by Beth Lawrence | Apr 24, 2015 | Sports, Topics
President Obama ended sports week at the White House with a visit by the Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots team. In true Obama fashion, he cracked some jokes, but one joke was met with more groans than laughter.
by Nick Kariuki | Apr 23, 2015 | Sports
WASHINGTON – The media fury surrounding “Deflategate” may have blown over slightly, but President Barack Obama showed he hadn’t forgotten about it during the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots’ visit to the White House Thursday. “I usually tell a bunch of jokes...
by Nick Kariuki | Apr 21, 2015 | Sports, Topics
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama made sure to take a little credit for college football’s new playoff system when he honored the national champion Ohio State Buckeyes at the White House on Monday. “I cannot claim full credit,” President Obama joked. “I will point...
by Nick Kariuki | Apr 11, 2015 | Sports
WASHINGTON – Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin raised his arms and showed off his recognizable grin when the curtain dropped to reveal a poster of the hockey star celebrating a goal on the front of a double decker bus parked outside the Verizon Center. The...
by Janel Forte & Anderson Xia | Oct 29, 2014 | Sports
WASHINGTON — Two years ago, Amanda Sullivan’s friends, a group of severely wounded military veterans who she connected with through Facebook, challenged her to join a gym. Using a wheelchair at the time, Sullivan, 36, scoffed at the request. “I’ll be the only...
by Kate Rooney | Oct 23, 2014 | Sports, Topics
WASHINGTON- Lawsuits, million-dollar coaching salaries, and questionable oversight continue to drag down the NCAA’s reputation. College sports will face a day of reckoning, experts say, but first the games need a tough new supervisor— a “benevolent dictator,” maybe....
