by Matt Michaels | Aug 16, 2012 | Sports
When Andy Roddick won the U.S. Open in 2003, many experts proclaimed him to be the next American tennis star. But things didn’t work out that way. In fact Roddick, along with every other American male, has failed to win a major since then. Despite this fact,...
by Matt Michaels | Jul 24, 2012 | Business & Tech, Politics
WASHINGTON – An influential Senate committee called leading players in the broadcast industry to a hearing on Capitol Hill Tuesday in a quest for answers about the escalating fees and blackouts plaguing TV viewers across the country. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-WV,...
by Matt Michaels | Jul 17, 2012 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — Even if the U.S. economy rebounds from the meltdown of 2008, leading budget experts said Tuesday that the financial crises facing many states will continue indefinitely. The State Budget Crisis Task Force — an independent group led by former Federal...
by Matt Michaels | Jul 13, 2012 | Politics, Science + Technology, Sports
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are now shifting their focus to doping in horse racing, after a decade of confronting Major League Baseball’s steroid epidemic. Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., and other members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and...
by Matt Michaels | Jul 12, 2012 | Business & Tech, Sports
The Nationals are averaging 7,000 more fans per game than last season — a 32 percent jump, which is the second biggest in baseball. But Nats Chief Operating Officer Andrew Feffer says he’s not surprised by the surge. “People are talking about us on...
