Politics
Marlins’ Ozzie Guillen apologizes over Castro flap
By STEVEN WINE | Associated Press – MIAMI (AP) — A contrite Ozzie Guillen sat in the heart of Little Havana seeking forgiveness for what the Miami Marlins manager called the biggest mistake of his life — saying he admired Fidel Castro . This wasn’t some offhanded insult about a sports writer, the type of thing that got the outspoken Guillen in trouble in Chicago. This was personal to the fan base that the Marlins rely on so much that they built their new stadium in the middle of the city’s Cuban-American neighborhood.
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Marlins suspend manager Ozzie Guillen for 5 games
By STEVEN WINE | Associated Press – MIAMI (AP) — Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen was suspended for five games Tuesday because of his comments about Fidel Castro , and he again apologized and said he’ll do whatever he can to repair relations with Cuban-Americans angered by the remarks. The suspension by the team takes effect immediately. It was announced shortly before Guillen held a news conference to explain what he said
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Hinton: Crossover era was golden
Commentary Updated: April 5, 2012, 3:18 PM ET By Ed Hinton | ESPN.com So why don’t drivers “cross over” anymore, the way Mario Andretti and A.J. Foyt did? A lot of you still wonder.
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Rugby continues to burst boundaries
Emergency service workers stand near the tail section of the UTair airlines ATR 72 passenger plane that crashed near the Siberian city of Tyumen today. Photograph: Reuters/Emergencies Ministry On the Record Readers know well this blog’s fascination with data-mining Politics A more contrite Phil Hogan appeared before his colleagues last night. Pursued by a Bear Win tickets to Alice in Funderland Fash Mob Olivia Palermo in Kildare Village – get the look Screenwriter Hunger Games seems to have achieved the feat of launching a new franchise Motors My personal memories of Datsun are a little more, well, odd Irish Roots RTÉ’s Dead Money is an object lesson in how to captivate an audience with a single story Mount Etna spews volcanic ash during an eruption on the southern Italian island of Sicily April 1
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Adrian Dater: My special NHL awards for 2011-12
Ken Hitchcock is an Adams Award candidate while his former team in Columbus remains a horror show. The ballots came on Thursday
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Lancaster named England rugby coach
Luxembourg’s prime minister Jean-Claude Juncker speaks to Minister of Finance Michael Noonan before the Ecofin meeting in the Danish capital Copenhagen today. Photograph: Fabian Bimmer/Reuters On the Record Readers know well this blog’s fascination with data-mining Politics A more contrite Phil Hogan appeared before his colleagues last night
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Fans, and foes, talk about baseball's value to Richmond area
RICHMOND, Va. — The first batter up in Tuesday’s Public Square forum on baseball offered an $1,800 check to start a fan movement to build a new ballpark for the Richmond Flying Squirrels instead of asking taxpayers to foot the bill
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Obama, Cameron to attend NCAA tournament game
By KEN THOMAS | Associated Press – WASHINGTON (AP) — Basketball fan-in-chief President Barack Obama is giving British Prime Minister David Cameron a front-row seat to March Madness, taking his European partner to an NCAA tournament basketball game in Ohio , an election swing state. Obama and Cameron are attending a “First Four” matchup in Dayton, Ohio, between Mississippi Valley State and Western Kentucky on Tuesday night, a gesture of goodwill during Cameron’s official visit to the United States and a way for an incumbent president to reach sports fans in an election year
13Mar2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Obama, Cameron to attend NCAA tournament game
By KEN THOMAS | Associated Press – WASHINGTON (AP) — Basketball fan-in-chief President Barack Obama is giving British Prime Minister David Cameron a front-row seat to March Madness, taking his European partner to an NCAA tournament basketball game in Ohio , an election swing state. Obama and Cameron are attending a “First Four” matchup in Dayton, Ohio, between Mississippi Valley State and Western Kentucky on Tuesday night, a gesture of goodwill during Cameron’s official visit to the United States and a way for an incumbent president to reach sports fans in an election year. The White House said the trip to the NCAA tournament game was intended to showcase the special relationship between the two key allies during Cameron’s three-day visit.
13Mar2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Obama, Cameron to attend NCAA tournament game
By KEN THOMAS | Associated Press – WASHINGTON (AP) — Basketball fan-in-chief President Barack Obama is giving British Prime Minister David Cameron a front-row seat to March Madness, taking his European partner to an NCAA tournament basketball game in Ohio , an election swing state. Obama and Cameron are attending a “First Four” matchup in Dayton, Ohio, between Mississippi Valley State and Western Kentucky on Tuesday night, a gesture of goodwill during Cameron’s official visit to the United States and a way for an incumbent president to reach sports fans in an election year. The White House said the trip to the NCAA tournament game was intended to showcase the special relationship between the two key allies during Cameron’s three-day visit
13Mar2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued