-in-law, in the most recent burst of clemency in his ultimate weeks on the White House. The movements convey to 49 the quantity of people that Trump within the remaining two days has granted clemency both via pardons or sentence commutations. The pardons of Manafort and Roger Stone, who months previous had his sentence commuted by way of Trump, underscore the president’s choice to make use of the ability of his place of business he ultimate weeks to resolve the result of particular suggest Robert Mueller’s investigation and
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Is Patriots’ Unparalleled Success Bad For The NFL? Roger Goodell Weighs In
by Zack Cox on Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 4:35PM 1,935 MINNEAPOLIS — What the New England Patriots have accomplished over the past two decades shouldn’t be possible in the modern NFL. Five championships in 16 years, with the chance to win a sixth this Sunday? Eight Super Bowl appearances during that span? In a salary-cap league? That’s just crazy. The Patriots’ unprecedented run of success under head coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom... NESN.com
Roger Goodell ‘Misspoke’ About When Giants Told NFL About Deflategate 2
Roger Goodell made a boo-boo. SAD! In an exact 180 from how the league handled the original Deflategate involving Tom Brady and the New England Patriots, the league came out right away and tried to put the Deflategate 2 scandal between the New York Giants and Pittsburgh Steelers to bed. The NFL commissioner even told reporters Wednesday that the league was “comfortable” with how it handled the latest deflated-football controversy. But he also made a pretty important error during the press conference when he said the Giants raised their concerns about the PSI during the teams’ Week 13 matchup, which the NFL since has said wasn’t the case. ... NESN.com
DeMaurice Smith: NFL, Union Working On Deal To End Roger Goodell’s Discipline Power
Roger Goodell’s days as the NFL’s judge, jury and executioner might be numbered. NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith told The Wall Street Journal on Monday that the league and union are working on a potential deal that would strip the NFL commissioner of his power to decide off-the-field discipline. “We’ve been talking about changes to the personal conduct policy since October and have traded proposals,” Smith told the Journal. “We looked at the league’s proposal for neutral arbitration. There is a common ground for us to get something done.” The NFL, which recently has lost cases against Ray Rice, Adrian ...
The Burden of Being Roger Federer
I spent the Thursday night's men's semifinal moving back and forth between a seat in Laver Arena and my seat in the pressroom, where I watched on the TV monitor in front of me. Live impressions mixed with a little of the television commentary is the ideal combination for getting your thoughts together about a match.Doing a guest stint as a commentator for Australia’s Channel 7 was Pat Rafter. As the dazzling first set between Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic unfolded, Rafter said what a pleasure it was to sit in the stadium and see these guys first-hand. He saved his highest praise for Federer. Rafter, like so many other ex-pros who marvel at what the Swiss maestro can do,
Roger Federer vs Tommy Robredo — 2011 Australian Open 4th Rd
World No. 2 and defending champion Roger Federer faces Tommy Robredo in the fourth round of the 2011 Australian Open. As many of you know by now, Federer has been playing aggressive, first-strike tennis ever since teaming with coach Paul Annacone. To counter this strategy, Robredo will have to play aggressively as well. He'll need to change direction frequently and keep Federer on the move. Extended, back-and-forth rallies play right into Federer's hands. ...